[benpari]

I once got talked into going to some kind of Christian rock show with one of my friends. A few more famous bands played there like Kutless(or something like that) and thousand foot crutch. As a fan of old heavy metal I thought the music was awful...

Anyways the entire thing was absolutely disgusting. I met a bunch of people who just kept talking about how these bands had somehow strengthened their faith and how close to god they were because of how many of their shows they had seen. There were a ton of girls there who did nothing but scream JESUS!! over and over again as well as other things. There were some women in the back on her knees with their hands in the air acting like she was experiencing ecstasy.

Worst of all there was a preacher who came out in between acts and would spread these ridiculous messages of fear. The only thing I really remember vividly was something about him explaining that god looks at the good things you do as "dirty rags which can be cast away" and that he only cares about the bad things you do so he can judge you for them and the people at the concert just ate it up! Then people who hadn't given their life to Christ yet were asked to come up to the stage so they could pray with them. Nothing anywhere about Jesus' message of "love thy neighbor."

The only really great part of this concert was that I met a ridiculously good looking girl with tats and a mohawk.


One of my friends played bass in the local church band and he has developed a bit of a sour view of the church, I have never bothered to ask why though.


I could also rave about what is wrong with christian music for a while, but I think the South Park episode "Christian Rock Hard" said it better than I ever could.