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I say if anything at all (not just music) makes a person wonder “is this in line with true Christianity?” It needs to go.

No additional questions required.

Why?

No, not because anything reminiscent of Silence of the Lambs makes me wonder about their devotion To The Lamb.

Not because anything with horror, gore, low necklines (or more), or scary things, death, creepy clowns, bullets, skulls, blood, or anything that 2/10 “average peeps” (not metal fans) might consider “disturbing,” violent (including violent video games or super-hero films, and for the rec I was hardcore gamer for 30+ years and still miss them! 😭 and still adore The Crow) et cetera…
So not coz ANY of that stuff can cause anxiety, help along (not help but help it to progress and develop, like the deeper pink shades of manic panic, which really need to stay on for more than ten minutes) a depressive episode, trigger grief over an old loss or even flashbacks of trauma, ptsd, panic, even psychotic episodes or episodic disorders. (To say naught of suicide, self-mutilation, depersonalization, alleged dissociation, trauma responses and other stuff). Tho it of course can. (Call me a square but I deal with dozens of people in any number of these situations per WEEK.)

Not because some of us feel (VERY STRONGLY) that mentioning death and gruesome trash of any sort feels like a mockery or trivialization of both The Suffering Of Our LORD (not because they’re talking About Him but simply because of the fact that He Was Literally Tortured and Murdered “Unjustly” (yes I know He Accepted It and Chose it coz He Love us) but ALSO those of us who have seen or been subjected to gruesome things ourselves. (Does it make me a wuss that I cringe at gross stuff because I saw a savage butchering at four, back in Egypt, and what they did to him after? Literally in the street in front of our flat?)

Again, it’s not for any of those reasons; mayhap stuff like that doesn’t trigger you or make you angry or get you hyped up in a bad way or even encourage demons to show up, maybe those vocalisations don’t sound like the wailing and moaning of the dead in hell, or a demon growling, or someone that’s yelling at someone and about to whoop the trash outta them, maybe those guttural squawkings and muted beats don’t get your blood pumping in all the wrong ways and make you want to aggressively jump on barnyard animals or go Ted Bund Mode or get you frustrated (they could, in fact, help you deal with that frustration).

In sum, NONE of those things are the reasons a Christian is well-advised to stay away from ANYTHING that, at first blush, doesn’t automatically trigger in one’s mind “thoughts Of Jesus” and whatever is good, lovely, noble, all that.

But SIMPLY because someone less-strongly rooted in our Beauteous Faith may stumble because of our decision.

We’re not to be stumbling blocks.
Yes, everything is permissible for me, but it may not be beneficial for me… or someone else. (check out my article “Christian Cleavage,” heh 🙂 yep for bros as well as gals).

YES, it’s not “officially” my responsibility to live my life 24/7 for other peeps and not for Him (and my relationship With Him).

BUT.

We are to be the watchmen. And the peacemakers. And the peace-keepers. And our brothers’ keepers.

Take a stand and take action, friends.

The world is trashy enough today without us trashing each other.

And for what?

Well done, T (original poster); I pray God’s Brightest and Best Blessings over your ministry and your family! (And I pray for all the lost. And for all the Christians to be drawn ever-closer To His Love—and to Living As Did He… For everyone in the world (but especially the brothers that we (hope to) keep.

♥️✝️🙏