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To: Moseley
What a bizarre screed.

The first few paragraphs are difficult to argue against, but then the author goes into this rant about the Newsboys and George Perdikis that seems apropos of nothing.

First, Perdikis left the band in 1990—two or three years before anyone had heard of them. Ironically, in the 1990s their producer was Steve Taylor, a singer-songwriter who was notorious for songs that satirized the same kind of shallow Christianity you appear to be opposing.

Second, "Newsboys" is one word. Far be it from me to base an argument on a spelling flame, but the fact that you persistently misspell a word that appears on every one of their album covers, suggests strongly that you have not looked at any of their music, let alone listened to it. It's generally considered helpful to have even a basic knowledge of your subject matter before you presume to critique it.

Finally, the connection between the Newsboys and admittedly lightweight Christian music like "Speak Life" appears to be nonexistent.

15 posted on 06/20/2015 7:17:53 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: RansomOttawa
Then how about this Christian musician who just renounced Christ in June 2014?

Perdikis is not the first high-profile Christian rocker to reject Christ. Heavy metal Christian rock star Tim Lambesis last June told the world he's an atheist. Not only that, he told the Alternative Press he figures only 1 in 10 Christian bands he toured with were actually Christians.

"I actually wasn't the first guy in As I Lay Dying to stop being a Christian," Lambesis said. "In fact, I think I was the third. The two who remained kind of stopped talking about it, and then I'm pretty sure they dropped it too. We talked about whether to keep taking money from the 'Christian market.'"


NOTE: From Lambeis' experience in the world of Christian music, he says NOT 1 IN 10 CHRISTIAN MUSICIANS ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN CHRISTIANITY.

They were just in it for the money, Lambeis says.

http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/watchman-on-the-wall/47998-newsboys-cofounder-denounces-christianity-i-m-now-an-atheist


17 posted on 06/20/2015 7:36:56 PM PDT by Moseley (http://www.MoseleyComments.com)
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To: RansomOttawa

I am a Steven Taylor fan....his solo albums and Chagall Guevara work.


27 posted on 06/20/2015 10:23:51 PM PDT by GSWarrior (Click HERE to activate this tag line.)
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