Posted on 01/17/2006 5:31:52 PM PST by presidio9
Were Jesus to pack an iPod, then he would most likely be moshing to Christian Rock, claims a Beliefnet survey. That's according to 13 per cent of respondents to an online poll carried out by the "leading multi-faith spirituality media company and online community". A further 11 per cent reckoned the Son of God would be punishing his ears with Classic Rock - a figure matched by those who voted in favour of Songs of King David.
Perhaps surprisingly, Traditional Gospel scored just seven per cent while entirely unsurprisingly, Hip-Hop/Rap and Soul/Funk scored just three and four per cent, respectively.
And the other 55 per cent? Well, that's accounted for by the slightly spoilsportish "Jesus would never have an iPod!" contingent. Which, as we all know, is complete rubbish. In the same way that were Mozart alive today he would certainly be using samplers and synthesizers (no, really, of course he would, etc, etc), Jesus' Podcast on the iMount would indeed be an improvement on the traditional method of spreading the word.
For the record, today's survey on Beliefnet asks: "Would you use prayer to ward off bird flu?" Nope, we'd use Tamiflu to ward of bird flu, and prayer to ward off Christian Rock. So now you know. ®
This gets my nomination for the dumbest story of 2006.
Of course, it's only January.
Personally, I think of Jesus as being a Skynyrd fan.
(Then again when I pass gas I do survey for a rating)
Oh, brother.
Jesus would have a chocolate Ipod, he would want that. And one day all ipods here will be chocolate.......
There is no such thing as Christian Rock. Its rock.
--ducking for incoming ;)
HERETIC!! /sarc off ;)
I don't think even Jesus wouldlisten to Christian rock...
Led Zep rocks no matter which side of the spiritual ledger they are on.
Take a wild guess.
Jesus would listen to The Band, and he'd sing along to the Weight (IMHO).
Although it would be easy to guess that they aren't on the side of the Lord, they may have had some spiritual awakenings in more recent times. I will say I'm not going to be throwing any stones for the things they did in their youth. Even the most strong willed Christian would be hard pressed to stay true while in the biggest (and best) rock band on the 70's.
Gregorian Chants weren.t an option!?
Two words: Captain Beefheart. I have it on good information that in Jesus' home office above his Mac, he's got a poster of Trout-mask Replica
Not yet, but soon. :-)
Good tagline, by the way...
This is not an accurate poll. If it were accurate it would have results like this:
Traditional Hymns 33.333%
Christian Rock 33.333%
Southern "You're going be singing it in Heaven, so you best be singing it now, lest you end up in the hot place" Gospel 33.333%
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