music and censorship

Music and Censorship In our society today, some musicians and their
music drain and plague the moral and spiritual well-being of the people;
therefore, censorship offers a necessary action that we must take to
keep the world from becoming a land of decadence. The musicians lives
are not examples for the children or the adults. The lyrics of many
songs are not suitable for anyone. All types of music need some kind of
censorship. Censorship makes a person realize that music is good for
the heart. Censorship totally makes people act better, and when thinking
better, this sustains a better society. The lives of some musicians
contain types of anarchy and self-gratification. Once the musicians realize
that people want not just their music but them as well, they act as
gods, which no one can touch. For example, think of it like a secret
dictatorship, and we breathe as a fascist society, which puts fun and
feelings above the Lord, above all. Many of the musicians consist of
non-religious people who live only for fun and only for themselves.
Why then would we, especially as Christians, put our total devotion in
them? It exists like wanting to ride with a blind driver rather than one with
perfect vision. In addition many of the musicians use drugs and
stimulants to satisfy their hunger for themselves and for pure fun. The
musicians tend to use drugs massively, to get out of the very real
world that they consist so much a part of. Popularity seems pleasing but
when one has the affections and total devotion of a mass of people,
that person can not handle it because that person does not have Jesus'
personality and only He could truly control that much fidelity. One
person who truly could not handle the excitement was Jimi
Hendrix(Appendix A). Instead of performing as himself and using his
talent for good, he used rebellion and used many drugs. On stage, Jimi
Hendrix would put hits of acid in his headband. When he perspired,
the sweat, containing acid would run down into his eyes and make him
"higher than a kite." Most people never actually saw Jimi Hendrix the
person, but a blurred vision of him. When Jimi performed on stage at

Woodstock(Appendix B and C), a man from the crowd asked him,
"Jimi are you high?" He simply replied back to the man, "Thanks man I
got mine," causing the crowd to act wild almost as if he had saved
someone's life, but ironically he unintentionally destroyed their lives. In
addition Bob Dylan(Appendix D and E) also talked about getting
stoned in some of his music. The song "Rainy Day Woman #12 and #13,"
blatantly says that "everybody must get stoned." That tells people to
disobey the law and tells people to mangle the temple of God, our bodies
by perverting it with drugs and stimulants. Many musicians make a
mockery of their fans. The lead singers subsist to do this the most
because of the vocal opportunities they have to express their discontent
with life and thrust their ideas upon those who hypnotize with the
musician's power position, thus, makes the listeners obey their thoughts
without fully knowing. The lead singer Billie Jo, for Green Day, says to
his fans, " I'm not going to say anything f****** intelligent, I'm just going
too swear a whole d*** lot." The Bible tells us that we should let
everything that comes out of our mouth praise Him, and swearing for any
reason doesn't really praise Him at all and is degrading for us as well.
Almost like if he did not swear than we wouldn't like him or understand
him. In addition the lead singer for Kiss would spit on his fans. He
would get the crowd to spit in a spittoon-type container, and by the end of
the concert, he would drink the saliva and then he would use what
dwelled left in the spittoon to spit on the crowd. This creates a bad
influence on anybody and makes a person believe that it justifies him
to do these actions because he dwells on stage, which totally in fact
creates wrong, and not right. The band would also wear face paint
and look like demons of some sort. This displays a mockery of what God
has given us, and it hides their true identities and make them
something they are not. They are only human, trying to be a type of some
sort of god, not the God. The lyrics of some songs openly and/or

subliminally put rebellious messages in the heads of people. Repetition
makes someone think about things constantly and then act upon that
thought which usually creates an illegal action. Outward messages make
people do bad things knowingly, but they aren't in the correct state of
mind and therefore have no idea what they do at all. Adrenaline comes
forth from within the soul and people tend to go wild and have no care
about anything. Rage Against The Machine says that no one can tell
each other what to do in their song, "Killing in the Name." This song
promotes anarchy and rebellion of all rules and makes peoples discontent
with society come forth. Metallica tells people to "Exit light, Enter night"
in their song "Enter Sandman." This song does not talk about sleeping
but taking the dark side of life into life. Subliminal messages bring evils
from within a person, which the person previously did not have.
Subliminal messages brings our deepest thoughts out, without even
thinking. When we hear something but, not aware of it, it makes our
minds think about it and that is dangerous. Madonna's "Justify My Love"
song played backwards, blatantly says, "I love Satan." Thousands of
people heard this on 98.1 WKQQ in Lexington, KY.; but still continue to
listen to it anyway. This pumps into our heads and we like it because,
"men will choose darkness instead of light." Heavy Metal and Hard Rock
do not only break the moral character, but there exist others as well.
Those who are softly padded with the broken hearts of people who have
power over others and who, in fact, make the rules. Country music
also has many songs which are not acceptable, but they have shields
because of their soft tone and wholesome looking artist. People still
have in their heads things that look good and sound pleasant live
approvable, but Satan, a very smart guy will strike at the most
unexpected places. Garth Brooks, who takes one of the leading country
singers right now, talks about an affair and how it was approbated in
his song " The Thunder Rolls." And people hear this and see a star doing

that and believe it's acceptable for them as well. For example,
watching parents as a child, and everything they do, you do. In addition
Sammy Cershaw talks about an affair in " Third Rate Rendezvous."
He doesn't care that he's cheating on his wife and is actually excited
when he knows what he's doing to his marriage and life. New Age
music offers innner-self as a substitute to God. This means that the
meditation of the biblical times cannot be achieved today and we tend to
lose our respect for God by trying it, because we meditate on ourselves
and not on Him. Meditation of the new age music also allows Satan to
plant seeds in our heads that lead us further and further away from the
truth. The new age music of harps and tiny nature like sounds of whales
and dolphins and rain leads one to believe that they are alone in this
world. It makes people think that they control their environment, when in
fact only God does, not them. Indian and Monk chants actually make
a person seemingly high through deep meditation. Meditation was
originally intended for the pure thought of God, but with new age
thoughts, we are perverting it. Censorship puts a cap on ungodly music
and makes music a good experience that is productive and positive,
rather than a negative one. Music can be a tool in which we may learn
examples of life, just look at the book of Psalms. In chapter 23 the
whole chapter is called the Shepherds Song and it is a song that we can
learn from. Stopping the flow of profanity will make a person less
inclined to think about an action and furthermore, less likely to act upon
one. If a person doesn't think about something, then usually that
person won't do it. When masses of people are saying that it is all right to
do things that are wrong over a period of time, people become prone
to the wrong doing and it suddenly becomes part of the norm to them.
Even though it is still wrong, we don't even realize it. Repetition
makes a mind think. To study for a test a person must read things over
and over again to learn it. When we hear music we like, we listen to it

over and over again to memorize and subconsciencously think about the
words of the song that we're listening to. When people hear ungodly
lyrics over and over, they tend to think like their surroundings and music
is a part of that. After hearing and memorizing words people form
their own ideals and make new religions and leave God forever. Also,
people hear music far more than they read the Bible, and if the music is
damaging to us then negative thoughts will cloud out the Biblical ones.
Just like one negative number will make a positive number come down.
Censorship offers a better society in general, in which we can all live in
harmony and learn to respect music power. People would respect the
laws more because there would be a definite decline of ungodly
things, acts and thoughts with censorship we won't think on ungodly
things as much, therefore have a better society. Fewer crimes would
be committed because there would be no musicians telling the public to
break them or kill cops. People make musicians their idols and want
to do what their idols say. With censorship we would learn to meditate on
the right things. We would see the essence of music and learn to see
the total spectrum of life rather than just our life. Good thoughts with
productive meaning would flow through our heads. We would hear
positive things and make us think about positive things in general.
Christian music is a great example of what we should listen. People
would learn to answer things with their minds and not their fists. People
would think about positive ideas and positive outcomes to quarrels,
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