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Originally posted by Steinar Gregertsen:
A mouse entered the room, burped, and all the tough guys jumped up on the table and screamed.
Nice.

Steinar

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"Play to express, not to impress"
www.gregertsen.com
Southern Moon Northern Lights

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Priceless

Bravo

While I would agree that most of the present-day xtian music I've heard is incredibly tepid and saccharin (to the point that whenever I hear something that sounds similar, I always say "Dear gawd that sounds like more xtian drek!"), I agree with bluesdawg about some of the stuff he mentioned...including Johnny Cash's final version of "When The Man Comes Around". I didn't even mind where he quotes the bible, at the beginning, because it "worked" with the song.

As for my very favorite kind of xtian music, I admit it: I loooooove Black Gospel...everybody from Andre Crouche on down to Mahalia Jackson. I used to hang out at some Black churches just to listen to the music...and one of my fondest experiences came after I had finished performing at 'The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival", the last year I was in N.O. (the band I was playing keyboard in opened for Muddy Waters.): I had cracked my sternum and a bunch of ribs, after a motorcycle accident, a couple of days before, so I was in great pain. I had smoked a whole lot of Cannabis throughout the day, plus healthy doses of "Jack Daniels"...plus a handful of painkillers a friend gave me before we performed. Needless to say, I was reasonably blitzed by the time we came off the stage and I wandered over to the Gospel tent. This huge Black Gospel choir (around 100 members) was on stage and, man, they were COOKING! I didn't try to listen to the words...but the music, the massed voices and the intensity almost made ME feel like "testifying".

Now THAT is some fine, fine music...irregardless of the "message"!

Ian

"well I guess you have to be under 15 yourself (I hope so), and you are asking for guitarist on your own age, but why do they have to be christian?

Well I think It has offended some in this "secular" forum, but it seems like that they so fundamentalistic about their own believes that they have make replys (vomit) on questions who are not directed to them... how many of you are under 15? and how many of you are christians?

My age? more than 15, what I non-believe or believe i is irrellevant, and I wouldn't dream of telling it here

Bob Brozman just out of curiosity, how did you now if they where christians? Did they sell bibles? Or did they walk up to you and said "hey we're christians and we want to schrew you!"?

Steen

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Originally posted by sfhansen:
[Bob Brozman just out of curiosity, how did you now if they where christians? Did they sell bibles? Or did they walk up to you and said "hey we're christians and we want to schrew you!"?

Amen[/B]

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Excuse me. Are you just trying to make trouble? Can't you phrase things more politely?

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Originally posted by iluvguitars:
Are there any Christian guitarists out there besides me????? And who are under the age of 15????

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Someone mentions "Christian" and the left-wing knee-jerks tear the whole thing to fucking shreds. The right love to see that.

"There go the godless commie libs attacking religion again..."

And btw, perception is REALITY - do ya need this stamped on your forehead ?

The sooner the Dems make inroads into the fundamentalist right and/or anything w/ the word "family" attached the sooner another Dem will be back in the White House.

Doesn't matter to you who is in there ? Dems and Repuiblicans the same in your book ?

Come and contrast the last 4 years of Clinton's administration and the first 4 years of the present one....

Still doesn't make any difference to you ?

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Originally posted by sfhansen:
Oh I'm sorry! I didn't know if I was Impolite, I thought it was a good and straight question. And funny too! What did you think was impolite?

Steen

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However....

"You call that being a bully? Cool! I really could care less. "

That speaks volumes. You care not a jot about the effect you have on others. That may not matter to you. But you will have to excuse me for conclduing you are a pretty uncivilised individual.

"However, your argument is specious. I don't know any Black Folks who go around preaching about how everyone should be Black...or trying to force their values on others. "Religion" is a choice. One's ethnicity is not!"

Who was forcing this on you? And who said all Christians did so? Its the crass and bigotted generalisation that was offensive.... Hence the juxtaposition with the classic racist. All "XXXX" are stupid/ pushy/ moneygrabbing/ smelly/ barbaric/ etc etc etc. Doesnt matter who you make crass generalisationas about- they are still bigotted and stupid to most normal folk. You epitomise much of what the rest of the world despises in the USA. There are so many great things there, its a shame that you perpetrate the stereotypes.

I repeat- I have no time, personally, for religion. I find its premise spurious. But I will never abuse anyone who goes about their own business without causing me problems, for the beliefs, religion, culture, clothers, looks, or anything else. Its a part of being civilised and respecting your fellow human beings.

This is supposed to be a friendly forum where guitar enthusiasts share their ideas, passions and knowledge with one another. More often than not your posts appear to antagonise rather than offer anything.

That'll do for me.

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Originally posted by Tazwell:
I took Christian Frederick Martin,Sr. as my saviour many years ago. (Martinism)...

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