Comments on: Sneaking past the aversion to Christianity http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2009/06/04/sneaking-past-the-aversion-to-christianity/ A scrapbook of thoughts on arts, culture and the Christian life. Sun, 20 May 2012 11:50:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matthew http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2009/06/04/sneaking-past-the-aversion-to-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Matthew Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:32:56 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=982#comment-738 I think both your examples are good. Many people are open to spiritual idea of transcendence and even worship. After all, we're hard-wired for these things. But the rejection of Jesus or Jehovah is often a sort of visceral, subconscious reaction. We may indeed be close-minded, but so is everyone else too - at least a lot of the time I think. I think both your examples are good. Many people are open to spiritual idea of transcendence and even worship. After all, we’re hard-wired for these things. But the rejection of Jesus or Jehovah is often a sort of visceral, subconscious reaction.

We may indeed be close-minded, but so is everyone else too – at least a lot of the time I think.

]]> By: Ricky H http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2009/06/04/sneaking-past-the-aversion-to-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Ricky H Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:06:08 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=982#comment-737 Man, I've really fallen behind here (due to illness more than slackness) -- but still I'm enjoying catching up. I first encountered this aversion as a young Christian, around 1985. I was playing an album (Feel The Fire, by Barnabas), when a friend of my brother's came in inquiring about who I was listening to. He loved it. Every song made him more determined to stop by the record store on his way home to purchase a copy. But when (wanting to save him a wasted trip) I mentioned that the store probably wouldn't have it, he suddenly got very suspicious. Within mere minutes (upon discovering the members were Christians), his gushing enthusiasm had completely disappeared. It was startling at the time. But such occurances happened so often, that they soon ceased being surprising. Kind of like how no one minds Kerry Livgren singing about a New Age Jesus, in "Portrait (He Knew)", but then gets all offended when he sings about the real one. It seems that people don't mind you singing about Jesus, as long as they don't think you <i>really</i> believe in him. Christians are supposedly the close-minded ones -- but none of the Christians I know have ever reacted in such a way, based simply on the artist's religious beliefs. Double standard, anyone? Man, I’ve really fallen behind here (due to illness more than slackness) — but still I’m enjoying catching up.

I first encountered this aversion as a young Christian, around 1985. I was playing an album (Feel The Fire, by Barnabas), when a friend of my brother’s came in inquiring about who I was listening to. He loved it. Every song made him more determined to stop by the record store on his way home to purchase a copy. But when (wanting to save him a wasted trip) I mentioned that the store probably wouldn’t have it, he suddenly got very suspicious. Within mere minutes (upon discovering the members were Christians), his gushing enthusiasm had completely disappeared. It was startling at the time. But such occurances happened so often, that they soon ceased being surprising.

Kind of like how no one minds Kerry Livgren singing about a New Age Jesus, in “Portrait (He Knew)”, but then gets all offended when he sings about the real one. It seems that people don’t mind you singing about Jesus, as long as they don’t think you really believe in him.

Christians are supposedly the close-minded ones — but none of the Christians I know have ever reacted in such a way, based simply on the artist’s religious beliefs. Double standard, anyone?

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