Read last night
Detailed musicology article on the history and evolution of Heavy Metal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music
>You like punk rock?
>Marilyn
You can pretty well assume that I never heard anything from a band that features any satanic imagery. You cannot possibly imagine how naive I am.
I'll check it out later. A lot of people listen to music while working. I cannot - music generally grabs almost 100% of my attention. Hate grocery store music. Elevator music. Delivery vans that drive up with the radio blaring.
My mother always had the radio on. Classical mostly. When I was learning to drive I would go out with mom. We used to play a game. Who could recognize the classical piece on the radio the quickest. If not the exact piece, at least the era. Maybe even ID the composer, the performer, and even what key it was in.
Mom always had the radio on. She had it on way too much. There was always a background music. Dad didn't have an ear for music but having the radio on was OK with him.
I usually only listen to music these days if I intend to really pay attention to it. Rebellion against upbringing?
I am a Christian.
Not affiliated with any organized religion group. I find faults in most or all of the organized groups, and fatal errors in much of the traditional teaching.
But a Christian.
Loving the Lord.
Studying the Bible.
Trying to faithfully keep the Commandments.
Rebellion is fine, and every generation does it, for sure. (I'm glad the long hair is back in style, mine has never been short since age 10).
But not to rebel against that which is wholesome, useful, moral, virtuous.
"Crescit sub pondere virtus"
It thrives, under oppression, virtue.
Does anyone know what virtue is?
Or how to get it? and keep it?
Is virtue a constant?
Can virtue be learned or taught?
Is there a way to test any given moral principle, to find out if it is "virtue"?
We don't proselytize. There is a Biblical reason why we don't. Many groups do. If someone is genuinely curious of course we will talk to them.
God told Abram to sacrifice his son Isaac, not because God wanted Isaac killed, but to find out of Abram was obedient. The sacrifice did not take place. God's purpose was to insert an important narrative into the timeline. The narrative foreshadowed God's sacrifice of His son Jesus. It was to inform the people of Israel about this opportunity for their salvation, by putting the info right into their scriptures, millenia ahead of time. Unfortunately they did not recognize their Messiah. God is a loving God and that's why he gave them a good, long opportunity to see what was coming.
God loved/loves his people. He does not want them to go whoring after foreign gods (idols etc.) The "jealousy" described in the OT is not like human jealousy (covetousness). Rather, it is analogous to how God told the prophet Hosea to go marry a prostitute. Hosea married her. She remained a whore and left him. He still loved her and wanted her to be faithful. It is an ANALOGY for the loving relationship between God and his faithful followers, and how even though people sin, they still can return to God.
A lot of what's in the Bible can be understood quite differently by using a filter of symbolism. Layers and layers of symbolism. Deliberately placed into the text. Widely misunderstood and misinterpreted.
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 - Aria (Cantilena)
https://youtu.be/Ill6LeBPNa0
This is usually performed by a soprano but this duo plays magnificently.
Lyrics (in Portuguese)
Tarde uma nuvem rósea lenta e transparente.
Sobre o espaço, sonhadora e bela!
Surge no infinito a lua docemente,
Enfeitando a tarde, qual meiga donzela
Que se apresta e a linda sonhadoramente,
Em anseios d'alma para ficar bela
Grita ao céu e a terra toda a Natureza!
Cala a passarada aos seus tristes queixumes
E reflete o mar toda a Sua riqueza…
Suave a luz da lua desperta agora
A cruel saudade que ri e chora!
Tarde uma nuvem rósea lenta e transparente
Sobre o espaço, sonhadora e bela!
Afternoon a slow, transparent pink cloud.
About space, dreamy and beautiful!
The moon appears sweetly in infinity,
Dressing up the afternoon, like a sweet maiden
Who gets ready and the beautiful dreamily,
In longings of the soul to be beautiful
Scream to heaven and earth all Nature!
Shut the pass to your sad complaints
And the sea reflects all its wealth …
Soft moonlight awakens now
The cruel longing that laughs and cries!
Afternoon a slow and transparent pink cloud
About space, dreamy and beautiful!