Bible Discussion Thread

The wicked will not live out half their life according to Psalm 55:23 (loosely translated). The implied destruction here in this verse is well kproven in the article from the Washington Post March 31, 2015. Here there was Gospel music and a few other types at the high life expenctancy in the70's all the way down to punk and rap which was at best 30 years old as to the length of men and women (although the article was titled "Why a Musician's Life Expectancy Depends on What Type of Music SHE plays". Another article of similar charts was somewhere else (probably a magazine) at the time which also showed classical music on this same type of line chart at the high end.

It is of course debatable as to the exact cause (we all know it is sin). The lifestyles are mentioned; but the demonic language; rhythms; and harmonies that blaspheme God are not given insight.

Something like music once was generally looked upon as an art; and much classical music was written by Christians; especially J.S. Bach. There were of course romances and drama in Opera that sometimes invoked the pagan gods that were usually told for entertainment reasons. There are rumors that Paginini sold his soul to the devil; and we can certainly look at Hitler's fascination with Wagner and his the composer's anti semitic traits as a negative thing. Nonetheless; just looking at the effect of classical music and rap or heavy metal or rock on the mind and we see the former bringing patterns that some say resemble DNA (in the case of Bach there are numerous articles on the subject); whereas the latter music causes dissociation; schizophrenic behavior and other manifestations (as seen with the LSD trips in the 60s).

This particular subject of course could be examined in regard to broader scopes of sins which on their own may be "neutral".

If we prioritize God then He gives us the desire of our hearts ( Psalm 37:4). If we live for ourselves first; then we are following the error of James 4:3.