Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mcnc.mcnc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!gatech!akgua!mcnc!bch From: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron C. Howes) Newsgroups: net.religion.christian Subject: Re: American Almanac, Christian Rock, and BJU Message-ID: <956@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 13:24:29 EST Article-I.D.: mcnc.956 Posted: Fri Oct 25 13:24:29 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 05:13:41 EST References: <1756@akgua.UUCP> Reply-To: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron C. Howes) Organization: North Carolina Educational Computing Service Lines: 53 In article <1756@akgua.UUCP> rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) writes: >Recently, on the news magazine program American Almanac >one of the features was on Christian Rock music. >...The network people ever conscious of money and the >prejudiced view that religions are really scams to amass $$ for >nefarious purposes stated that Christian Music generated $75 million >last year... I really thought this was simply news. A statement of the economics of Christian pop music. I don't think most people consider this as an extension of the organized church. > >But the main point is that guess who they went to for the "con" >point of view ??? BOB JONES UNIVERSITY !!!!! > >...the point I want to >dwell on is why did the network choose a fringe element for their >opinion ?? Some of the possibilities are: one I already mentioned >(makes good show biz), another is they were attempting to characterize >the two viewpoints as polar opposites. For instance, if we hear a view >that's 20 miles left of center and we are only presented with an opposing >one that is 150 miles right of center we may be mentally nudged into >moving the center position to make the two views appear polar opposites. > >I think the media does this on a lot of issues which in essence presents >us with false dichotomies. I don't know that they have an ax to grind >against Christian Rock other than their general anti-religious one >...and so much the better if they can play one group agin' the other. > Oh c'mon Bob! Just because the media don't bend to your particular faith doesn't mean they are anti-religious. Extremists make good press. That's the simplest and most obvious explanation. Bob Jones University is a *weird* place (where else in the world would alarms be placed in the bathrooms that went off when someone tried to smoke a cigarette.) It's weird no matter whether you are a fundamentalist or not. The fact that they are being intolerant of Christian music is illustrative of their weirdness. I don't think most people assume fundamentalists are all like Bob Jones graduates. I do think that those of us of the more liberal christian persuasions feel towards you like you feel toward the Jonesites. Exposure should be educational for everyone. > >P.S. For those of the net who like Christian Contemporary - Steve >Taylor has a song that pokes at BJU a little called "Honky if you >love Jesus." -- Byron C. Howes ...!{decvax,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!bch