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<blockquote data-quote="NotaBene" data-source="post: 1587091" data-attributes="member: 23332">One of my weird theories:There is no such thing as &quot;Christian&quot; art, music, movies, record labels, songs, albums.&nbsp; These are just things.&nbsp; Things cannot be Christians.&nbsp; People are Christians, and even then it's hard to define.&nbsp; There is no sense saying the chair I'm sitting on is a &quot;Christian&quot; chair.&nbsp; There is also no such thing as a Christian business.&nbsp; Maybe the CEO is a believer, that doesn't make a corporate entity Christian.&nbsp; A country is not Christian.&nbsp; You see where I'm going, but this has drastic implications if you accept it.We use that label as a shortcut to easily identify which things are suitable for consumption by a Christian - by which we mean ALL of them. This is very judgmental.&nbsp; It assumes that what one group of people enjoy and are drawn toward God by therefore applies to Christians all around the world.&nbsp; If you don't like hymns or Thomas Kincade, you like the &quot;wrong&quot; things.Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there is no one-size fits all approach to art.&nbsp; Just think of movies and how even different Christians can not agree on what is appropriate to view, what is morally upstanding, entertaining, family oriented, whatever.&nbsp; I don't think I've ever seen a &quot;Christian&quot; labelled movie I've ever liked.&nbsp; Some believers judge me on this, the implication is that I'm messed up for interpreting subjective things wrongly.The only way around this is to see things through your brother's eye before you give bad advice.&nbsp; How does HE interpret this music?&nbsp; Is it good for him?&nbsp; Does it cause him to glorify God, even though it sounds horrible to me?&nbsp; If he can honestly answer yes, then that is good for him and a matter of conscience for you - do not get in the way of your brother.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NotaBene, post: 1587091, member: 23332"] One of my weird theories: There is no such thing as "Christian" art, music, movies, record labels, songs, albums. These are just things. Things cannot be Christians. People are Christians, and even then it's hard to define. There is no sense saying the chair I'm sitting on is a "Christian" chair. There is also no such thing as a Christian business. Maybe the CEO is a believer, that doesn't make a corporate entity Christian. A country is not Christian. You see where I'm going, but this has drastic implications if you accept it. We use that label as a shortcut to easily identify which things are suitable for consumption by a Christian - by which we mean ALL of them. This is very judgmental. It assumes that what one group of people enjoy and are drawn toward God by therefore applies to Christians all around the world. If you don't like hymns or Thomas Kincade, you like the "wrong" things. Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there is no one-size fits all approach to art. Just think of movies and how even different Christians can not agree on what is appropriate to view, what is morally upstanding, entertaining, family oriented, whatever. I don't think I've ever seen a "Christian" labelled movie I've ever liked. Some believers judge me on this, the implication is that I'm messed up for interpreting subjective things wrongly. The only way around this is to see things through your brother's eye before you give bad advice. How does HE interpret this music? Is it good for him? Does it cause him to glorify God, even though it sounds horrible to me? If he can honestly answer yes, then that is good for him and a matter of conscience for you - do not get in the way of your brother. [/QUOTE]

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