Featured Christians, Music, and the Occult: What Should We Believe and Practice?

I agree. The issue is that the criteria you use to classify music as occult has very little to do with the occult.

Look at it this way. The way you determine if something is occult demands that you consider traditional hymns occult.

Obviously they are not. But the idea that a certain drum beat is evil is foolish superstition.

Heck, you'd probably classify the way Aaron encouraged those worshipping God with drums and dancing as occult.

We need to be better than those who believe "old wives tales".

 

I've just tried to do that. I can't.

 

Guarding against the occult is biblical. But that is not what you are doing.

Occultists bang drums and dance around. In Exodus so did God's people in worship to Him. Aaron was, after all, an occultist in your book (at least as far as music goes).

The rhythm a culture finds pleasing is not what makes worship occult.


You seem fine with music as long as it tickles your ears.

 

Now you are just being silly.

I never claimed to be an expert on the occult.

But I am not as ignorant about music as you seem to be here.

But that is forgivable. This is a Christian forum, not a music forum.

What is strange, however, is your ignorance of Miriam the prophetess (Aaron’s sister) leading the women in worship, playing the hand drum (called a tof drum, or the Mirium drum) and dancing. The women likewise played hand drums and dance in worship to God.

This is the type of worship you associate with the occult (to be fair, it is the same type of music....and dancing....that we see in ANE paganism).

The reason this is strange is you believe the account false.

Perhaps you should be more concerned with reading God's Word and less concerned about the music other Christians use to worship God.

 

Again, I am not talking about the occult....you are.

I am just observing that in the OT (and in the NT) worship music within God's people was identical to occult music. It was simply a matter of culture.

I am also claiming that your posts imply that Moses, Aaron, David, and Jesus worshipped in a sinful way.

 

Then why are you posting as of you are unaware?

Pretending ignorance to stir the pot and get a reaction is trolling.

 

By your account you are aware of the use of rhythmic drums and dancing have been used in Jewish, early Christian, and pagan worship.

You tell us.

How did the dancing and drumming differ between the Jews and the pagans that existed around them?

 

You make the unsubstantiated claim that occultists came up with the music they incorporate (something you cannot prove).

What we see most often with the occult is that they borrow from what is good and use it for their own purposes.

 

I've seen music divide. In my experience the resistance has been introducing contemporary praise music or changing the music to hymns. But I know it goes both ways.

One church I attended had 3 services. The early one had traditional music (mostly older members), the second had "praise and worship" music (mostly mid 30's and older), and the third service had contemporary Christian music (mostly 20's and younger.....college and high school).

People on all sides need to place worship over preference.