i am no longer a fan of this band Options

[gotigrz]

in 1994 i heard a song and the radio that, in my mind, was one of the catchiest songs with a great back beat that i'd ever heard. my friend told me one night... "the name of that song is "selling the drama" but i don't know by who".... well, that's where it started and this is where it ends.

i've been a huge Live fan for about 12 years now, and i can't hide my feelings about this band any longer. and here's why: I am a Christian. if you are not a Christian then this band and their lyrics may not bother you, but if you are a Christian, then i don't see how they couldn't bother you. i've made excuse after excuse for Live, so that i could bring myself not to think about excatly what Ed is singing about and just enjoy the music. well, 12 years later... i can't do it any longer. i read some peoples thoughts on songs of Live's and i think a lot of people think they are singing about love between a man and a woman,..... and that is NOT what he's doin'.

i can not sit back and let some guy that cusses, drinks and i'm sure he's been drunk, and puff on doobie backstage, and anything else that is not "good"... talk about Jesus the way he does in his songs. esp. Selling the Drama, Operation Spirit, I alone, and i'm sure a bunch more cause that's all he sings about.

if anyone can tell my why i'm looking into his songs the wrong way.... please enlighten me, but if you can't, and i doubt you will...... i'm done w/ Live. and if there are any true Christians reading this... i hope you do the same.

so, before Live can be done with me.... i'm done with them.

[gotigrz]

ok, first, i want to thank the people that actually took the time to speak their point of view on all of this, and not just say "you Jesus freak, ... get out!". that's not the mentality that I have. but, i have a few more questions:

In the verses (of selling the drama) he sings from the point of view of a person who can be seen and followed as a leader by other people (that leader can be for example a teacher, a preacher or maybe even a president or prime minister) and who likes the power he has too much.

ok, well then, is he not saying that he thinks that Jesus is one of these people that did what they did for power? and in that video, what book is ripping the pages from? bible? ed sure does make it seem so.

which is the infinite love that Jesus, Buddha or Ed even speaks of.

that's fine if they are all talking about the same kind of love, but only one of those guys died for all of mankind to be saved, and only one of those guys was raised from the dead from All Mighty God, whether you believe it or not. but, ed will have you believe that it's best not to just read a book and hear what Someone says but go out and find love for yourself. right? well, let me ask you.... if you take his advice,.... are you not doing what ed is telling you to do? is that not taking advice from one over another?

"I am in NYC today. I visited St. Patrick’s Cathedral. There is a statue inside of the fallen Christ. He is lying in Mary’s arms. There is one just like it in the St. Mary’s Church in York, Pennsylvania where I was baptized and confirmed. Today, I knelt and wept at this beautiful and Sacred monument to the Dying God. I was overwhelmed by a feeling of deep, unfathomable Compassion. I cried and cried and cried. Not a single person looked at me twice. I touched His Blessed Feet, caressed His Wounds, and, in a New York minute, my entire life to this point, passed me by. What is any of this but the Dream of the Christ? Every-Thing surrendered perfectly in Compassion. Good Night and God Bless You all."

that's great! but Christ said that no man shall go to God but through Him. i mean do you think that ed would do the same for a statue of the buddha in Japan? My belief is that i'm sure that the buddha, Jesus and whoever were great great people. but, only Jesus is the Saviour, the Son of God. do you think ed believes that? i really wish that i could speak to ed about this.

The "hitler in a robe of truth" once told me that anyone who does not believe that Jesus died so that my sins could be forgiven by God will burn in hell for all eternity -- but God loves them... That doesn't even pass the logic test let alone sound anything like a just and loving God. That is control by using fear. Teaching those things accrues power to the teacher.

yes, God does love them all,.... everyone. but, do you not love your child, too? your child may do "something" that would or could change your relationship w/ them, forever. but, does that make you stop loving them? no, or atleast i hope not. "Teaching those things accrues power to the teacher".... but, Jesus gave ALL the credit to God, the Father. Jesus never did anything to say..."look at Me". He did it all for us and God.