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.

[LiveattheOasis]

Wambangalang, I can appreciate that our tiger friend's comments have come across as insulting to you, or just plain dumb, but I would ask you not to take the Bible out of context the way that it seems gotigrz has taken Live's lyrics out of context, or at least misunderstood him.

By your logic, I suppose in Luke 14:26 Jesus saying that to follow him one would have to hate his father and mother means we should all either take up arms against our parents or at least keep as much distance from them as we can. The verse you are referring comes directly out of God's choosing Jacob, the youngest, to carry the blessing and ultimately Christ's lineage instead of Esau. In Malachi 1:3 the point is to let Israel know how God has blessed them, even giving his blessing to a younger son (Israel, or Jacob) instead of Esau, whose descendants lived in the land of Edom.

I should hope that, though gotigrz statements may have come off wrong to many of you, that if you would not respect him, at least do not offend other people who may actually be Christians in turn. If we are to respect each other as individuals, and respond to each person according to who they are and what they believe, consider them. I am sure even those who are not Christians here can find wisdom in the statement, "Do unto to others as you would have them do unto you". Just because one person offends you, don't continue the trend by offending others as well.