This topic probably won't be relevant to most of you, but because of the college from which I graduated I find it interesting.
Scott Aniol, a Reformed fundamentalist, and Shai Linne, a Reformed rapper, began a discussion on music and the meaning in it. Specifically, they are discussing the morality of rap. Their discussion has hit upon several subtopics by now (including a very interesting reference to heavy metal by Scott), but that's the gist. This all began because Scott took part in a fundamentalist panel that gave some opinions on Christian rap--their opinions were, unsurprisingly, all negative. Afterward Shai approached Scott on Scott's website and asked him for a discussion on the topic; Scott agreed. Thus it began.
So far their discussion has actually been quite civil. There seems to be a mutual respect and solid attempts by both men to represent each other fairly. The discussion is taking place on Scott's website, so there's quite a bit of discussion in the comments section of each of the debate responses (it's split up into several blog posts: they're taking turns asking each other questions, answering, then rebutting).
Still, I find Scott's arguments to be very weak. You may not want to read the entire thing, as it's become somewhat lengthy now, but I'm curious to get some opinions on it. I actually left a couple comments on two of the responses, but very soon thereafter gave up. I was not impressed with some of the responses I was getting from "the other side of the fence", so to speak. (I, and other "progressives" who don't believe rap is inherently sinful, were straight-up called liars and postmodernists at one point, for example.)
Here is the introduction. Links to the next portion of the debate should be provided in each section.
Scott Aniol, a Reformed fundamentalist, and Shai Linne, a Reformed rapper, began a discussion on music and the meaning in it. Specifically, they are discussing the morality of rap. Their discussion has hit upon several subtopics by now (including a very interesting reference to heavy metal by Scott), but that's the gist. This all began because Scott took part in a fundamentalist panel that gave some opinions on Christian rap--their opinions were, unsurprisingly, all negative. Afterward Shai approached Scott on Scott's website and asked him for a discussion on the topic; Scott agreed. Thus it began.
So far their discussion has actually been quite civil. There seems to be a mutual respect and solid attempts by both men to represent each other fairly. The discussion is taking place on Scott's website, so there's quite a bit of discussion in the comments section of each of the debate responses (it's split up into several blog posts: they're taking turns asking each other questions, answering, then rebutting).
Still, I find Scott's arguments to be very weak. You may not want to read the entire thing, as it's become somewhat lengthy now, but I'm curious to get some opinions on it. I actually left a couple comments on two of the responses, but very soon thereafter gave up. I was not impressed with some of the responses I was getting from "the other side of the fence", so to speak. (I, and other "progressives" who don't believe rap is inherently sinful, were straight-up called liars and postmodernists at one point, for example.)
Here is the introduction. Links to the next portion of the debate should be provided in each section.
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