<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>I don't say all contmporary christian music is bad, I am talking about christian rock or maybe should define as heavy metal or grunge. There are many songs that are contemporary kinda like pop rock if you will, and I love them. I believe they give glory to God. I am more talking about this demonic beat and rythm of hard rock that I believe just leads to a demontic attitude weather you label it Christian music or whatever. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
You're identifying hard stuff as "demonic", and I can pretty much go along with that, but what Watkins and the rest of the critics are calling "demonic" is not just the heavy sound or beat, but just the structure of h beat itself, even if it's light. --the "accents" of the percussion, and how much "syncopation" there is. This is where the scientific arguments come in, and frequently, the warning that it comes from tribal Africa.
Meanwhile, Watkins himself, with all that ranting about a "wicked" "worldly" style, is one of the people who apparently accepts country (or is that "bluegrass"). This is the sound used by the music ministry peddled on av1611.org. Other critics regard country as just as worldly and sensuous, including a writer Daniel says he worked with.
While Carman does get silly at times, I question these critics condemnation of "jive talking" as so "vulgar" or "blasphemous". People don't understand the language, so how can they claim that? It may not be the most theologically sound statement, but for spiritual "babes" coming of a street culture, it does help establish praise of God. But it often seems that black culture, both African and American, is the antithesis of Christianity to these critics.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Valid criticism can be made of their song GOD GAVE ROCK N ROLL TO YOU but in defense of them they are stating that music is a gift from God. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
This is how most of those critics take things out of context. Watkins goes on to scream about the phrase "Why should the Devil have all the good tunes": YOU MEAN GOD DOES NOT HAVE ONE SINGLE GOOD SONG? THIS IS PRAISING THE DEVIL! but what people meant by that was that more aesthtically pleasing music was being rejected as "of the devil", while the music being used for God was dry and somber, but why would this be so?