Pope Benedict: Rock music not compatible with Christianity

Kindly watch what you listen to. Thank you.



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The good Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, the #2 man in the Church, the Prefect of the Congregation of the Faith has said, "In a way which we could not imagine thirty years ago, music has become the decisive vehicle of a counter-religion and thus calls for a parting of the way. Since rock music seeks release through liberation from the personality and its responsibility, it can be on the one hand precisely classified among the anarchy ideas of freedom. But that is precisely why rock music is so completely antithetical to the Christian concept of redemption and freedom, indeed its exact opposite."<5>

The Cardinal goes on that rock music helps make people feel they have their salvation in feeling good, the present moment, and their liberation of ego. The Cardinal shows that this attitude, rather than building oneself up in virtue and integrity, destroys personality. What is this Cardinal saying?

He is saying rock is truly a "decisive vehicle of a counter-religion," that a self-centered pantheism, where rock has become its chief liturgical form. Yes, rock in its true form is pantheistic. Pantheism is a religious belief, may I say feeling, where all becomes one; God and you and the universe are all one. As one rock star put it, "We don't sing about the world because we are the world." Cardinal Ratzinger remarks that this "music becomes ecstasy, liberation from the ego, amalgamation with the universe."<6> The pantheist buries himself in his own feelings, emotions, and desires and exalts freedom, liberty and independence of self. This to the exclusion of God's plan, to any dependency upon God or loving relationship with the Most Holy Trinity. Rather, God is part of this universe of yours that you make, you feel, you are. John Lennon summed it up, "I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe what people call God is something in all of us..."<7>

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Are we living in some alternate universe or something? This is so entirely silly I can't even take it seriously.

having a free thought is bad. This man reminds me of the idiots that said the Beatles were demonic.

what did he think about John Paul watching that break dancing exhibitions? not compatible?

Do you think he cackles like the Emperor too???

I going to have to get that pic and a pic of the new pope together--

that whole "black pope" thing has new meaning.

and all of the Christian rock bands I've been listening to, I guess they'll be headed straight to hell too.

nt

Dancing leads to blow jobs. Thus, music is bad.

Kevin Bacon is involved in this somehow.

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makes me have unclean meat thoughts :rofl:

Faith no More..

speech over St Peter's Square...bring some portable speakers and blast some rock 'n' roll, would ya??

;)

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--IMM

like JPII had in Denver???

So does that mean I'm going to hell, then?

It's one of the pleasures of going to hell :P

so why should I care about his likes and dislikes?
Savage jungle rhythms, oh my!

I wuv him vewwy much!

Rock on Easter Bunny! :toast:

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I should have said...means far less to me than the Easter Bunny

worked with.

In fact, we started out playing rock music at CYO dances held in churches!

We played some pretty hard rock in the old church basement. Packed the place. The priests and nuns didn't find anything sinister in it.

We played rock, soul and R&B and it was no big deal then.
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what freedom exists when some clown in Rome that does not participate in the human experience tells everyone what they must and must not do. That is tyranny, not freedom.

...he certainly seems to have a good grasp of how you feel when you let yourself go and enjoy it! Hmmm.

I guess feeling good=sin. Crazy.

but old white men in robes molesting little boys is not anything to worry about.What a crock of shit.

Quite!

Come to think of it... they kinda are. If hell had a house band, this music would be pure torture.

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And the other one was made by me!!!:headbang:

Maybe it's time for a comeback tour.

he might as well be against rock as well.

Excuse me while I turn up the volume....

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and the rest.

There is something UNIVERSALLY HOLY about that.