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Where artists are reviewed because of their
work and not because of their religion, it is
obvious that the religious message should not be
regarded as the issue at all when it comes to the
reviewed music. One artist says this, and another
artist says that. Take them all and you will not
see one consistent religious message at all. One
artist might sing about his idea that all
religions are the same, while a next artist may
proclaim his exclusive faith in Yesus Kristos.
The same principal applies to the Dubroom
Message Boards as well. There are many visitors
and contributors who are not professing the
Christian faith at all, and they give their
argumentation with it too. This could also be
viewed as sending "mixed messages", when
the Dubroom would be seen as a ministry.
Everybody can see on the Dubroom Message Boards
that each individual is responsible for his or her
own expressions, and nobody would hold the Dubroom
responsible for the personal expressions of the
various posters.
So then, why is there a difference between
providing space where people can express their
ideas which may not allways be considered
Christian and reviewing a musical work created by
one who might also not be a Christian?
One might say, it's the promotion. But then,
the music is promoted and the words are not
neccesarily promoted. One can have the best lyrics
and the most lousy music and therefore not be reviewed on
this site because of the low quality of music.
Now, where does the born again nature of the
Dubroom webmaster come in? For that, it should be
nice to know that on almost every page on the
Dubroom you will see a picture with the Name JAH
above it. It is an old picture of Yesus Kristos,
and when you click on it, you will find without
apology and without any shame, without any
complexity, in plain words, the true Gospel of
Yesus Kristos.
Where the Dubroom is not a Christian Website,
the webmaster surely is. And a Christian should
not be ashamed for his faith. This is clear in the
name Messian Dread, this is clear in the music,
the Itations and the many, many reasonings.
Where Aleister Crowley parrotted Satan's lie:
"Do What Thou Willst shall Be The Whole Of
The Law", the Good Lord Yesus Kristos
said:
"Do Unto Others, How You Would
Like Them To Do Unto You".
This is a big difference! And so, you can see
Messian Dread's music promoted and reviewed on
websites that are not directly Christian.
You can hear Messian Dread's music on Radio Shows,
and vice versa.
Not many people are aware of the fact that it
is within the very nature of Reggae Music and
Culture, to be open for born again Christians to
express their faith through music and be
respected. It is not for nothing, that evil forces
have to transform the music to an unrecognizable
"derivate" that doesn't even remotely
sound like Reggae Music before they can express
their evilness to the fullness.
Because Reggae Music has allways had an open
door for a born again Christian, why then close
the door for other Reggae Artists on your own
website, on your own radio show, in your own sound
system?
And for what reason? Just to feel "safe"
and "holy" in your own "Christian
Ghetto"? Would you like them to do that unto you?
Look at what Paulus has to say about
that "Christian Ghetto", or CCM. Read 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 and
remember the
difference here between inside and outside:
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company
with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the
fornicators of this world, or with the covetous,
or extortioners, or with idolaters; for
then must ye needs go out of the world.
But now I have written unto you not to keep
company, if any man that is called a brother
be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or
a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with
such an one no not to eat.
This shows very clearly, how the CCM industry
is an attempt to "go out of the world".
And the sad fruits of it is that they themselves
have become "that is called a brother",
and "a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or
a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner".
That's why the Dubroom is closed for CCM. And
open for those outside who are not against Yesus
Kristos, and who welcome a small independant
artist like Messian Dread based on the music and
the consciousness that comes with it on their own
website. The Dubroom is not an attempt to "go
out of the world" and do what the Bible says
is an impossibility.
When one has the faith and stands on it, then one
has a solid foundation which can not be removed,
and one does not have to fear anyone or anything.
The point that Paulus makes, is that since we are
in the world, we will have to deal with people who
do not believe in Yesus but in another way, with
greedy business people and extortioners even, with
ones committing slackness! We cannot go out of the
world, and as we see Yesus also never wanted
this.
In the case of you being a Reggae Musician, or
a Reggae Reviewer, this very same principal
applies. Jah wants us to stand where we stand, He
knows we have to deal with people who are outside,
people who have a different faith or even
slackness artists and greedy labels. And He wants
us to keep that outside the church, but not
outside of our daily life!
Of
course, when you are a born again Christian you
believe that Yesus Kristos is the only way. And
so, of course, you strongly and fundamentally
disagree with someone who thinks that every
religion leads to Jah. But you also believe that
the Truth will stand. And so you are not afraid to
give respect for the music, to give respect where
respect is due. Because you know that you are
in this world, and you have to deal with these
things in this world. You cannot go out
of the world. In this all, you have to do
unto others like you want them to do unto you.
And obviously it is very direspectfull to one
hand play Reggae Music and on the other hand deny
to give respect to the Originators of Reggae
Music. Reggae Music, as we have seen, is quite
different then some other forms of music. Because
it has been open for Christians from day one there
is no reason to look at it as if it is another
satanical form of music. Also, the culture is not
that big and Reggae Artists simply need each other
to keep the music forward. To promote Reggae Music
as a whole promotes every artist in Reggae Music.
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