Where the Dubroom promotes (DUB) Reggae and Consciousness, the site's webmaster is a born again Christian. How do these things relate to each other? An in-depth article about the philosophy behind the Dubroom, the Gospel, and the promotion of Reggae Music.

The Gospel is a very, very special kind of message. The message of the Divine Saviour, the Creator Himself, Who became human to live the life we should live and died the death we should die because of our sins, has changed the lifes of billions. This website would not have been there, if the Gospel was not there.

It is clear, that when one is a born again Christian one will have to take that fact into consideration in about everything one does(n't). A born again Christian is, or should be, a Conscious (wo)man allways. Conscious of the fact that there are many false Christs, many false prophets who will deceive many. And many can be found in the Music Industry!

Let's take an extreme example, just to make a point.

When one is a born again Christian, one can't make a website where one promotes for example the music by one "Marilyn Manson", a very evil man who calls on his listeners to kill their parents and much more wickedness. The music which accompanies the lyrics and looks of this "Marilyn Manson" is as evil as his message. And he's definitely not the only one planting his filth in the minds of especially young people.

Basically, there are two different ways in which Christians respond to this issue. 

Some claim that changing the lyrics of music will "sanctify" it somehow, and they create their own industry where they look like "Marilyn Manson" but have "Christian Lyrics". We know this response as "Contemporary Christian Music" (CCM) or the Christian Industry. Let's call the supporters of this theory the "Christian Industrialists".

Others claim that it's not just the lyrics and they point to the obvious rotten fruits of "Marilyn Manson" in order to proof that when the fruits are rotten the roots won't be any different either. We know this response as the Biblical response. Let's call the supporters of this teaching "Rootical Christians".

Now, what do artists like "Marilyn Manson" and Reggae Music have in common?

According to many Christians: a lot! 

According to the Dubroom: not much!

It's not possible, to have a "Dubroom" where the music promoted would be that of an "artist" like "Marilyn Manson". This website would either be a so-called "Christian Marilyn Manson" site, or it would be a website exposing the evil nature of the tree that produces such rotten fruits as "Marilyn Manson" does. And a visit to the Dubroom will reveal, that this website would be the latter.

This website contains many pages of articles about the CCM or Christian Industry. Although their industry carries the Name "Christ", the Christian Industrialists produce the very same fruits as that of the Music Industry they so wish to imitate with their so-called "sanctified music". And argueably, even more rotten fruits.

The Christian industrialists base the existance of their CCM industry on the idea, that it doesn't matter how evil the works of a certain musical artist are, as soon as the lyrics become "Christian" the music will be "sanctified" and can serve as spiritual food for Christians. Even further: the more evil a so-called "secular artist" is, the more chance you have that the CCM industry comes up with "true Christian alternative" of that artist. 

A "Christian Marilyn Manson"? There are plenty of them!

Christian parents let their children listen to music that is similar to that of the most openly satanic artists, with the only exceptance that the "lyrics are christian". The CCM industry has everything the so-called "secular Music Industry" has, and the only exception is the "C-word".

So CCM is an imitation of something really evil, with the only exception that it has "Christian" lyrics attached. The CCM industry is based on the idea, that "music is neutral" and as soon as it's played by ones calling themselves Christian and singing bout "Jesus Christ" it's considered "Gospel" or "Christian". An absurdity. Yesus Kristos did not die to build the Christian industry, He died to build the Christian Church! And that Church is not a building but a group of people.

Because of CCM's antichrist nature, this website will never be a vehicle for CCM to lead Jah's people astray and introduce others to a completely false gospel. It should hurt every true Christan to the bone, to see Jamaican Dancehall Artists "converting to Christianity" only to sing that they are still Dancehall Artists only now Yesus will make them rich. Still, that is the kind of "Gospel" you will hear in the "Gospel Reggae" Industry. CCM truly creates a very ugly kind of Christian!

Because of the satanic nature of most musical styles within the Pop Music Industry, we've allready mentioned one Marilyn Manson, this website will never be a vehicle for antichrist-ism either. CCM may claim that music is neutral and therefore can be used for just about anything, but every real musician knows how music is all about transmitting feelings. Music cannot be neutral, for it would not appeal to anyone if it was. You put on music because you want to feel some thing. And so, there could not have been a Dubroom if the music promoted on this site would not be Reggae Music!

Take for example, the Heavy Metal music. It's developed by Satanists, who often don't even have any talent at all but "simply" get their own personal demon after they sold their souls to the devil so that "they" play "good". In the meantime, the music spells h.a.t.e. and d.e.s.t.r.u.c.t.i.o.n. even when it would be instrumental. But, as crazy as it may seem, there are people who think that they can "use" that music, give it a Christian Lyrics and thus make it "safe". 

However, music which is aimed at starting agression, destruction and hate, will carry this vibe inside even in the instrumental parts. It's in the music, not just the lyrics. And the attraction to the music can be found in the bad vibes of a person himself. The music appeals to feelings of agression and hate, even of destruction and plain evilness. And because that music appeals to such emotions, there are people who like the vibe.

However, just putting Christian Lyrics on such a music doesn't make it Christian at all. But still, many Christians are fooled into believing how they can safely put on a CCM Heavy Metal album whenever they feel like they are in need for some Heavy Metal vibrations.

Now, what does this have to do with Reggae Music?

According to many Christians, a lot.

According to the Dubroom, not very much.

As said before, this website could not have been there if the music it promotes would be anything else but Reggae Music. The reason for that is that on one hand there are many reasons to condemn the CCM industry as it is as unchristian as the music it aims to "sanctify". On the other hand, a born again Christian could never promote satanic music either. So if the music promoted on the Dubroom would be anything else but Reggae Music, this site would either have to be a CCM site or it couldn't promote the music at all. And given the strong anti-CCM vibe on the Dubroom, it can easily be said that the Dubroom wouldn't be there if it wasn't for Reggae.

CCM claims that music is neutral, but they still have to "sanctify" it so that Christians can "safely" consume the music as "spiritual food". CCM claims, that this have to be done with about every form of music. Rock 'n' Roll, Heavy Metal, Gothical, Rap, and the list can go on. 

CCM claims, it has to be done with Reggae Music too.

So, let's take a look at Reggae Music. Let's compare Reggae Music with the styles and genres carefully created in the laboratories of the American and UK based Music Industries.

Reggae Music originally is a rhythm, a particular music by a particular people. The people of Jamaica, to be precize. It's on Jamaica, that Reggae Music originated. And "everybody" participated in the development of the music. A big portion of the people who played part in this process were, and are, Christians. It's said, that the name "Reggae" came from Toots and the Maytalls. And Toots is said to be a Christian.

Haile Selassie, the Ethiopian Emperor who some worship as the incarnation of Jah Rastafari (God), visited Jamaica. He saw, that he was being worshipped as Jah and in 1970, he sent someone from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to Jamaica with the words: 

There is a problem in Jamaica.... Please, help these people. They are misunderstanding, they do not understand our culture.... They need a church to be established and you are chosen to go.

Abuna Yesehaq went to Jamaica, and the Ethiopian Christian faith became a part of Jamaican culture. A culture partly rooted in Christianity. Of course this included the music. Christianity has had it's members within Reggae Culture from day one. And this is important to remember.

More often then not, Reggae Music was recorded under the most terrible circumstances. No big guys with Zillions of American Dollars and hi-tech studio's in protected area's. Even the most equiped Jamaican studio's did not have the possibilities of the studio's in America etc. Especially in pre-digital times!

The music gave hope to the sufferers in the ghetto. Many referances to the Book of the Apocalypse continually reminded the people how Babylon System would not live forever. The same system that took their fore parents from Africa was clearly identified as that wicked antichrist system of the Bible.

The music served as a vehicle for the news as well. Many times, the Sound Systems would play the music while MC's chanted the news over the riddim. This could be local news, but world news was covered as well. And commented upon, of course.

The Movement of Rastafari, with it's different forms or houses, plays a very important role in Reggae Music too. 

The western Music Industry likes to display the Movement as a Jamaican form of Hippieness, and because of that western Christians often think that the Movement is some kind of antichrist religion. But in reality, Rastas can be more compared with "fundamentalist christians" then with hippies or antichrists. 

There are Rastas who think that you shouldn't play Reggae Music but stick to the natural hand drums. There are Rasta artists who refuse to go on stage when their band members are not "propperly dressed".

Bob Marley had to change his music significantly in order to make it marketable in especially America. His connections with Chris Blackwell of Island Records led him to have his music worked out in English studio's. And even after that Reggae Music was still not that popular in the United States, where they had their own forms of music. It took a Babylonian Transformational Operation to make "reggae" popular in America.

It went like this.

When Bob Marley died as a result of what many claim to be a CIA operation, a new form of "Reggae" was introduced to Jamaica. This was the time in which Ronald Reagan declared his "war on drugs" and Jamaican ganja plantations were destroyed by the local government and military. All of a sudden, cokane flooded the island and this influenced the music too. Coincidence?

In America, Rap Music was born and merged with Reggae Dancehall. The lyrical content became more filthy and agressive. A look at many of today's Rap Artists reveal that they follow the same wickedness as that of the Heavy Metal and Gothical styles, the "Marilyn Mansion's" of the Music Industry. The results, the fruits if you will, are evil. Calls for violence, calls for murder, calls for sexual immorality resulting in tragically high figures of teen pregnancy, abortion and deaths because of sexual deceases and rape.

Many within the Reggae Culture speak out against this wickedness. Take for example Neil Fraser. He is better known as the Mad Professor and is a well known UK based Reggae producer. Linking the violence and tragicalities directly with the music pushed by the main stream Music Industry, Mad Professor speaks out on his website against the fruits of this music. In a 2003 article that was widely covered in the UK press, he stated the following:

As someone who has spent the last 22 years working in the Black Music industry in the UK as a record producer and a record company owner, I cannot help but draw a strong parallel between the popularity of certain types of music and gun crime. Let's be honest. The problem starts within the black community. We have to look at the causes and stem it from the causes. I think that the influences of a music culture that glorifies the gun, homophobic aggression, male chauvinism, drug culture and generally worship superficial wealth is making it's mark. eg.: One of the most popular songs over the holiday is a song called "Sorrow to the World." This song contains lyrics encouraging the youths to raise their guns.

(...)

I really think we need a radical change in the moral awareness of the music being played. This leads on to an intelligent test of those occupying DJ jobs, and a Limited Term for such DJs on the radio, and a facility where the public can object on the term being extended. Only a month ago a Government Minister in Jamaica, drew parallels between Dancehall, Hiphop and crime. They too have a problem of senseless gun crime. Black youths today lack the positive awareness that existed in the 70s and 80s. Not surprising. A look at MTV and similar programs continue to show videos glorifying expensive cars and a quick and easy attitude to gaining wealth, without showing the real work required to achieve.

Mad Professor has written a lot of very thoughtfull meditations and reasonings on his website. He speaks specifically about black youths and the music the mainstream music industry markets to them, but "the problem" as he calls it has no racial barrierre and can be extended to the complete Music Industry. The fruits of certain Hip Hop and Dancehall are exactly the same as that of the music which is pushed on the white youths.

How can this be? Is there a plan behind it, or an evil spirit? Why do popular artists openly speak about selling their souls to satan?   

Those who have researched popular music history in the 20th century in order to find out just why the music brings so much wickedness, will have read about a man called Aleister Crowley. 

This man, who died a few years after World War II, can be considered the father of modern Satanism. He had a house near Loch Ness in the UK, and was called "The Other Loch Ness Monster". That house was later owned by a member of the satanic band "Led Zeppelin". Crowley spoke openly about human sacrifice and ritual abuse as ways to spiritually grow. Crowley's other name was "The Beat 666". He was an enemy of the Creator, that's obvious.

Aleister Crowley wrote a lot of books, and one of them was called "The Book Of The Law". This book was basically the law of Satan. Aleister Crowley believed that a New Age was coming, and he called it the Age of Horus. The Age of Satan. In the "Book of the Law", you can read:

"Do What Thy Willt, Shall Be The Whole Of The Law".

Aleister Crowley layed down a program to get the world prepared for a global reign of Lucifer or Satan. He was very open about it. He spoke about music, and how music would be a vehicle to get especially the youths initiated into Satanism in it's many variations (including Hippieness/New Age).

Many, most, if not all important figures in the western Music Industry are devout followers of Crowley. And we're definitely not just speaking about the obvious ones such as the Beatles and Marilyn Manson. They themselves spoke about being possessed, about being part of this plan to bring in the New Age of Satan.

Now, what does this have to do with Reggae Music? When we compare the two different storylines, we see that the history of Reggae and the history of western based Pop Music are really two different stories. Yes, there are many "cross-over" acts in this time, but these can easily be identified as hybrid and not real Roots Reggae. 

It wasn't until Bob Marley died, that cokane created a kind of music on Jamaica now commonly known as Ragga/Dancehall. It wasn't until Dancehall and American Rap merged together, that it became the gunworshipping sexualy immoral style that it now is. Today there is not that much difference between Rap and Dancehall, and the Reggae vibe is only a subtle trademark somewhere in the background.

It is obvious, that the forces behind this transformation of Reggae Culture into becoming another branch of the global culture of gun worshipping sexually immoral known as Rap, whoever they are, had to change the music before they could introduce the audience to such wickedness.

And this fact is of crucial essence!

Reggae Music, because of it's very nature, is evidently unfit to serve as a vehicle of satanically driven forces. Reggae Music, especially Roots Reggae Music can only be played by people who have a certain honousty and openness that you cannot have when you have such evil intentions as the followers of Aleister Crowley's teachings.

Now, what does this all mean as it relates to the Dubroom?

It makes sense, when we combine several aspects we have touched upon in this article so far. 

• Reggae Music has a history and foundation that is different then that of the global forms of popular music as seen on for example MTV.
• Reggae Music had to be transformed into a style that has nothing to do with original Roots Reggae before it could be transformed into yet another style: a branch of a global culture that worships guns, sexual immorality and even blatant satanism.
• The two main Christian responses to the global forms of popular music are either the creation of a parralel universe called the CCM industry or a Biblically based avoidance of such musical styles alltogether.
• The CCM industry treats Reggae Music as if it has the same roots as that of the global forms of popular music.

Where many see Reggae as just another form of global popular music, they completely disregard the different history of Reggae Music. They don't seem to realize the importance of this difference. And even if they do, then most would still approach Reggae Music as a style of popular music, like Rap or Rock. 

Many people have Reggae in a collection of Rock and Rap, too. When they are Christian, there's a big chance that this collection is a CCM collection. 

Sure, they like Reggae too and so they start looking for "Christian Reggae". And they get confused when they see the Dubroom, where Reggae Music is promoted by a born again Christian. And they wonder: how can a born again Christian promote "secular music"? Isn't a Christian supposed to promote CCM or "Gospel Music"? 

Well, the answer to that is obvious. 

This website was founded to promote Reggae Music. It was never intended to be a "Christian Ministry". If it would be a "Christian Ministry", sure there would be a lot of wrongness, but this site promotes a form of music that is obviously different then the stuff you see on MTV. Regardless what the CCM Industry and the workers of Babylon do with Reggae Music in order to make it fit their wicked schemes, true Roots Reggae will allways stand as it is.

Yes, the Dubroom webmaster is a born again Christian. And several expressions of this spiritual identity can be found throughout the website. Yes, the Dubroom webmaster even uses parts of this website for his ministry!

This doesn't mean that the complete Dubroom website is a Christian website or "ministry", though. A ministry is something you do for the Church. You don't use your ministry to promote a certain music. You use your ministry to do what Jah wants you to do for His Church.

It's not possible to promote "Christian Music" as a style or genre, for the simple reason that Christianity is not a particular genre either. So we can't look at the promotion of the music on this site in the context of a "ministry".

Reggae Music is not holy, it is not so that every Reggae musician is a saint. It is not so that Reggae Music allways speaks about truth and right, freedom and equality. But the music should not be seen as just another style of globally popular music like Rap or Rock of which the fruits are spoken of in this article. 

One look on the history of Reggae Music reveals, how Christians have allways been part of the development of Reggae Music. In Pop and Rock, you will allways see musicians changing their musical ways when they become Christian. Of course, because their Crowleyism has led them to create these kind of music like Heavy Metal in the first place. But in Reggae, this is not so. 

The Dubroom is not a Christian website, but the webmaster is a born again Christian. A born again Christian who makes Reggae Music as well. In that music, it is obvious that Yesus Kristos is the Way the Truth and the Light. In the personal meditations and reasonings by the webmaster, it is also clear.

In the Dubroom reviews, there's a very large collection of Reggae albums and musical tracks created by people who are not neccesarily Christian. They might even sing about their opinnions which could be diametrically opposed to the ones of the webmaster. But since the Dubroom is not a Christian website, this is not the standard according to which it is decided as to whether or not a review should be placed. That standard is Reggae Music itself.

How then can that be? The answer again, is Reggae Music itself.

Sometimes the Dubroom receives e-mails from people who think that given the Born Again Christian identity of the webmaster, the site should only carry music by people who are considered to be Christian too. 

But only when this website itself would be a Christian website, then one could have a point. And a big one, too! When this website would be only presenting the works of Messian Dread, then one would even have a bigger point!

However, since this website doesn't claim to be Christian it should also not be seen as such. Let's take a look at what the Bible says about this.

The fifth chapter of 1 Corinthians describes a very serious issue. There is something going on the the Christian Church and it is incest. As the apostle Paulus continues dealing with it, at a certain moment he makes a certain comment which may be of relevance in this. In the 12th verse, he says:

For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth.

The "within" and "without" refers to the Church of Yesus Kristos. Those who are born again, are "inside". That was the reason, why the one who comitted incest had to be, in the words of Paulus: "put away from among yourselves".

Many people want to apply this very same concept to websites, as if these websites are a church. Maybe they do not realize it themselves, that's quite possible. But Paulus clearly said that when you are a born again Christian, when you are inside, you shouldn't judge those that are outside. 

And a website is not neccesarily a part of the Church. A website is a work, and in this work talents are expressed.  The Church is the total sum of all believers in Yesus Kristos. In the church, you use your gifts, and outside the church you use your talents. 

If the Dubroom would start to review artist's works as if they were expressions and teachings within the Church, if the Dubroom would start to judge artist's works according to their Christian contents rather then the musical quality, then the Dubroom would actually judge those that are outside. 

When this website would fully be reserved for Biblical Teachings et cetera, in short when this website would be a ministry, these artist's works could indeed not have been reviewed. But then, we would have to look at a Music Business as a Christian Ministry which is an absurdity as a Business cannot be a Ministry.

Now then, is it not so that by reviewing Reggae artists that are not Christian, the message of these artists is promoted too? This is a more difficult question to answer fe true.

If the Dubroom would claim to be a Christian website, then it would be obvious that the artists presented on the website would have to bring one particular message. But this is not the case. In fact, there is not really a consequent spiritual message to be found when all of the reviewed music on the Dubroom is looked upon. The consequent spiritual message can be found still, though. On the many pages written by the Webmaster dealing with every aspect of the Christian Faith, from birth to eternity!

This is important to realize. 

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.

Reggae Music is in many ways a good influence against the destructive and immoral music pushed by the Babylonians. Someone working for security during concerts in the Netherlands, told the writer of this article that Reggae concerts allways are so easy because the people are not that agressive and dangerous. Reggae is simply a very uplifting kind of music that simply cannot be used for the purposes of Babylon. Even the most militant forms of Reggae Music will carry this same upfull vibe. If MTV would start to play at least 20% conscious Roots Reggae Music, and not the hybrid crap they now present as "Reggae", allready there would be a reduction in the wickedness you see in the MTV-led masses.

Those who claim, that the lyrical content is what makes a certain music destructive or upfull, are holding on to an unkeepable doctrine. Some kinds of music are designed to be destructive and the fruits of it can be seen all over. 

Where you see the glittering side on MTV, you don't see the other side. Hospitals full of pregnant children and victims of violence. The dustbins of the abortion clinics are filled with body parts of unborn babies, and the graveyards are full with people who died way before their times in circumstances hailed as romantic on the screens.

No, it's not just Babylon sponsored music doing it. Definitely not. But it is a fact that violence, rape and satanism are romantized on the Babylon Sponsored Media where in reality they are causing too much bad fruits.

The Columbine Shootings is such a fruit. Two boys went to their school to kill especially Christian teenagers under the direct influence of bands like Marilyn Manson and the German band Rammstein. This band wrote a song called "Weisses Fleisch" (white meat) starting off with the lyrics: 

Du auf dem Schulhof, ich zum Toten bereit (You at the School Yard, I am prepared to kill)

They then go on to describe the most filthy details where the music expresses a kind of agression that is undeniable as evil as the lyrics.

Music is definitely not neutral. Every artist who puts his heart and soul in the music in order to transmit an emotion can tell you that. Music can bring you joy, music can bring you destruction as well.

Certain musical styles are intended to be evil, intended to destroy and cause hate. And they should be avoided like the plague that it is. You can't make them "Christian" by putting "Christian" lyrics to them. Why not? Because they stimulate and appeal to feelings of hatret and destruction in the first place. You can put "Christian Lyrics" over music which is designed to be evil, but you will only appeal to those who wish to feed themselves with evil.

So there are enough reasons to promote Reggae Music in this time. The music can serve as an antidote against Babylon's music in so many ways and yet appeal to many who have been affected by Babylon Sponsored Music. Yes, Reggae Music is definitely different then the music presented by the MTV's and Marilyn Manson's of this world.

And that's why the Dubroom is what it is. A website where Reggae Music is promoted and a website from where you can read the Gospel of Yesus Kristos with just one click away from almost every page on the website. No, the music does not neccesarily contain the Gospel of Yesus Kristos. But the webmaster of the Dubroom obviously and evidently does! 

All artists are responsible for themselves for what they say. When they are outside of the Church of Yesus Kristos for example because they do not believe in Yesus Kristos as the Only Way to Jah, they should not have to be treated the same way as those who are claiming to be inside. 

On a short sidenote: If reviewing artists that may not be Christian would be equal to the promotion of this artist's particular religion, the Dubroom would truly do a lousey job promoting such a religion. This website is very evidently run by a born again Christian who happens to be a Reggae Artist and reviewer of Reggae music.

If reviewing Reggae artists that may not be Christian on a Reggae website run by a born again Christian would be equal to welcoming false teachers inside the Church of Yesus Kristos, then this website would be a Church. But this website is not a church, because this website is not (intended to be), nor can it ever be, a local gathering of people in a particular place who all believe in Yesus Kristos and want to worship Him together. 

It is the philosophy of the Dubroom's webmaster, that there is a big difference between what happens inside the Church of Yesus Kristos and what happens outside. 

This website is not the Church. Members of the Church work on the site as well as those who are not, but the Gospel Message can more easily be found on the Dubroom then on many so-called Christian websites where artists are promoted who claim that Yesus died to make them rich. Christianity is surely something different then selling your soul to "Jesus Christ" in order to get fame. Satan is into that business, but not Yesus Kristos!

As Paulus said, Jah will judge those who are outside the church. Christians have to judge those who are inside, those who profess to be born again in Yesus Kristos. So it is not to the Dubroom's webmaster to question or judge the faith of those artists who are not in the Church. Because -a- this website is not a church and because -b- Christians are not to judge those outside.

Reviewing the Reggae works of a Reggae artist does not neccesarily have anything to do with promoting his or her religion. Not even when the artist speaks about his or her religion.

But there is a line in the sand, definitely. 

The line would be crossed if the music would contain outright blasphemous contents, if it would promote pornography and violence or hatret. There are most definitely certain tracks and artists that will never be reviewed on this website.

The line would also be crossed if the Dubroom would publish articles about Yesus Kristos and the Gospel written by people who do not have a faith in Him. We might review the works of an artist who sings that Yesus is not the only Way to the Father, but we would not place an article wherein such a doctrine would be presented as a teaching for the disciples of Yesus Kristos.

Yesus Kristos clearly said: "Do unto others, like you would have them do unto you". This is exactly what we are doing with the reviewing. In Reggae Music, there's allways respect for the other musician. 

Yesus Kristos also said that whoever is not against Him, is before Him. He told His disciples that when they would be well received, when they were being treated with respect, He would consider that as for Him. Yesus Kristos has said, that the way His disciples are treated is the way He considers Himself to be treated. 

This becomes clear in the teachings of Yesus Kristos concerning the Great Day of Judgement, when all the wicked people will be judged for their wicked acts. In Matthew 25:32-46, we can read something remarkable:

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of the least of these, ye did [it] not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

This is how Yesus Kristos judges those who are outside. He looks carefully as to how His disciples, The Least Of His Brethen are treated. And much can be said about this particular scripture, but it is clear that Yesus Kristos knows how to judge those who are outside in a righteous way. 

This is also the way we should look to those outside. Yes, we should invite them to come inside, definitely. But we shouldn't deny their works, we should respect these works and we should review them when they are reviewable. And we should let Jah be their judge in the end.

Is this a reason not to spread the Good News of Salvation, the Gospel of Yesus Kristos? Absolutely not! Quite the contrary, it's a motivation to keep spreading the Gospel! And as long as the Dubroom is ran by a born again Christian, the Gospel of Yesus Kristos will shine bright through this website.

The issue requires a continual meditation fe true. In John 17:15, Yesus Kristos prayed to the Father about His disciples:

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

And so, here we are. In the world. Jah does not take us out of this world, but He surely keeps us from evil. And while we are in this world, we will have to deal with the fact that not all the music we play is neccesarily containing Christian Lyrics. But we should know and let know that we ourselves believe in Him, in Yesus Kristos!

Reggae is not a rich man's industry. All true Reggae Artists need each other. Because only together we can forward true Reggae into this new generation that keeps being confronted with the most abominable filth through the mainstream media. 

Is this a reason to promote just about everything on every site? Absolutely not! The Biblical principles proposed in this lengthy article can definitely not be applied to just about every music there is, either.

But it is why a born again Christian Reggae artist can run a Reggae website, promoting Reggae Music that may not allways carry lyrics considered to be sound teachings in the Christian Church.

Please consider the writing above as the personal opinion/observation of Messian Dread rather than "Official Dubroom Policy" or something like that. 

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