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Originally Posted by Sethern
According to my grandfather, music affects the brain in certain ways, Rock and Rap making people more aggressive... Country causing people to become more suicidal, easy listening causing people to become more calm. So basically music affects your brain in the way you think and act, so if say, Rock was played as a Worship song in the church, people would more tend to start acting more aggressive and that is not particularly a trait that God really likes... Same for Rap.
I personally love, ALL music, and do listen to everything, from Classical music to Deathcore. From Rap to Country. From Oldies to old fashion gospel. I listen to EVERYTHING and like it... Except Pop music, I really don't care to much for that stuff... You should do some research first into how music affects people then you can go further in your studies from that part.
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I don't intent to use the social sciences in my study. I think such info is so subjective it has no place in the church. Its like saying if you use dark colors in the decor of your home you will be depressed. To me its just nonsense. It goes without saying that we pick up on different tempos and rythms, but I don't believe that "music affects your brain" if you mean it causes us to think or act differently. I would say that is only true inasmuch as someone allows the lyrics of such music to mold their views. For example, if christians choose to listen to pop music constantly finding plasure in lyrics which glorify sleping around, lust, broken relationships, revenge, rebellion, adultery, fornication, covetousness, violent crime, alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic abuse, isolationism, selfishness, and a hundred more ungodly themes, I argue that it will effect their worldview, not because of brain waves, but because of the message they subject themselves to-AND find pleasue in (romans 1:32). Which brings up another question, should Christians listen to secular/worldly music at all, esecially considering eph 5:19,
Colossians 3:16, Phill 4:8, and
James 5:13? And still yet another question, WHY would a christian even desire and find pleasure in such music? All of which brings us back to one of the original questions, do we justify music because it is "fun" or "catchy" or "has a good beat" rather than actually choose music we listen to based on the lyrics? While the 2 may seem exclusive, they are not, fr often what people like to listen to outside of church works itself into the church.