...evidently so, for some, and you need to sing ONLY the things which will help others to believe!
I am not a religious person, but have enjoyed for years many songs with religious subject matter and history-especially Gospel; and Southern Gospel has always been a favotite. But I ran onto an article from a very fundamentalist Independant Baptist viewpoint that rather startled me. Some forms of the music are taken to task for being far too "worldly", "sensual"..even "boogie-woogie"! He names specific names and exhorts Christians to avoid such departures from the straight & narrow.

I know there are very wide differences in attitudes toward music AND religion, but this really defines a view I have seldom encountered, and I can't decide whether it is important, or just 'interesting'.

I really considered whether to put this in the 'BS' area, as it is perhaps more a religious concern than a musical one...but....

In any case, if you want to see what stirred me to actually start a thread, look here.