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azurelunatic) wrote2002-06-12 11:48 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2002-06-12 11:48 pm
The threat of NIN
I think I've figured out just what it is about Nine Inch Nails and similar goth-type bands that is causing certain Christian people to utterly flip their lids.
Listening very closely to the music, many songs speak of a deep faith that's been undermined and betrayed. The songs are full of Christian imagery and comparisons; a nasty girlfriend's treatment is likened to leaving the unfortunate lover nailed to the cross suffering for her sins, among others.
One of the Christian doctrines is that no one is made to suffer trials beyond their strength to endure. If you fail these tests, you are lacking in something essential, yet may be forgiven if you repent your sinful ways. The act of repenting proves you worthy.
The heresy of NIN is in that their lyrics claim that there are some insurmountable problems that cannot be solved, not even with faith; God has deserted them. And you know what? There's still beauty, dreadful beauty but still beauty, to be found in the ashes of betrayal.
That's why some parents flip out. It's not the sex. It's not the violence and self-loathing. Those are just symptoms of the underlying heresy, the falliability, the untrustworthiness of God, and the suffering of man because of it.
Listening very closely to the music, many songs speak of a deep faith that's been undermined and betrayed. The songs are full of Christian imagery and comparisons; a nasty girlfriend's treatment is likened to leaving the unfortunate lover nailed to the cross suffering for her sins, among others.
One of the Christian doctrines is that no one is made to suffer trials beyond their strength to endure. If you fail these tests, you are lacking in something essential, yet may be forgiven if you repent your sinful ways. The act of repenting proves you worthy.
The heresy of NIN is in that their lyrics claim that there are some insurmountable problems that cannot be solved, not even with faith; God has deserted them. And you know what? There's still beauty, dreadful beauty but still beauty, to be found in the ashes of betrayal.
That's why some parents flip out. It's not the sex. It's not the violence and self-loathing. Those are just symptoms of the underlying heresy, the falliability, the untrustworthiness of God, and the suffering of man because of it.
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Yeah, that could incite a few people to riot.