From: titan@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Titanium Knight)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: What has Depeche Mode got to say?
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 01:21:45 CST
Organization: System 6626 BBS, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

twiggs_te@lrc.edu writes:

> 	Well, before you continue to waste your money by throwing
/
> 	on some Depeche info:
> 
> 	Martin Gore (the blonde-haired guy), who writes all the songs
> 	for Depeche Mode, is a Christian - he is simply against
> 	organized religion.  But that's his right.
 
That's nice to know, but I couldn't tell by the lyrics.  To me most of them
are depressing.  For me (my own feelings), DM music wasn't uplifting, and 
it didn't help me in my Christian walk.  Yes, I was heavily into it.
I listened to DM almost everyday.
 
> 	Why throw it away?  Depeche Mode's music DOES contain a lot
> 	of good, meaningful messages (What about 'People are People'?).
 
That's an okay song.
 
> 	If you're worried about lyrics affecting your faith, then it
> 	must not be very solid to begin with - especially when the 
> 	lyrics are as mild as Depeche Mode's!  Now, Danzig I could
> 	understand, but Depeche Mode?!?!?!
 
Thanks for that kind comment.  You don't know anything about my faith.  
Maybe I don't want to listen to negative music?  Maybe I would like to be 
inspired by uplifting lyrics?  There's just something wrong here: 
praying to God, then sticking 'Black Celebration' into my deck and 
listening to the wonderful inspiring music.  Hey, listen to it if you 
want, but I've made a firm descision to stop.  Depeche Mode isn't 
EVERYTHING.
 
> 	This worries me.  Is your faith so weak that the word 'lust'
> 	heard a few times will transform you into a sex junkie?  If we
> 	were all this close-minded, there would be no art.  Do you
> 	avoid the art museum because you're afraid of seeing a piece
> 	of work that is 'un-Christian'?  
 
BTW, I haven't thrown away my Engima tape.  I just said I found that one
song questionable, it dosen't match with my beliefs.  I don't agree with 
the lyrics.  My choice.  The art museum?  Nope, I never go them anyways.  
:-)  Hey, I think art is great though.  I don't find anything wrong with 
nude art either.  Playboy type magazines are a different story though!  
 
> 	I believe you are trying to interpret everything in a negative
> 	sense.  Just because a band has something about lust in one of
> 	their songs doesn't mean that they're disciples of satan; how do
> 	you know that the meaning contained in the song wasn't intended
> 	to be good, anyway?  Try interpreting things in a more positive
> 	sense.
 
Engima: "The principles of lust are easy to understand, do what you feel, 
feel until the end.  The principles of lust are burned in your mind, do 
what you want, do it until you're find.  Love."
 
Can you inerpret that one for me?  
 
> 	I'm just trying to save you a few dollars.  You could have sold
> 	those albums to a used record store and done something positive
> 	with the money.
 
Anyways, music is a personal thing.  If I choose not to listen to it, 
that's my descision. I choose what I feel is right.  Maybe I'm a bit strict,
but I want to try and listen to uplifting music, not negative stuff.  There's
enough of that on the news!  :-)
 
> 						Increase the Peace !!!
> 
> 								dj X

Titanium Knight
 
PS: I'm listening to Enigma right now.  Oh my goodness!  :-)