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All right, guys, this is gonna be so easy. All we have to do to make Christian songs is take regular old songs and add Jesus stuff to them. See? All we have to do is cross out words like “baby” and “Darling” and replace them with Jesus. All right, Butters, give me a beat.
precisely what i was thinking
You do not speak that way to James Tiberius!
Unlike the Faith+1 episode of South Park, your comment is not funny.
I actually found it quite humorous.
actually, me too aheuaheuahe
Dammit, I don’t know how to play bass!
Was this reference to South Park? Yes, I know how late my comment is.
As a Christian, I can verify the veracity of this graph. Eep.
Amen, brother.
Veracity… nice. Also as a Christian, I’ll sign that petition.
Amen seconded.
Amen thirded
You’d admit to that?
Of course. Christian music today is horrible.
Have you actually listened to it, or are you one of the many people that discredits Christian music based on the fact that it has the title “Christian?” There is no sexual innuendo in any of the Christian music I listen to. If you don’t like Christian music, that is fine, but don’t spread lies about it to fulfill your sick and twisted purposes.
I’m just too curious not to ask- what sick and twisted purposes might one not like modern christian rock for?
I agree completely with you Eliza. The Christian Music I listen to has no sexual references possible in it. Stuff like newsboys and Brandon Heath. Yes, some are love songs but they’re to their wives. People are just ignorant
I don’t generally see innuendos in it (although sometimes you’d have to be really trying hard *not* to see it, like in that song Brickmustache quoted below), but I do agree that it’s horrible. It’s not that I’m against all Christian music, either; like many other people here, I really like a lot of the older hymns. I just really don’t like most modern Christian music.
No sexual connotations? I’m a devout Christian and I see it.
For instance, from Anberlin
“Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am young again
Whenever i’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am fun again
However far away, I will always love you
However long I stay, I will always love you
Whatever words I say, I will always love you
I will always love you
whenever I’m alone with you
you make me feel like I am free again
whenever I’m alone with you
you make me feel like I am clean again”
‘Nuf said.
Yeah but anberlin is not necessarily a “Christian” band
That’s a Cure song.
I see nothing sexual in that. Romantic, perhaps, but all that sounds more to me like on a mental/emotional level than physical.
Besides, I’ve never thought of this as a Christian song anyway.
I so agree! Thanks for standing up for us Christians! I think people do spread lies about it. Your awesome!
Thank you. Someone with some sense. I as a Christian listen to all kinds of music. Plenty with sexual innuendo. That doesn’t make me less of a Christian just because I do, it just means that I have a brain and am open-minded. Which is unlike a lot of Christians these days, who also fail to realize that sitting in church all day probably isn’t going to fix anything in their lives. And that their pastors are probably spouting rubbish. But of course they wouldn’t know it because they never read the Bible for themselves.
A big part of the problem, even though no one will likely ever read a comment on a graph this far back, is that our stupid culture can’t tell the difference between real, romantic love and sex. The bible describes the church as the bride of Christ for a reason. Christians love God with all of our heart, and that love is in a way romantic. It is only sexual if that is the only type of relationship you can imagine two people having. Just like people who say friendship is really repressed homosexuality, if you can’t separate animal sexuality from love, you simply don’t understand.
I was waiting for a haircut a while back, and over the radio in the salon was a man singing “Jesus, I’m So In Love With You”. In love. IN LOVE. Not “I love you as a powerful influence in my life”, “I’m so in love with you”. Just like a high school girl scribbling on her notebook. “See that savior over there? I am, like, SO in love with Him!” An incredible mix of laughable and uncomfortable I’ve not heard before or since.
Another amen. Even some worship music makes me want to hurl.
Its kinda sad but true…. well back to listening to bagpipes and Gregorian chants (I’m not kidding either)
I listen to that all the time! I’d recommend “The Catholic Mass Revealed” by Thy Kingdom Come, Inc.
We have centuries of beautiful music, and the modern Christian “music” has been boiled down to: “God, you’re so awesome. Thank you!”
I’d rather listen to Marilyn Manson.
I’m a Christian and am in total agreement with you. Modern Christian music has as much beauty and depth to it as a muddy puddle. If it isn’t something ancient, which I love, try the Lutheran chorale – there there is good theology.
You can Marilyn Manson, though. Rock on Social D!!
Really? I’ve heard some pretty deep stuff, but you sometimes gotta go beyond the “streamline” stuff. Hillsong United is one of my favorites. They have a really neat way with words.
Yeah, me too. We need to get it together.
Have you even listened to CCM lately? I really do not notice any sexual innuendo at all.
Ugh…Carrots are too easy for me.
Carrots are just easy for everyone….the sluts.
I meant to make it sexual…
I’m a guy, BTW, and carrots never go up those holes…
Don’t knock it ’til you try it.
I’m sure your parents are very proud
I am with you, BBB. I don’t think the maker of this graph has heard any contemporary Christian music.
I have heard it, and I will testify on his behalf. It’s awful.
ill second that. it would be so much better if i didnt have to hear about this magic god guy. where is the pastafarian music, praising the true deity, the flying spaghetti monster?
RAmen
Perversion is not a form of creativity. Just because you’re perverted enough to find an innuendo in everything that everyone says doesn’t mean that everything that everyone says is an innuendo.
Way to go genius, you just proved my point.
Don’t mind me, I’m just a worthless douchebag.
Man am I ever retarded! I didn’t even catch on to the fact that I didn’t put a “w” at the end of “now”.
Well, it’s not recent, but I remember one in which a woman repeatedly sings, “I go down; I go down on my knees.” It’s clear that no sexual innuendo was intended, but someone should have had the good judgment to suggest a modification of the lyrics. I wonder if she ever figured out why so many guys were asking her out.
I think you’re talking about “I get on my knees” by Jaci Velasquez.
I think you’re right. I guess her failure to see any sexual implications could be interpreted as evidence of her purity of heart.
lol!
Because it couldn’t possibly be a reference to prayer. *eyeroll*
I think it’s just that Christians listen to lyrics like this in a different way. “getting on my knees” is used VERY often as a reference to prayer, so that’s the first thing we think of. People who don’t pray wouldn’t think of prayer right off the bat at that statement. Am I making sense? LoL
u shouldn’t have to be creative. ur mind is just messed up and perverted if u think that there’s any sexual innuendos in CCM.
And this graph perfectly shows why I can’t stand most modern Christian music. I’m a Christian, but most of the praise and worship music people write is just crummy. I’ll stick with traditional hymns any day.
I agree to a somewhat large extent, but you should look up Todd Agnew and Stephen Curtis Chapman if you think all P&W is that way. Specifically this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srH1CCVOXBI
Which is one of the best-written Christian songs ever in my book.
Just like every other chant or hymn, songs of praise help you block out all reasonable thought and focus on the inane concepts of worshipping an invisible friend who loves you, but wants to kill you.
I’m sorry I’m being such a jerk; it’s just that I’m a worthless pile of garbage who contributes absolutely nothing positive to society whatsoever and so I have to bash religion to try to compensate for my inadequacy as a human being.
The church gives more to the poor than any organization in the world. It brings hope to the lost, food to the needy, rest to the weary, medicine to the sick. It promotes kindness and mercy, and sacrifice for the greater good. That, my friend, is a huge contribution to society.
You don’t have to bash anything. Your opinion only goes so far as you are willing to look. Open your mind and your heart and seek the truth; forget all the misconceptions you’ve had about God.
[Citation Needed]
We’ll start with the early church. Around A.D. 130, a Roman [secular] letter to Diognetus quoted about the Christians: “They obey the prescribed laws, and at the same time, they surpass the laws by their lives. They love all men but are persecuted by all… They are poor, yet they make many rich… And those who hate them are unable to give any reason for their hatred.” In the third century plagues were sweeping across Rome and other parts of Europe; the Christians were the only ones who would care for the sick at their own risk, while most people were throwing the infected members of their household into the streets. In many pagan societies when a person had an unfavorable child, they would simply leave it outside their house to die, and be picked up with the morning trash. The Christians would go and take these unwanted children and care for and raise them.
Now fast forward. Think of all the hospitals that were built by Catholics in the U.S. and all over the world. How many St. ____’s hospitals have you heard of? Chances are, some of you were born in one. The Catholics are also responsible for providing education [reading, writing, arithmetic, etc.] to many, many people. Look at the Wikipedia article about the Catholic Church, it says “Presently, the Church operates the world’s largest non-governmental educational and school system.” There is citation provided there too. Wikipedia also says “As part of its ministry of charity, the Church runs Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Charities, Caritas Internationalis, the St. Vincent dePaul Society, Marriage Encounter, Catholic schools, universities, hospitals, orphanages, nursing homes, homeless shelters and ministries to the poor, as well as ministries to families, pregnant women, abused or “battered” women, the elderly, AIDS victims, and the marginalized.” Think of all the Christian missions around the world who bring food, shelter, and medical aid to those in need. My own parents have been involved in these; my dad just got back from the Amazon where he was building water purification systems for the people there, and his friend was doing surgeries for those who needed medical attention. There are too many Catholic and Protestant charities in Africa for me to list here. In my neck of the woods there is an organization called Casas por Cristo, where everyone puts together money to build houses in Mexico, mostly in Acuna which is one of the poorer cities in Mexico. I’ve worked in Acuna myself, the Christians put a lot of effort there to help those in need. Pregnancy centers are run by Christians and Catholics all over the world, run completely on volunteers and donations, to bring help women who are pregnant and cannot afford to provide for themselves.
Even in the secular charity organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, you will find that a lot of the people involved in these are church groups who sign up to build a house, etc.
I am not going to deny that bad things have been done in Jesus’ name. The Inquisition and the Crusades and some of the crap during the Middle Ages definitely put a dark spot on our record. But to do as reasonkillsfaith does, and focus so much on the “bad” that he ignores the “good,” saying that the church contributes nothing to society, is just as bad if not worse than focusing all on the good and not acknowledging the bad.
tl;dr
I’m sorry, did you also say that they generally prohibit technological, scientific and medical advantages that would help PREVENT those very same poor from being quite so?
Did you also say that they (all of them) encourage behavior patterns that are very likely threatening the long-term survival of humans as a whole?
Sorry, I cannot possibly believe all the bull**** that comes out of the religious mouth. Frankly, I’m surprised most of you can even get your shoes on the correct feet. I have no idea how you can possibly believe that there is a god who is all-powerful, all-knowing, and ever-present that *will not* intervene to stop human suffering…this is inconceivable to me. It’s his effing *choice* not to interfere with *free will*?
I’m sorry, we refer to that as aiding and abetting the violations of basic human rights? It is unconscionable! To any human being who had the power to stop any number of sick perversions that occur **worldwide** and failed to do so, I ask “Why? Why didn’t you help them?”
To a supposed deity?
I say, go eff yourself, I would rather burn in a supposed hell than spend eternity with you.
How are they contributing to the death of humanity as a whole? And you say that I am brainwashed…
See my above post.
As for your last comment, I’ve never heard anyone say anything so utterly malicious and disgusting. I know many kind, decent non-believers, and I am sure that you are not one of them. I pray that you are at least changed in the way you see other people, before your own hatred destroys you.
Also, reason does not necessarily kill faith. For many it strengthens it. But once again, it takes an open heart.
not an open heart; willing blindness.
you only reconcile reason with faith by using faith to selectively blind reason.
Does it really sound like “less of a stretch” to believe that reality is very nearly an on-going accident? or a magical being who created everything and has a magic palace in the sky waiting for us when we die? and who watches and judges us on our every imperfection, waiting to pounce, but never willing to actually *prevent* any of it.
The only thing you have provided on your own behalf is that you think my beliefs sound “less silly” than your own. So many atheists use words like “magical” and “spaghetti monster” to try and skew things in their own direction. I mean honestly, doesn’t it seem odd to you that even evolution has such an incredible sense of direction, that so many species have so marvelously adapted to each of their environments? Can natural selection really account for this? And what of the wonder of human consciousness? No atheist has ever provided a very good explanation for this, except to simply deny that it really exists, and that it is just perception. There are also too many aspects of our humanity that would in my opinion suggest a designer/creator. My point is, your view very well may be true, but given the circumstances and our current knowledge it is still not altogether unreasonable or improbable that God exists. A secular view is not as obvious and apparent as you may think.
i love you.
One traditional hymn, or crummy praise and worship song?
P&W: “hold me close, Lord, hold me tight…” awkward.
Traditional: “Adoramus te christe/benedicimus tibi” Latin is FTW.
Adoramus Te Christe is the most awesome song ever! Beth Nielson Chapman does an amazing version of it. It isn’t “modernized” or anything, just good old fashioned Catholic hymn.
“Quia per sanctum crucem tua, redimisti mundum”
It reminds me of Eric Cartman and his christian rock band!
Damn, I didn’t see the video! lol
I won’t say that
Why don’t you go play with your carrot
mister bitter man!
No she’s not around, call your mom instead
Do me a favour, hang yourself.
You got me!! But english is only the third language that I’ve learnt
You know what, favour is right too. So shut up loser
MS Word tells you what is right and what s wrong? Idiot!
Chill out, ya big baby. WWJD? Oh, now he’s gonna flame me for saying that…
Favour is the British spelling, and favor is the American one. Neither one is incorrect.
Actually, favour is technically more right than favor, considering that was how it was originally spelled.
Too bad ‘favour’ is an actual way of spelling ‘favor’ in British english
So, let me get this straight, Captain. It’s not okay for Marclor to visit the states (I’m assuming from your arrogant behavior/behaviour, you’re from my neck of the woods) and speak some pretty darn good broken English, but it’s perfectly fine for you to speak in German? Wow.
That’d be a bit difficult…my mom sleeps with so many guys that they have to make reservations just to have sex with her.
That’s OK, I deserve it anyway because I’m a worthless douchebag.
Soooo many Christian pop songs and those icky “choruses” fall into the “Jesus is my boyfriend” genre. Gag.
Aaron (6:28) is correct: those old hymns are pretty poetic and deep if you really think about the words.
I always wanted a nickname. Thanks.
I’ve also always wanted to be a gay porn star.
No thanks, I get plenty of money from paying little girls to have sex with me.
I agree, but not all modern christian music is like that. I’ve heard music that is totally fine. I do love the old hyms though, so pretty. The songs that we sing at my church are very good though.
LOL you guys are going to hell. Srsly!
For having good taste in music?
Of course. How many good musicians can be found in heaven, after all?
I can name a few bands that are in heaven
I prefer to rub jelly on my dog’s balls and lick it offf after I have anal sex with him.
that’s awesome – the music in heaven must be terrible. But Hitler should be there, he was a good christian after all.
please come in my back door
enjoy hell
Ha! Let the religious right commence their bitching.
Now now, I am perfectly with folks poking fun my faith; it’s just that there is a fine line between good natured humor and vileness. I mean geez, some radical Islamists put out a Jihad on those Dutch cartoonists!
That said, yeah… I am a devout Catholic but IMHO most contemporary Christian music does not stir the soul. God bless our church group “Jam for the Lamb” but wow… uh, tactful criticism esacpes me at the moment… The problem with most contemporary Christian groups that want to fall into that tiny green slice is they sound like contemporary Christian groups that want to fall into that tiny green slice. Not good… not good at all… It’s just awkward… like white guys with dreadlocks…
As with anyone who tries too hard, and makes it obvious they’re trying too hard. Not just Christians!
Ironically, no one has bitched about this graph yet. Believe it or not, we do have a sense of humor, and MOST Christians would agree with this graph. Although there are all those stuffy middle-aged people who think they’re cool and listen to horrible, horrible music like… Casting Crowns or… The Katinas or… Barlow Girl…
Actually my comment probably offended more people than the graph did. Whoops.
Bleh, I’m allergic to having Christian stuff in any kind of music except old Orthodox Church music (IDK for Catholics, I’m Orthodox btw). I mean, Church music is Church music. Modern Christian music _almost_ makes me ashamed of my faith (inb4 the Internet doesn’t care about your opinion etc). Feels awkward, man.
“and this is how it feels when i ignore the words you spoke to me and this is were i lose myself when i keeps running away from YOOUU!! and this is who i am when when i dont know myself anymore and this is what i choose when its all left up to me Breath your life into me i cant feel you im faalling falling faster Breath your life into me i still need you im faalling falling breath into me breath into BREATH!!’ Red ‘breath into me’ off of there ‘end Of Silence’ CD and its awsome.
yeah i always get grossed out when my christian friends talk about how IN LOVE they are with god and jesus. they always go on and on about it and it sounds like they want to marry him or have sex with him and it’s just really creepy and gross. ironically they see nothing wrong with lusting for their god but everything wrong with lusting for a real person.
The difference here is the word lust. Real lust is actually concupiscence, which means to have disordered desire. The love they feel for God is a genuine response to what God has done for them, i.e.: saved them from hell. Sorry for that – perhaps your friends are so into”churchianity” that they forget that it makes no sense to someone who is not a Christian. I apologize to all for that. Many are so like that it makes me want to puke as well. They just don’t realize how they sound.
I don’t speak any Latin, so I’m just going to assume that’s true.
Fail.
Christian hardcore music (ie. The Chariot) lyrics tends to land in the green. They make you think. But not all praise music’s metaphors are bad.
Living Sacrifice!! I love that band… There’s a lot of punk/thrash/metal Christian music out there.
Praise metaphors can be really bad if you have a very dirty mind. If not then the stuff doesn’t even occur to you.
punk/thrash/metal Christian music? isnt that like a paradox?
Nope. Googled it. It exists (rule 34?)
How about August Burns Red? Christian metalcore… quite good actually
amen. -love bands like that, abr, aild, etc. usually avoid ccm exactly for reasons on the graph and general over-commercialization, inauthentic ‘product’. still love non-christian metal like maiden, kse too.
Savior Self is my fave song.
Heard a Christian Rock song once with lyrics that went “raise my hands and spin around.” And sure enough, there were folks in the congregation raising their hands and spinning. Why? Was it because spinning is a worshipful act, recently discovered in a lost Jewish text from 3000 BC? Nope. Just because the song told them to do it. Oi.
Yes, I know that song; it’s called “The Holy Hokey-Pokey.”
Worship Satan instead….then you don’t have to feel dirty because you don’t care.
Yeah… no. Just no.
You do know that they don’t actually *worship* Satan, right? “Satan” is a symbol of freedom, of indulgence, of individuality, but not a literal being.
I can only speak for myself, but it’s true — a dirty mind is near-endless entertainment, if you’re good, you can turn almost anything into some kind of innuendo.
LOL WHAT. GTFO.
You forgot the piece of the pie for the 20+ repetitions of Hallelujah.
A million updings for that comment! Good one.
Epic FAIL…I agree that praise songs are all full of old boring metaphors and cliches but that’s not the only christian music in the world…
hence the itty bitty slice there…
“Your Love is Extravagant” by Casting Crowns
Your love is extravagant
Your friendship, it is intimate
I feel I’m moving to the rhythm of Your grace
Your fragrance is intoxicating in the secret place
Cause Your love is extravagant
The song doesn’t mention Jesus until after these words, meaning the “Your” pronoun can really be applied to almost anything.
Well that sure sounds sexual, but the lyricist is in good company. Solomon in his wisdom saw fit to comment about the intoxicating fragrance of his beloved’s “secret place:” “See, my lover has gone down to the scented garden; he feedeth among the lilies.” If you don’t believe that’s a reference to cunnilingus, consider another verse from The Song that is intentonally mistranslated to read, “Your navel is a small cup never lacking mixed wine.” The word is actually vulva, not navel.
Wow… i thought it was obvious that the “Your” was capitalized for a reason. And even then, you think a christian band is writing about sex? this is all wrong.
Now let’s have a conversion about how Christianity is EPIC fail.
If it were an epic fail, I’m pretty sure that millions of people wouldn’t believe in it. A religion that dies out in 100 years because no one believes in it is an epic fail.
Well let me rephrase that. It’s the people that are epic fail. The religion trick worked.
I’d like to know how you think we have all failed when you don’t even know most of us. Kind of a racist statement isn’t it? It’s like saying all lesbians are angry – when actually only the ones holding protest signs and screaming on TV are.
not really racist, maybe stereotyping i believe would best fit, i dont much care for organized religion but i am a pretty open minded about other’s views…
While you’re right, it’s stereotypical, comparing to lesbians is not the best way to prove that. Christianity teaches a way of life, and comes with a culture and general guide on how to live. Therefore, one can make a number of assumptions about what Christians do and believe thanks to their own label. Lesbians, the only thing you know is they like to have sex with women. Less to go off of, there.
complaining about being stereotyped through the use of an example which is stereotypical is fail. kind of like screwing for virginity.
Ave, your comments are epic failures. Stop trying to insult as many people as you possibly can, and say something constructive… or intelligent.
Speaking of people who are epic fail….
*hands ave a mirror*
…I think I should be able to delete that dumb comment since someone used my name to post it.
…you are a 13 year old girl. Stop being idiotic and post something worth reading.
what is wrong with being a 13 y/o girl? *runs off crying*
ha, someone is afraid to admit that they live in a fantasy world of invisible men who can alter the laws of physics and imaginary worlds where some magical, and also invisible, part of the body/mind can go and chill with other dead invisible people. ya. thats not a fail at all…. try pastafarianism. life is much more worth while when you can accept responsibility for your own life and not just ask the invisible man to help… and yes. i used to be a christian. try opening your mind.
Oh, I definitely LIVE in a physical world with a bunch of flawed human beings, including myself and everyone else here. It’s just that as a Christian, I BELIEVE in a place much better TO COME after death. Now, for me, I’ve never understood why someone would rather cease to exist than live in a perfect place after death… if that’s the way you roll, I’m fine with that, just saying… And besides, in the essence of Christian theology, I would dare you to find ONE THING that is not ethically acceptable in the world today. I am not aware of any such developments. And, mememe, any Christian who doesn’t take responsibility for his life and just “falls back on the invisible man” isn’t a true Christian. Fortunately, i go to a church where that isn’t acceptable, and there aren’t any members there who fall into that category to my knowledge.
*sorry for caps, used in place of the ever-absent bold text*
no you were not a Christian cus a “true Christian” would not have turned his back on God
no your an epic fail and an epic basterd ave
Christian rock. For bands who aren’t good enough for regular rock.
Armchair criticism. For people who have no talent whatsoever but still find it necessary to criticize other people’s level of talent.
Red is an amazing Christain rock band. listen to them then shut up
Yes, we get it, you like Red. I haven’t listened to them, but I might give them a try; there’s no guarantee that they’ll be to my taste, though, as there is no single band that everybody likes. Personally, I *don’t* like most modern Christian music, not so much because of innuendoes, but because a lot of it just sounds so insipid, and it doesn’t seem to have much substance to it. I love a lot of old hymns and classical Christian music, and there is *some* modern Christian music I like, but there is much more I don’t like, and I don’t think that makes me any less of a Christian. I am also able to see some innuendoes in it, and I don’t think that makes me a filthy-minded heathen. I’m not saying that the songwriters were *trying* to make a sexual song, but there are some lines that make me look askance, and I think that in a song that is definitely *not* supposed to be about sex, the writers should be aware of how things might be taken, and maybe change their phrasing a bit. Yes, just about anything can be made to sound dirty if someone *tries* to make it sound that way, but there are some things where it hardly takes any effort at all, and those should be avoided whenever possible.
I really like this! I used the grapic at the Stuff Christian Culture Likes facebook group. I hope that’s okay; I credited you & linked back to this post.
I put something about the Christian rite of getting rid of their secular music and only listening to Christian music here in case anyone is bored:
http://graphjam.com/2009/07/16/song-chart-memes-christian-music/
Oh yeah…… Such as the hymn, “He Touched Me.” XDDDD
I’m not having a go at God, Christian musicians, or Christians themselves (I am one). But I have to agree with this…..
I be a Christian… And oh God, I’m happy that I’m not the only one who’s thought this. ._.
i agree with the graph somewhat… but its hard to group a music genre when you havent heard every single track from every artist and make conclusions… which is why i dont like graphs like these… it would have been more acceptable to put “Christian Music I’ve Heard” because i am sure not all sounds erotic… but then again i have known some devout people who could probably get off on God and religion *shudders*
I made this graph. I work at a church and have to listen to crappy contemporary Christian music and worship music all the time. About the only exception is Derek Webb and the Psalters (if you are familiar with Shane Claiborne, you will know who I’m talking about). Most Christian music is “I get on my knees,” “Hold me close,” etc. And if it’s not sexual, it’s talking about how great I am: “I worship you,” “I come into your presence,” etc. Why not sing about real issues? Why not love, sex, marriage, death, poverty, sin, war, suffering, etc. You know the whole range of human life? Why does everything have to be all farts and sunshine?
“To the pure all things are pure.” Titus 1:15
You need to read the Bible more and find better music. I also don’t like worship music because most of it is about “me.” I would suggest more heavy metal or hardcore.
yes Christian heavy metal and hardcore is my fav
Good call on the Psalters I was listening to them today actually.
Because stuff like that is overdone?
if you want to listen to music about sex go listen to some other genre. Christian music is inspiring and uplifting.
YEAH GO MITCH!! LISTEN TO Red
And sex isn’t? Seriously, sex doesn’t have to be a dirty or un-Christian thing. Obviously it *can* be, but acting like it always is really doesn’t help you win anybody over (and before anybody says I’m only saying that because I’m a slut and I’m trying to justify my sinfulness or something, I have never had sex with anyone other than my husband, which I believe is actually *encouraged* in the Bible.) I really don’t see any reason why there can’t be Christian music about sexual relationships within marriage.
why do you work at a church if you feel like that. and the point of “Christan Music” is to worship God DUH!!!!!! it dosent have to be about human issues cus its ment to worship God
im sure jesus would agree… not.
Well, I would have to say most of it doesn’t do that good a job of it, then. Like jbmorgan86 said, a lot of it seems to be awfully self-centered for something that’s supposed to be about worshipping God. And I do think that it would be good to *also* have Christian music about different aspects of life; I really don’t see any reason why that can’t coexist with worship. That’s like saying that a sermon can *only* consist of praise for God, and can’t mention anything else people are experiencing in their lives.
And as far as why jbmorgan86 works in a church, it sounds like he is a Christian who doesn’t happen to like most modern Christian music. He has already said many times that he likes some Christian music, just not the stuff that’s generally played in his workplace. Why does having a different taste in music mean he’s somehow unfit to work in a church?
Oh cum all yeah faithful!
burn in hell
how christian of you. im sure all that hatred and passing judgement on people will usher you to the front of the line in the gates of heaven or whatever…
Not everyone who says they are a Christian are one.
not true, and offensive.. but have fun picking on christians
Does Bon Jovi’s livin on a prayer count as Christian music? ’cause that’s the only one I like
Livinn on a prayer? Listen to it’s my life.
Ok, well. Some maybe. But definitely not the majority of it. If you hear that out of most of it, then you probably hear it out of everything and you’ve just got a dirty mind.
I myself hate this graph.
i hate the graph to. and if you listen to 89.7 power FM you all will change your minds about christian music
We don’t actually all live in the same area as you; under the circumstances, recommending specific radio stations is kind of pointless. Around here, 89.7 FM is a classical radio station; it won’t change my mind about modern Christian music, although it might reinforce my feelings about the older stuff.
This is so true… I work at a Christian store and have to listen to this stuff all day. Some groups are good, but some are just terrible. I literally have to go and turn off Point of Grace when they come on, because they make me want to claw my ear drums out.
Real hymns ++
then why do you still work there if you hate the music and it plays all the time?
money, douchebag.
As a Christian, I have to sadly shake my head and agree with this graph.
Notice, even the graph doesn’t say ALL contemporary Christian music is of the “Jesus is my boyfriend” genre, but so much of it is.
The world is taking notice. Is what we have only a shallow bubble gum faith like the music that is presented to the world? Or do you believe like I do that the Lord we worship should be treated with more awe and reverence?
Of course, I was raised in the day when Keith Green was the Christian Contemporary stuff. Whole different ballgame back then.
‘I wanna get down on my knees and start pleasing jesus; I wanna feel his salvation all over my face’
im gona pray for you prezl and hope you dont find out what Hell is like
ROFL!!!!!
Yeah, a lot of pop Christian music is just like this. If the lyrics aren’t oddlly sexual, the intonation is. Sadly, they’re goverened by the same monetary concerns of secular pop. And the tunes on top 40 radio are just as artless
Blackeyed peas: Boom boom pow
Lady Gaga: LoveGame
Pitbull: I know You want me
HANNA MONTANA: he could be the one
Seriously, not great art.
Lol, actually, our youth group sings that song. And, no big surprise, we do “lift our hands… etc”, (at least half of it does anyway, including me) And it doesn’t really bother me. I don’t see why it would matter whether or not it is a particularly “worshipful” act, it’s just what we do.
Alright, the graph = funny. Most of the comments after it, might have been 5 years ago. At this point, it’s a little old, so maybe let’s get out there and do something about it, or support the people who are trying. There are lots of worship leaders and bands out there who are also fed up with bland, uninteresting worship being peddled by the industry — enter Jon Mark McMillan and Michael Gungor, and many lesser-knowns. Let’s show some creativity and change things, not just complain about it on a message board.
Oh but I do support actual good, thought provoking Christian music. As I said before, I love Derek Webb, the Psalters, and a few others. But I still thought it would be a funny joke on the site.
listen to Red nuff said
if you take the word god out of the sounds and replaced it with a girl´s name, it would be a romance song.
Lol,this graph is SO true.I’ll start listening to a song on the radio that sounds rock/alt,then I’ll hear lyrics that SOOO belong in a romance song.Next I know they’re actually singing about what they want to do with Jesus.”I want you to hold me,feel me,kiss me,dear sweet Jesus.”,”I want to be intimate with you,Jesus”.was an actual lyric my ex boyfriend came up with at the time we were dating.He wanted to get into christian alt. but his voice is too soft,at least he can sing better than me,I give him that.But dude was a jerk!He practically told me I’m going to hell because I’m not of the Trinity faith.That’s when I gave Christianity the finger for good.Still not atheist,but I refuse to fight either way about it.
not everyone who says they are a christain is one
thats because he didnt mean jesus christ, but jesús, the mexican gardener. hate to break it to you, your ex was gay.
OMG. the only reason y u think it seems so sexual is because u don’t kno the love of Jesus and ur mind is perverted. Y R u picking on Christian music when almost every single stinking music on the popular radio station has cuss words and talks about sexual things. so get your facts right and stop talking about things that you don’t even know about! I get it if you don’t like Christian music but u don’t have to talk trash about it!
Please pray for a sense of humour and a basic grasp of the English language. Thanks.
Also, it’s no wonder Christian Music is so full of lewd innuendo considering the Bible is so packed with filth, sex, murder and vulgarity.
its “packed with filth” cus we humans are filth and god loves us anyway
this reminded me of the chapelle show, when the kkk leader divorces his wife for being a n*gger lover.
god is a sinner lover
Amen, man
An example. Jaci Valesquez “On My Knees”
I get on my knees! (x2)
There I am before the Love
That changes me
See I don’t know how
But there’s power
When I’m on my knees
thats not sexual if you realy think about it
i thought thinking was characteristic of the devil
god loves every single one of you, i will pray for all you non believers
I pray every night that GOD will forgive you ignorant ones. God loves you so much that he sent his son Jesus Christ to die for all of your sins. You are all forgiven already, if you choose to continue ignoring him, i am afraid that you will go to hell. GOD EXISTS, HE ISNT FAKE. HE’S RIGHT THERE BESIDE YOU, HE SEES YOUR SOUL, SEES YOUR THOUGHTS, SEES YOUR HEART. DON’T GO AND SPREAD SOME LIES JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE IGNORANT. THE ENEMY IS EVERYWHERE, MANIPULATING YOU. SENDING THOUGHTS INTO YOUR HEAD. “Was it for nothing that I kept my heart pure and kept myself from doing wrong? Psalm 74:13″ Goodbye my friends.
Fair enough, if you’re going to pray for me I’m going to invoke some pagan rituals in your name. Is that OK?
Sure.
you are severely brainwashed. the enemy sends “thoughts in my head”? im sry, id call THAT one a friend. re-read what you wrote and substitute “god” for “easter bunny” and tell me how sane that sounds to you.
I’m pretty sure with enough “creativity,” you can make anything sound pervy or as if it has innuendos. Remember that Friends episode? You can make anything sound perverted, even “Grandma’s Potato Salad.”
Christian music talks about the love of God. I think that those whom haven’t experienced this love naturally think of love in the way they have experienced it/how they know love to be expressed. Especially in today’s world and media, the word love is misused (and in some ways abused) to mean things that it does not: lust, sex, desire. Because of this, people tend to think of love as if it meant those things.
It seems to me that this chart is criticizing something its creator doesn’t understand. Then again, this site isn’t about accuracy or legitimacy, but rather providing moments of smiling to oneself. It certainly delivers.
you are so right. everyone thinks sex when they think of love but thers more to it then that
If you ever want to hear real Christian music, listen to the old stuff. Like DC Talk, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Chris Rice. Stuff like that. Today’s trash isn’t worth anyones time, which I have already stated in a comment above.
why dont you try “trash” like Red’s ‘Breath into me’ off their ‘End Of Silence’ alblum then talk
i came up with some nice porn-version names, check it out: ‘Breathe into my anus’ and ‘Rear Ends of Silence 6′
Has anyone even wondered, what music God would like to hear? I think most people seem to be unclear who worship music is supposed to be worshiping. (Hint its not you)
~ who’s the judge of what is ‘Christian Music’ ? This graph makes no sense and is much less funny at that
They are heavily sexual! And i like it…
This is disturbingly accurate. We sing so many “Jesus is my girlfriend” songs in my church… “I want to sit at your feet / drink from the cup in your hand / lean back against you and breathe / feel your heart beat…” ugh. Where are the classic hymns?
I’m a Christian and I think this graph is accurate. Never felt comfortable singing alot of the “worship” songs in church. NOTE: I don’t think all Christian music is low quality…. just most of it.
I find this graph highly offensive. what do you do for a living heathen?
its highly offensive to me too
kill babies, pollute the water, be a communist… you know, typical heathen behavior.
As a christian that is correct. One I heard yesterday had “God coming on the clouds with fire.” o.o
HAHAHAHA Lol I love other Christians but we do produce a lot of crap, don’t we : )
Maybe we all just move within different Christian circles, but I’ve never noticed anything like this, except maybe in the occasional song – and it’s hardly a sin if done sparingly.
Oy Veigh got it right.
It’s not the songs that have sexual innuendo, its just y’alls sick, perverted, dirty minds twisting words to make it seem that way. Seriously, there are a lot of people who you can’t even say the word “ball” around without them making some kind of retarded dirty joke. I don’t know what Christian music you listen to, but I have no idea what you are talking about. Also, Christian artists don’t purposely write things that they think people could twist. You have to think a little sometimes (I know its hard but you can do it), but most Christian music is about the gospel of Christ.
Right on Bri la
todays Christian music is not sexual when refering to God. love is more then just sex sex sex. i listen to christian rock and metal all the time and if you are a christian (or not a retard) then you would understaind its not sexual its Gods love for us. (and always spell God with an upper case G)
Ya. Rly.
Also, anything can be interpreted as sexual to the corrupt minded.
“When you’re done, put the lid on top of the jar.”
or pretty much anything else. Maybe even:
“Hey, look, a puppy.”
As long as you have a sick mind, it’s pretty easy to find non-existent innuendos.
Also, I don’t often hear any songs tat could be misinterpreted in any way. But then again, I’m not sick minded. So honestly, this deserves a
[citation needed]
And no, the previous lyrics do make sense for those who aren’t LOOKING for innuendos. And those who are Christians and know what the lyrics ACTUALLY mean.
ohmygosh me toooooo
Sorry pal, you’ll never find anything thought-provoking in christianity. Christianity itself is thought-stifling.
Oh really? (No, not “O rly”.)
Because last time I checked, it seemed to make more sense than Atheism.
For example: Suppose you take all the parts to make a watch and place them in a bag. Now imagine that you seal it and shake the bag for several hours, maybe even days. Do you think what you will get out of the bag will be a perfectly functioning watch? Gears, batteries, arms, and everything in its exact place?
Now, if you haven’t figured out where I’m going with this, let me explain this metaphor.
Our planet is the perfect distance from the Sun. It has vegetation and water galore. It has just enough oxygen in the air so that we don’t cause an explosion every time we light a match. It has a thick atmosphere to protect the Earth from the Sun’s harmful rays. Its gravity is just right so that we can neither float nor be crushed by it. NO OTHER PLANET has these ridiculously precise necessities to sustaining life. Earth does.
Is that “though-stifling” enough?
I’m sorry that you react so adversely to the truth. I will be praying for you.
i agree with all of the people saying the old hymns are much better, with the exception of some new annointed bands, but even the old hymns do have some hint of the intimacy with God that you guys are speaking against i.e. “Safe in the Arms of Jesus” now I can’t stress enough that I’m not in anyway speaking against or bashing the hymns(I love them, as mentioned earlier) but there is intimacy with God hinted, or even written about in the Bible i.e. (Song of Soloman, Bride of Christ mentionings) now I’m not sure if romance exists or if those were analogies for something less literal(look at Romans 7 where Paul says[sorry for any off-quotation] “but now no longer in wedlock to the law, but to Christ, we have freedom from the law”) but I just wanted to clear some things up
I didnt read everything before this, but anyway…
I’m not christian, but there is some pretty good christian music out there.
Showbread anyone? Underoath? August Burns Red? mewithoutYou?
jacked up
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