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Does music and religion really go together?

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#1 ·
I personally feel they should be separate, both express very different things. I can't speak for everyone, but I respect your thoughts :)
 
#58 · (Edited)
"I get more "revelatory" images listening to Merzbow in that state than I do Bach even though pretty much everything Bach wrote was in service to the Lutheran church."

Like perhaps Merzbow's Pulse Demon?
Sorry, but I wouldn't think so.
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I would think there would be a dramatic difference between having one's system overwhelmed with the vibrations of violent noise rather than experiencing some sense of inner peace, serenity, and calm that is usually associated with music that can inspire one to go spiritually within to experience that state of centered 'being'. Perhaps Merzbow's Boiler Room Tokyo is closer to a religious experience because it's not as violent, but it still sounds to me as secular as it can get and is more about drowning out one's thoughts with the violence of noise. I've never sensed any spiritual intent or design behind his noise, but just the opposite.
 
#64 ·
Agnostic hymns:

What a Friend We Have In Jesus, I'm Pretty Sure

Love Lifted Me...Or Maybe It Was The Wind

At The Cross...I'm Not Sure Which One

In Christ There Is No East Or West, Or North Or South For That Matter

Just As I Am...Yeah, That's The Ticket!
 
#65 · (Edited)
One's spiritual or religious inclinations have been expressed in music for hundreds of years and there's no reason why they cannot go together, usually to inspire a deeper sense of spiritual awareness within individuals no matter what their beliefs. Such composers usually feel that human beings are more than just their mortal bodies. But there is also something called secular music where music and religion do not have to be associated, though Bach even thanked the glory to God for his secular works as well. I'm glad he did because he never exactly felt that there wasn't a source of creative power in the universe bigger than himself. He kept his eye on what he believed was the larger picture and this was often expressed in his religious, Luther inspired music.
 
#66 ·
One's spiritual or religious inclinations have been expressed in music for hundreds of years and there's no reason why they cannot go together, usually to inspire a deeper sense of spiritual awareness within individuals no matter what their beliefs. Such composers usually feel that human beings are more than just their mortal bodies. But there is also something called secular music where music and religion do not have to be associated, though Bach even thanked the glory to God for his secular works as well. I'm glad he did because he never exactly felt that there wasn't a source of creative power in the universe bigger than himself. He kept his eye on what he believed was the larger picture and this was often expressed in his religious, biblically inspired music.
Bach did what every believer should do in living life - whether as composer, teacher or factory worker - to the glory of God.
 
#71 ·
In the beginning , says the Norwegian history of music book , was the horn . The drum had been banished , as had never been - though quietly , secretly it lived in the far north where also lived the Sami who and all their ways had been banished , and once there , the drum became small for so were the trees also .
 
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