How is music not a tool of Satan?

[QuestioningMind]

How is music not a tool of Satan?

How is music not a gift from God?

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

I'm more wondering how we all keep letting these threads get featured. It's the same tired, baseless criticisms day in and day out.

 

[Quagmire]

Are we talking Rap and Country and Western? Because I can see Rap and Country and Western as tools of Satan.

Not to mention Christian Rock.

 

[Quagmire]

I've often wondered if music wasn't why God made us in the first place.

It's the only thing we ever make that someone else doesn't have to come by later and clean up.

 

[QuestioningMind]

How is life without music not joyful?

I don't think anyone suggested that a life without music is joyless. Life is filled with endless joys and music is just one of them. Is watching a beautiful sunset one joy in life? I think so. But if for some reason I never got to see another sunset, I would STILL find joy in my life. There would still be the sound of children's laughter, the love of family and friends, the satisfaction of a good days work, and of course wonderful MUSIC. The more ways you can find joy in your life the more joyous life becomes.

 

[sun rise]

How is music not a gift from God?

"Music from the heart speaks to the heart."

"God created music so people could pray without words"

There is also an exposition about music in Islam which @sovietchild might not be aware of Regarding the Permissibility of Music | Virtual Mosque

 

[Sakeenah]

How is music not a tool of Satan?

Didn't you make a similar thread about music before?

 

[SomeRandom]

Geez, you know even the Church Lady listens to music.

 

[YmirGF]

I sometimes go weeks without listening to music, SC. I love the ambient noises of nature. But when I listen to music, I listen intently; never as background. I think I have the best of both your worlds.

I'm in the same boat, @Sunstone
I go most of the day without hearing a peep of music, other than the wind in the trees, the hummingbirds and the odd chainsaw, LOL. When I do play music it is definitely a foreground event and the music is my focus. That said, I don't do rap, country, jazz or pop and when I do play music I certainly hope that my neighbors enjoy the concert.

And now, by his Satanic Majesty's request, "Nessun Dorma"

Now, that is pure evil.... *shivers*

 

[illykitty]

Music is a distraction. So, how is it not a tool?

So are books, TV, internet, doing fun activities, etc.

So, when are you going to decide RF is a tool of "satan" and leave?

 

[YmirGF]

How is music not a tool of Satan?

Does it bother you that you convince no one of this nonsensical proposition?

 

[Altfish]

I love rock music, the nastier and dirtier the better.
If you believe it is of Satanic origins, bring it on, the louder the better.
Music brings so much happiness to so many people, I love concerts, pub music, festivals. What is there not to like.

What's god's problem with it, does he have no soul

 

[LuisDantas]

Actually its the other way. When one is listening to music he is basically in it, like a trapped pray.

You are wrong. Maybe Shaytan deluded you in that respect. Or maybe you have been lied far too often and taught to be proud of your supposed faithfulness to a pointlessly strict doctrine.

For all I know, the two possibilities may well be one and the same, although I personally do not believe that there is a Shaytan as such.

Of the second possibility I feel fairly certain, though.

 

[Father Heathen]

 

[EtuMalku]

I don't see how any and all music cannot be a gift from the Divine (in this case Allah) therefore listening to and creating music is to experience that divinity.

Music in Islam explained
Is Music allowed in Islam?

 

[Willamena]

Music is a distraction. So, how is it not a tool?

Distraction from what?

 

[Willamena]

Actually its the other way. When one is listening to music he is basically in it, like a trapped pray.

True for reading, too.

 

[EtuMalku]

In addition, I have studied Turkish maqamat for a while, and the inner structure and theories are steeped in the Divine as are the musicians.

I find it sad how you sovietchild don't understand the very faith you follow.

 

[von bek]

Music is a gift from the great god, Apollo.

I actually feel sorry for people with such an impoverished view of life and everything in it. The gods I worship love this world, other people seem to worship a god that has utter contempt for life and joy. Choose wisely, friends...

 

[Fool]

How is music not a tool of Satan?

Elisha used it when he prophesied. David played it to sooth the evil spirit of Saul. Joshua used it to knock down the walls of Jericho.

It can be used for evil or good. Most tools can.


It is currently being used for medical purposes in varying disciplines. Like radiation it can actually have an effect. Sound in general can have a positive/negative effect on people's health.


10 things you didn't know about sound - CNN.com