Music in the religious context is harmonic,comforting and most importantly angelic.
The modern trend in church music in Ghana is to produce high tempo,entertaining beat mixes. Azonto is now seen as the widely accepted way of moving to the melody of said music. "Jump unto the Lord, Shout unto the Lord, and oddly, blow unto the Lord" are now common manifestations of faith. And by blow I'm talking about Vuvuzelas and not trumpets.
It is true that our religious lifestyles are greatly influenced by our social,economic,political and sometimes cultural obligations. But then, to what extent should these factors influence RELIGION as a parent node to all our varying religious lifestyles....(think this through)
I am a great admirer of the Islamic way of life. They separate to a great extent their religious obligations from everything else. Their prayers are said in Arabic,their songs have suffered a little distortion as a result and the prescribed attire for worship hasn't changed in any significant way too.
Flexibility when it comes to the christian faith is really a source of worry. Rap gospel, tight dresses, unimaginable makeup et cetera become more tolerable by the second with no certain pre-defined limit to this kind of flexibility in our places of worship created purposely as the houses of God.
Let me try and summarize in this paragraph before I go further off topic. The point I'm trying to underscore is, IN OUR QUEST TO DISCOVER THE TRUE MEANING AND ESSENCE OF RELIGION. WE SHOULD TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE NOT TO CHANGE WHAT WE WERE TAUGHT. ANY CHANGE WE TRY TO MAKE WILL IMPACT GREATLY WHAT WE WILL BE HANDING DOWN TO OTHERS AS WELL. AND, IN OUR QUEST TO REDISCOVER SOMETHING CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL DOCTRINES, WE SHOULD RE-DIRECT OUR LIVES TO THE ORIGINAL KNOWN FAITH.
..........This actually looked longer on my phone. Ah well
Its necessary the Christian ceremonies, songs and dances change with the times. One of the duties of a religious life is to convert or save as many souls as possible. The ancient religious practices however are not as attractive to modern day youth. So its more or less a means to an end.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the converting and saving as many souls as possible part but then, if we constantly change religion for it to blend with our modern trends and acceptable doings......won't that make religion lose it's value with time? also just think about how many times excerpts from the bible will be declared "not modern enough to still regard".
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