Larry Norman - "Why Should the Devil..." [Cornerstone 2001]

Larry Norman, backed by The Wayside and others, performs "Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music" live at Cornerstone 2001.

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[OhMyGoshItsALeg]

Well, everyone makes mistakes. I wasn't perfect before I was saved, and I'm not perfect now. I'll only be perfect in heaven with my Jesus. The same was true with Larry Norman: he made some decisions he shouldn't have, but that doesn't detract from the fact that he was a pioneer of Christian rock and influenced many, many people in a thoroughly positive way. He loved and served God as best he could given his imperfect self and his mistakes, and that's all we can hope to do, as well.

[amosepe]

amazing artist !! God bless him.

[179rich]

Ryan - just go check out that website and educate yourself.

[TheRyannosaurus]

@179rich The bible has very minor contradictions, mostly surrounding the number of people in a place, but none of these contradictions change anything about the overlieing message of the Bible. The history of Christianity has nothing to do with the holiness of the Bible, people sin/make mistakes but God never does. I'm going to conclude that you're an Atheist who is just angry at the God he claims not to believe in, who thinks if God existed that he was shortchanged somewhere along his life.

[179rich]

@TheRyannosaurus - I could spend all day pointing out all the contradictions, shortcomings, absurdities and evils contained in the Bible, let alone the history of Christianity, all of which would lead any knowledgeable person capable of studying the material objectively to conclude that the Bible is little more than a pile of lies. If you want to learn more, a really easy way to get started is to check out skepticsannotatedbibledotcom

[TheRyannosaurus]

@179rich God did divinely inspire the Bible, however in some epistles Paul has to deal with certain things specific to churches, that may not be affecting other churches. Paul wrote specifically to that church, that in Corinthian culture it was shameful for a grown man to have long hair, he also speaks a little earlier about women covering their heads in church. If you think you can try and disprove and disrepect God, you've got another thing coming. We all are held accountable for our actions.

[179rich]

@TheRyannosaurus - none of this, including what ZMAN44708 wrote, changes the fact that the Bible, which many consider to be the unerring word of "God" claimed that long hair is obviously shameful on men, thus insulting Larry Norman and the Bible's own god. Jesus is usually depicted as having long hair. If "God" truly existed and truly inspired the words of the Bible, I think he could do a better job than insulting the popular image of his own son! LOL

[TheRyannosaurus]

@zytigon I hate to tell you, but the devil is real, angels are real, and the resurrection is real. I quote Paul from his letter to the Philippians when I say that if Christ did not resurrect, I (a believer) have wasted my entire life. I don't think 1 man can try and claim that these things didn't happen by twisting a verse. And the Sadducees were hardly the most knowledgeable on the spiritual, they completely missed the messiah and ended up murdering him.

[zytigon]

@TheRyannosaurus I recomment the excellent book, ' The reason driven life' by top author Robert Price. It gives a witty, good humoured look at the meaning of life.Price notices that each of the Bible authors has a different opinion about things. He traces the evolution of the Satan figure in relation to the date of bible story & also at how the ideas about Satan were borrowed from religions like Zoroastrianism. See Acts 23v8 Sadducees say there are neither angels nor spirits & no resurrection.

[zytigon]

@TheRyannosaurus I have faith in the Golden Rule & I can see worth in the riddles of 'love your neighbour & enemies' if it means act with due care & attention & try to see the good points in others & what they say & do but be on guard against harmful ideas. In assessing human behaviours there is a whole debate pro & con about each one. It is possible to prioritise different aspects. There is the role of social pressure, conditioning of children by parents. The bible gives only part of argument

[TheRyannosaurus]

@179rich That was a cultural issue in the time of Paul in Corinth. It's to do with the way people looked at it then in Corinth and is not saying that men should not have long hair. Understand scripture before you try to patronize people with it.

[TheRyannosaurus]

@zytigon I'm not even sure if you're claiming to be a believer or not. But the devil is real, but so is God, and God is so much more powerful.