The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Enya New Age Music Question

Dear James,

This topic has been discussed nearly to death in the past. Thus I shall not take the time to enumerate all the various ways and standards which music is to be evaluated. One must start with an objective standard from Scripture which demands that music reflect, as should everything we think, say and/or do, the very nature and attributes of God; aka: glorify God. Next we must consider the music itself as to its structure, beat, rhythm, harmony, dissonance, etc., and then consider the subjective results that it can evoke upon men. As has been clearly shown in these type of discussions, the majority of people begin and rarely go beyond the latter from a personal standpoint. People want to argue for "their" favorite music on the basis of what it does for them. All one needs to do is substitute any number of things which we know are sinful using this type of thinking and the error will become apparent.

In His Grace,