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  • Should Christians attend musicals?

    A "musical" is a type of stage production. The actors sing.

    Whether there is an actual plot, I have no idea. The very few I've seen string together opportunities for song & dance (they never just stand there and sing) so loosely that putative plot-lines get submerged beneath the least decorous dance routines—and the least imaginative—ever devised. Presumably the "plot" necessitates such lewd cavortings and so, I have to ask, are these things suitable entertainment for Christians?

    I have an invitation and would like to know from the Pastors before accepting.

    Thank you.

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    I'm not a pastor, Sister Mitza, but I can make an observation. The Musical Jesus Christ, Superstar has the name of our Beloved in the title. Looking at a clip, however, makes me not so certain it qualifies as a church hymn. I would only say careful discernment is required.

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    Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty (2)...as the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. (3) The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken his word.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Johny Joe Hold View Post

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      Those are not costumes I would have designed. Ever.

      Quite apart from the fabrics, general clingyness around the pelvis plus funky music leans closer to Rome getting bums-on-seats than anything to do with Jesus.

      Other current musicals further that agenda, from the promo stuff out there, so even if my friend asks me to tag along I probably won't.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by MitzaLizalor View Post
        A "musical" is a type of stage production. The actors sing.

        Whether there is an actual plot, I have no idea. The very few I've seen string together opportunities for song & dance (they never just stand there and sing) so loosely that putative plot-lines get submerged beneath the least decorous dance routines—and the least imaginative—ever devised. Presumably the "plot" necessitates such lewd cavortings and so, I have to ask, are these things suitable entertainment for Christians?

        I have an invitation and would like to know from the Pastors before accepting.

        Thank you.
        I cannot speak for our beloved Pastors, dear Sister Mitza, but I would advise against going to this "worldly entertainment" musical stuff. For one thing, we are commanded — as found within the blessed pages of the — to abstain from such things:

        I John 2:15 "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.​"

        And, in addition to that very important message from the , in this day and age, one is apt to find anything and everything in the entertainment industry: drag queens, screaming nigras, you name it — it's there!



        No, Dear, goodness gracious; I think that it is best that you stay at home and concentrate on worthy pursuits, such as practising to attain exquisite penmanship!

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        Hebrews 10:19 " Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the of "

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        • #5
          I think my handwriting is sufficiently developed. When taught, we were obliged to use fountain pens: I won't describe the sanctions applied when I lost mine and could only find a green biro. It was French—a papist language—and I was failed outright. But perhaps it worked, as on another continent a year later I won the French prize yet remain ashamed to this day.

          So far I've resisted those invites. The last "musical" I attended was an utter disgrace. Tickets for the front row were sold out so we sat one row back, in the middle, with a revolting view of the hindquarters of everyone in the front row wearing fancy costumes. "Minimalist" hardly does them justice. There was so much squirming and writhing I didn't know where to look and neither did my companion, who couldn't stop laughing given our view, even during the quiet numbers. Satan though has no off moments: for him its full steam ahead and even during lullabies, he wants everyone insane. This is nothing new:

          Happily this "thing" I'm invited to is not in French. Even if I go (which I won't) at least I'd know there was something worse. But could there be a witnessing opportunity for Him even so? Christianity is the opposite of nihilism.

          Romans 11:5

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