Originally Posted by
General Johnson
IKnowRap wrote:
If a person is not a weak minded indivdual, they can take in all the "pop culture" they want and not be taken over and wisked into following the devil? correct?
I just would like to know peoples thoughts on the success rate of converting people over to following the devil through this method.
When you say "converting people over to
following the devil", I don't think that the purpose is to have listeners
consciously and openly declaring that they are followers of the devil.
The purveyors of the messages have aligned themselves with dark forces to receive wealth, enlightenment and perhaps a special place in the afterlife. At least that's what they have been promised. It serves their egos and satisfies their greed to have more knowledge, more money and more opportunities than the average man or woman. The promises of being made immortal in song and video, to have millions repeating your words and to have all of your material, physical and spiritual desires
met at only the cost of declaring and glorifying the name and symbols of your master are too good for some to pass up.
The entertainers are making the conscious decision to flood their music with messages that glorify lifestyles that are not righteous. By listening to the music, watching the videos, etc., people become desensitized to the evils (lust, violence, greed, and so on) and adapt those things into their lives, slowly, by accepting them as normal or "ok" behavior.
Each generation slips deeper into the abyss as what was once considered taboo becomes normal over time. The messengers are there to slowly rot away the foundation of good and pervert the minds of the weak. The weak outnumber the strong so imagine this system left unchecked or unquestioned years from now.
At least, that's how I see it.
First thanks for replying...I didnt think I would get a response
secondly you say consciously and openly follow the devil... I understand what you mean by that, but for a person to even make himself vulnerable he has to havevery little self control and no foundation in personal values, no faith and alot more to be easily influenced by an entertainment figure...even if it issubconscious imo
taking what u sayin ur pretty much sayin these entertainers have "sold there soul"...how do you know this? Knowing this information about these saidentertainers effects you how, good or bad? If u are immune to their influences all you can do is tell people about it but arent you just really wasting yourtime because this does not contribute to the betterment of a person in the "know" or does it?
Imma reference Jay-Z for all the rest of this because he is the only guy I hear this about, and Im not really a follower of Mos Def Career
but to say Jay FLOODS his music with demonic references "sounds stupid to me"...i will agree there have been times he has said some brow raisingthings but when further explored I can see the artistic value in a statement and without asking this guy personally, i leave with a different interpretation ofsaid statement and its not him "dapping off the devil"
We dont hear this talk about Lil Wayne and he is by far one of the most worldly figures in entertainment now. Jay married one woman, no kids out of wedlock,doesnt promote die hard taking of drugs or alcohol, is a role model for black businessman....i mean the list could go on and on of his positive influences andeven continued in his songs....but to label him the opposite and "on the other side" because of things the average listener wouldnt even pick upon,or statements that could be easily misinterpreted is crazy to me.
I agree that our generation is getting worse and worse in terms of righteousness but these threads send mixed messages to me....some statements call outentertainers for following the devil but then will also say that Christians jacked its whole religion from Egypt and Jesus aint what we say he is....so thenwhat?!?
I know everything cant be answered and it might not even be useful information to seek but...to go out on limbs and tell people things with no direction couldbe dangerous especially if they are easily influenced