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<blockquote data-quote="klewlis" data-source="post: 9580832" data-attributes="member: 24553"><p>the message he sends out is horrible?</p><p></p><p>hm... it's really hard to understand what you could mean by his message. he sings out of his own pain and anger in life. it's raw, real emotion. i think that too many christians attempt to protect themselves from those kinds of emotions, and i think that we are poorer because of it. the world outside of the church doors is in agony. even INSIDE the church doors there are people who are living horrible, destitute, agonizing lives from abuse, abandonment, addictions... you name it. this is real life, people. we can sit and be sheltered and forget about it, or we can listen to the hearts of the people around us crying out. eminem is simply one of those voices. he lived a childhood full of fear, anger, abuse, neglect and torment; and now he sings about it. this is why the kids like him--they identify with the real emotions that he conveys. it is not about a "message", it is about facing up to the horrors of a fallen, broken, aching world. how can we fault someone for using his God-given talents as an outlet for a painful life? why are we afraid to face such things? </p><p></p><p>the man may be misguided... and yes he is lost. he needs our prayers, not our hatred. where is our compassion? where is our vision for a lost world? where is the realization that he is simply expressing what so much of the world feels and can't express?</p><p></p><p>remember that Jesus hung out with those who the religious leaders considered to be the scum of the earth. it's the sick who need him--and who KNOW they need him--not those who are well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klewlis, post: 9580832, member: 24553"] the message he sends out is horrible? hm... it's really hard to understand what you could mean by his message. he sings out of his own pain and anger in life. it's raw, real emotion. i think that too many christians attempt to protect themselves from those kinds of emotions, and i think that we are poorer because of it. the world outside of the church doors is in agony. even INSIDE the church doors there are people who are living horrible, destitute, agonizing lives from abuse, abandonment, addictions... you name it. this is real life, people. we can sit and be sheltered and forget about it, or we can listen to the hearts of the people around us crying out. eminem is simply one of those voices. he lived a childhood full of fear, anger, abuse, neglect and torment; and now he sings about it. this is why the kids like him--they identify with the real emotions that he conveys. it is not about a "message", it is about facing up to the horrors of a fallen, broken, aching world. how can we fault someone for using his God-given talents as an outlet for a painful life? why are we afraid to face such things? the man may be misguided... and yes he is lost. he needs our prayers, not our hatred. where is our compassion? where is our vision for a lost world? where is the realization that he is simply expressing what so much of the world feels and can't express? remember that Jesus hung out with those who the religious leaders considered to be the scum of the earth. it's the sick who need him--and who KNOW they need him--not those who are well. [/QUOTE]
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