Oh man. I could post on this all day long. There is secular music that isn't sinful. There is christian music that is sinful. Slapping a label on something does not make it what the label says.
I challenge all people on this thread to google "Is Music Neutral" and see what you come up with.
I am a music teacher and I used to believe the lie that "Music is neutral and it is the lyrics that make it good or bad." But, I believe the Holy Spirit spoke to me one day about a year ago to look up whether or not that was true. What I found shocked me but it also made sense.
Music is a language. It is a way of communicating feelings and ideas and so much more. God did not just create music, music is a part of His character. That is why music is such an integral part of our beings. Music is so many different things. It is art. It is expression. It is math. It is science. It is physical. It is coordination. It is time, It affects our emotions, our brain's reward system, our nerves, our memory, our healing. So much more. I could go on about this for hours. It used to be an integral part of education (look up Trivium and Quadrivium).
But now, it is painted as a frivolous, expendable subject which is booted out of elementary education (I'm not sure how widespread this is but living in Ontario, Canada, I saw it booted out of schools over a decade ago). Even if it is reinstated, it's usually forced to be unwillingly taught by a teacher not interested in teaching it and is taught in such a backwards way that it might as well not be there at all.
These are all things I've witnessed and observed in over a decade of teaching music full time. It saddens me because it is something very important that carves new pathways in the mind (literally) and changes the way the mind works. I can say, for example, that if I had known and understood music, in secondary school, as well as I know it now, my highschool grades would have been completely different, for the better. I do my best to help my students grasp this advantage as early as possible.
Anyway. Is non-christian music sin? As a sweeping generalization, no. Most of the time, it does act as a vehicle to teach lies and embed evil deep into the subconscious. Why? Well, when Lucifer was in Heaven, who was he? He was in charge of music. He knows ALL of what I stated above. He knows how it works, in much more detail than I can even articulate. How do we teach children new concepts? We teach it to them in a song. How to we receive advertisements? Usually with a jingle. Think about it, honestly.
I'm going to leave a few links here and let you read this for yourself. But please, be honest with yourself and don't just listen to what tickles your ears. If you truly want to know the truth, seek it out and let the Holy Spirit show you what is true and what is lies. Read scripture and ask the Holy Spirit to speak its truths into your heart.
Is Music Neutral?
If Music is Neutral...
This video is great but, unfortunately, it gets cut off at the end and I haven't been able to find a second part to it
Is Music Neutral?
People on drugs are the only people who make bad music?
