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Illegal downloading much?
The number of illegally downloaded video games has gone up nearly 20% in the last five years…..{read the story}
I’m not into gaming – at all – but, I am into music….
People are often heard saying that illegal downloading is/has killed the music industry………its definitely killed music sales……………..but, the industry? Well thats a whole different discussion maybe….
But, illegal downloading? Christians downloading music/games/films illegally?
Why is this an accepted normality for many people now?
I’ve heard rubbish like “If I download an album illegally its just to see how good it is and then I might buy it based on that.”
Oh great, well sure I’ll taste some apples in Tesco to see if I like them and you can read about my jail sentence in the newspaper next week!
Seriously though, I am really curious as to how so many of us justify it as perfectly ok to download illegally…….because it isn’t! Ever!
These things are not ‘the point’
“The place I’m most fed up with and stumped is Church. I’m worn out with it. I’m worn out with the music for the most part. The pop-rock radio songs on sunday morning – I don’t want that to be my escape. [laughs] That’s a gaping hole I feel in my heart now…..in my life. I used to draw a lot of strength from church, and now I feel like I’m either too cool for it or I have some kind of justifiable frustration with it.” Darren King {MUTEMATH} in Relevant Magazine Nov/Dec 2011
I want to say “what a bozo.” I also want to say that I feel sorry for this guy……..but, I also want to say “I understand.”
Because, I could be this guy! The guy who gets consumed by what the music is like. The guy who thinks Church is just about what I ‘get.’ The guy who thinks he is ‘too cool.’ The guy who always has some kind of ‘justifiable frustration’ with Church!
Yep, some of Church is about music. Some of Church is about what I ‘get.’ Some of Church is way less ‘cooler’ than I am. Some of Church frustrates me, justifiably!
But these things are not ‘the point’…….
We are surrounded by people who are making these things ‘the point’ or who have already made them ‘the point’ and, have left!
Some lyrics I like……
I worked so hard for that man
And he worked me to the bone
Said success wont belong
He bought that old factory
Cause the rich are born free and thats how you want to be
So I looked down from the rooftops one night
And I knew I could go far if you never left my sight
But this will never be what I want in some fancy restaurant like now.
This will never be what I want, and all I ever wanted was you…….
{Restaurant: The Thrills}
