Do you think Christianity is degraded?

[OBW]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

The idea of holding rock concerts for entertainment purposes however is not in the Bible.

You are correct. The Bible is silent on it, so there is nothing encouraging or denying such things.

"Not in the Bible" is not an invitation for preclusion. Driving an automobile is not in the Bible. Neither is using an airplane to fly between destinations, or even just around the area for the joy of flying.\

There is more than one place where the "preacher" said to enjoy life. Not just enjoy it in poverty and asceticism. But in full living. Today, that would easily include going to a rock concert. Nothing to exclude it.

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by OBW

You are correct. The Bible is silent on it, so there is nothing encouraging or denying such things.
"Not in the Bible" is not an invitation for preclusion. Driving an automobile is not in the Bible. Neither is using an airplane to fly between destinations, or even just around the area for the joy of flying.
There is more than one place where the "preacher" said to enjoy life. Not just enjoy it in poverty and asceticism. But in full living. Today, that would easily include going to a rock concert. Nothing to exclude it.

There are verses about not loving the world and being separate from the world. (2 Cor 6:17).

[OBW]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

There are verses about not loving the world and being separate from the world. (2 Cor 6:17).

And, as I mentioned, they are not the only verses on the subject. You are taking a verse from its context and forcing it to obey your definitions of what is "the world." To take on a context that it does not naturally have. To your mind it fits, but your mind is not the decider of truth.

The real problem is what you define as "in the world" or "of the world" or even simply "the world."

Taking enjoyment of anything is potentially "the world" or not "the world." There is nothing that makes any particular kind of music simply "the world." Same for driving any particular kind of car. I've seen Yugos and Mercedes in LRC parking lots. The Yugo may have been "in the world" while the Mercedes was not.

You and anyone else in the LRC are not the arbiters of what is, by definition, always "in the world."