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One of my gripes about live concerts is when the musicians seem to think that we care about their opinions. I’m not particularly interested in Natalie Maine’s thoughts on the President or Zack de la Rocha’s fascination with Communism. We all paid to hear your music – not your inane political ramblings.
Likewise, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend online of reviewers taking shots at Christianity that have nothing to do with the subject matter at hand… for example, Dan Rainer’s review of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at DVDFile.com has this gem:
[Morgan Freeman] is the most civilized and wisest character in the movie. Freeman instills a sense of honor into Azeem while demonstrating that the Moors’ culture was quite advanced before self-righteous crusaders attempted a forced conversion to Christianity.
Now what in the name of Kentucky Fried Chicken does that have to do with the movie? It is NEVER mentioned in the movie itself and is not even touched upon plotwise – this is just a petty little man trying to get his shots in. And another example, from a review at the iTunes Music Store:
The Passion Worship Collective here assembles and potent plethora of powerful songs in praise of their chosen deity, in yet another in what is rapidly proving to be a cornucopia of worship albums. While most of the material on offer here has probably been better expressed in several books of the Old Testament, these simple songs of praise are a reflection of the simple faith practiced by exponents of the worship movement…. Thematically (and presumably theologically), however, the PWC treads a narrow path….
Is the condescending language necessary? First off, who assigned this album to someone who obviously has disdain for the genre, and secondly, what kind of editor would let those kind of jabs through?
These sort of comments are incredibly unprofessional and immature, but increasingly more common in our Christian-hostile society