Who can you trust philosophically?--part 3
One thing for sure, public education will not directly teach the
next generation of church musicians wrong things about God because they are not
allowed to include God or biblical principles of musicing in
their music knowledge. Federal law in the USA has mandated that public
education can no longer retain God in educational knowledge.
However, the fact that public schools and universities will not
directly teach false concepts of God does not indicate that no false “God-education”
will take place in the music classrooms of these
educational institutions.
By eliminating God as the Creator and Lord of
all music education, public education relays strong false messages about the
nature and value of music to our young people. Public education can no
longer recognize God in the development of a philosophical basis for music
education. As a matter of fact, teaching God as the basis of all
philosophical musical thought is forbidden. The only safe path in
public education is to omit
the authority of God in any philosophical discussion of music.
In public education, no sacred music concerts are legal and the sacred classics may only be taught or performed as music literature. It is also most often mandated that there be no Christmas or Easter concerts. The only time that it is totally legal to mention God in the music classroom is when the music instructor stubs his or her toe on the desk leg.
In public education, no sacred music concerts are legal and the sacred classics may only be taught or performed as music literature. It is also most often mandated that there be no Christmas or Easter concerts. The only time that it is totally legal to mention God in the music classroom is when the music instructor stubs his or her toe on the desk leg.
Contemporary music educators are now so
squeezed into the world’s mold that they do not seem to realize that the whole
belief-system that music is amoral is the result of humanistic autonomous
music philosophy. It is no wonder that you can trust a humanist to
conclude that all music endeavors begins and ends with man. The
philosophical bias of a humanist will always be that all meaning in life (if
they even admit that there there is meaning in life) will be the result of
self-actualization and the act of authentication of a person’s free will.
Quote for the day--who can you trust part 3
"The
shelves in God's pantry are within your reach." (Pastor Ben Durr,
Sr.) I believe that God's pantry contains many concepts of correct
musicing that are within the Christian musician's reach in the 21st.
century. It is our responsibility as Christian music ministers and
music educators to find ways to impregnate all our musicing with
"God education".
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