by Samuel » Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:55 pm
They started off slowly, the seven or more trombones (plus sousaphone and trumpet) creating a huge wave of sound, a giant chord, while Elder Babb praised the Lord and exhorted the crowd. It gave me chills. Not just because of the music, but also because here was faith, religion and spirituality that was manifesting itself as joyous, life affirming and uplifting, as opposed to militant, oppressive and death-dealing. We’re getting too much of that these days, from Muslims and Christians alike, so this was a beautiful healthy antidote, and a reminder not to throw out the spiritual baby with the bathwater — those of us who feel the nastiness of fundamentalisms cast doubt on belief of any kind.
From Elder Babb's link to seemingly non-Christian stuff as in the quote above tying Muslims and Christians together and the site showed what I though to be non-Christian groups providing music???????????????????
SF I suspose......................................... what do I know?
I appologize if I am misunderstanding.