Friend tells me Skillet is a Christian-rock band.
"No way, dude. They don't suck."
Listening to Skillet.
Think about what friend said.
Lyrics suddenly make sense.

God dammit I'm listening to Christian-rock.

god dammit....why didn't i see your comment

I was wondering why you deleted it.

Skillet is the only good Christian band I know of. All the others, well that's not my kind of music.

What kind of music do you generally listen to? I have whole lists of bands of all genres that classify as christian. some examples:
Christian-rock: Switchfoot, Anberlin, Decyfer Down, Skillet, Children 18:3, Hawk Nelson, Thousand Foot Krutch, Write this down, Nine Lashes <-(amazing band).
Hard rock/metalcore: Haste the Day <-(Pic related), Demon Hunter, August Burns Red, RED, The Letter Black, Underoath.
Alternative hip-hop/pop: TobyMac, Manafest, KJ-52, Group One Crew, DC Talk <-(Oldie but goodie)

Theres ton of good christian music out there, these are just some of them. You should check some of these guys out. :)

Well then, you should like most of those bands I've listed, and may I add a couple more bands like Flatfoot 56, Project 86, Ivoryline, Spoken and Sent By Ravens. All great bands. :)

I'll listen to them.

Haste the Day is my favorite band of all time. Miss those guys.

How bout The Devil Wears Prada, Not your type of music?

Tried listening to them, not for me.

relient K, switch foot?

I have only heard of on Switchfoot song.

creed isn't bad, but you might not like the "slower" stuff

Also christian rock bands like Fireflight, Red, The Letter Black and Thousand Foot Krutch

you forgot underoath technically religious :P despite being screamo

Demon hunter?...

I saw Underoath yesterday.

Congrats!

Please don't run that joke into the ground

fuck you. i do what i want.

fair enough

try to start a flame war every one ignores you

Well I was rolling in green thumbs earlier

Is there a song where they even mention by name Jesus or the christian god? I havent listened to them in a while, but I don't remember them ever saying Jesus once.

They reference Jesus in Hero, they mention keeping their faith in hard times in Awake and Alive.
So no, they don't say their names directly, but they make obvious references.

So its also kind of like how people assume books have deeper meanings when they just give a plain umbrella of an idea? Ah I see. When an American band says something about keeping faith or needing some kind of help from someone...like a hero figure...people widely assume and take for that it's about Christianity. If a buddhist listened to these songs and referenced them to their own life could it be done? Yes I think so, with out actual mention of a name it is completely up to interpretation, perhaps that is better than most Christian music, because this music has a far wider reach...as long as you don't label it as Christian it can effectively touch all forms of people and beliefs. A bit more than what you thought?

despite you making a decent argument, if you see them live, its very obvious. last time i saw them, they stopped their set and preached for a minute or two. they talk about salvation all the time and stuff. their music (like most Christian music) doesnt talk about it directly. if you listen to most Christian metal, its more obvious.

Well, let music stand for its self. Sometimes music transcends the people who made it. Know what I mean?

I agree with you, but they are listed as a Christian band

id like to disagree there is more good stuff out there
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