I recently made a thread about whether or not movies are sinful, and now I'm doing the same with secular music. I do not believe it is, and that it is a matter of Christian liberty, obviously idolizing the music/artists and certain songs/bands/etc. should be avoided but not the gift of music entirely. What was the Puritan position on secular music? What about the Reformers or other significant Christian figures?
And how do you individually look at music? I used to be a fan of extreme metal (black, death, doom, and thrash metal) before and for a short time after my conversion, I don't view it as particularly sinful to listen to some heavy metal groups but I still prefer not to. At the same time I'm still a gigantic fan of The Clash a punk band which could be criticized as being anti-authoritarian or too socialist, etc. however I've found that they are cleaner than most music that is popularly listened too.
And how do you individually look at music? I used to be a fan of extreme metal (black, death, doom, and thrash metal) before and for a short time after my conversion, I don't view it as particularly sinful to listen to some heavy metal groups but I still prefer not to. At the same time I'm still a gigantic fan of The Clash a punk band which could be criticized as being anti-authoritarian or too socialist, etc. however I've found that they are cleaner than most music that is popularly listened too.