Comments on: David Bazan online house show http://www.donewaiting.com/2009/09/01/david-bazan-online-house-show/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:05:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bayard http://www.donewaiting.com/2009/09/01/david-bazan-online-house-show/#comment-21417 Bayard Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:20:39 +0000 http://www.donewaiting.com/?p=9853#comment-21417 David Bazan’s songs are great because his music is thorough and his lyrics and subject matter are generally very intelligent. For a long time I was like...alright man this is great, a Christian that’s actually concerned about real people things. He was asking all of these great questions and wrestling with some pretty big stuff. One of his most endearing qualities was his honest struggles with God accompanied with his persistent faith. Even as a non-Christian I thought it beautiful that he was openly expressing his ideas from a Christian perspective in an increasingly hateful world. Not only that, but it is encouraging to see somebody of faith using the brain that God gave them. But the thing that frustrates me and makes me laugh at the same time is that he has logically reasoned his way out of faith, an inherently illogical way of believing. In Curse Your Branches his relatively newfound agnosticism is a major theme, if not the theme, of the album. He talks about how his faith has “completely unraveled” and how he is ok with just saying “I don’t know.” The point is, Bazan has been a grown man for quite some time now and has consciously been walking in faith with Christ for the majority of his adult life. As a thoughtful person he should know that, although logic and reason have their place in faith, they can only take him so far in the pursuit of God. David Bazan’s songs are great because his music is thorough and his lyrics and subject matter are generally very intelligent. For a long time I was like…alright man this is great, a Christian that’s actually concerned about real people things. He was asking all of these great questions and wrestling with some pretty big stuff. One of his most endearing qualities was his honest struggles with God accompanied with his persistent faith. Even as a non-Christian I thought it beautiful that he was openly expressing his ideas from a Christian perspective in an increasingly hateful world. Not only that, but it is encouraging to see somebody of faith using the brain that God gave them. But the thing that frustrates me and makes me laugh at the same time is that he has logically reasoned his way out of faith, an inherently illogical way of believing.
In Curse Your Branches his relatively newfound agnosticism is a major theme, if not the theme, of the album. He talks about how his faith has “completely unraveled” and how he is ok with just saying “I don’t know.” The point is, Bazan has been a grown man for quite some time now and has consciously been walking in faith with Christ for the majority of his adult life. As a thoughtful person he should know that, although logic and reason have their place in faith, they can only take him so far in the pursuit of God.

]]> By: Twistan Shvan http://www.donewaiting.com/2009/09/01/david-bazan-online-house-show/#comment-21379 Twistan Shvan Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:18:46 +0000 http://www.donewaiting.com/?p=9853#comment-21379 "Once upon a garden we were lovers with no clothes..." Still writing those "folky," spiritual ramblings, hm... One of the reasons I could never get into him. It's so stale. "Rapture" was a sweet song though “Once upon a garden we were lovers with no clothes…”

Still writing those “folky,” spiritual ramblings, hm…

One of the reasons I could never get into him. It’s so stale. “Rapture” was a sweet song though

]]> By: nick http://www.donewaiting.com/2009/09/01/david-bazan-online-house-show/#comment-21378 nick Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:33:21 +0000 http://www.donewaiting.com/?p=9853#comment-21378 record of the year record of the year

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