Whenever I need a distraction from studying I browse the Internet looking for things that I find nostalgic. As I was working on a paper for my Evangelical Religion, Culture, and Media in the United States class, I started thinking about the very first Christian concert I went to. I was around 8 or 9 years old and my mom and I went to the Selland Arena in Fresno, California on a bus with our church to see....CARMAN! I was the happiest little boy ever! I remember standing there with my hands raised and eyes fixed upwards towards heaven during the entire concert.
As I look back now, Carman was a very interesting person. My favorite song was "God's Got An Army." It's strange how there is so much reference to violence and fighting (even if it is figurative) in contemporary Christian music, even though Christ teaches us to turn the other cheek.
I made it 32 seconds. That was all of the militarism I could handle. I think the song itself would've been tolerable a little longer (the words while violent, weren't the biggest problem, at least in 32 seconds) but the images and other video was wayyyy too much.
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