CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

PostPosted: **Fri Aug 20, 2004 7:23 am**

Someone posted this on a Christian LJ community, and it was simply too good not to share.

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Is Switchfoot a Christian band?

Here's a reply to the question from Jon Foreman:

It's 2:30am in Philly. Weâ€™ve been hitting it hard latelyâ€¦ very hard! The road is long and worthy of resting for. But I just read a question worthy of response. First off, thank you for your compliments. I would love to speak to all of you in person as I've had some great conversations so far this tour and look forward to many more. To be honest, this question grieves me because I feel that it represents a much bigger issue than simply a couple SF tunes. In true Socratic form, let me ask you a few questions:
Does Lewis or Tolkien mention Christ in any of their fictional series?
Are Bach's sonata's Christian?

What is more Christ-like, feeding the poor, making furniture, cleaning bathrooms, or painting a sunset?

There is a schism between the sacred and the secular in all of our modern minds. The view that a pastor is more â€œChristianâ€

PostPosted: **Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:44 pm**

I don't really like switvhfoot. But to answer your question, yes, they are a christian band.

PostPosted: **Fri Aug 20, 2004 2:45 pm**

PumpkinKoRn52 wrote:But to answer your question, yes, they are a christian band.

Oh, *cackle*, I knew that. They're one of my favorite bands. I just thought that Mr. Foreman's response to the question was a very good one.

PostPosted: **Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:30 pm**

PostPosted: **Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:42 pm**

yeah, kudos to jon for that answer!

PostPosted: **Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:55 pm**

That statement is only too true. I have myself considered starting up a band with a bunch of my christian friends but then the question arises of weather we would only sing "christian music" or not.

PostPosted: **Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:11 am**

a friend of mine told me switchfoot signed a contract saying they wouldnt sing about their faith anymore... does anybody know if this is true or not?

PostPosted: **Wed Sep 01, 2004 2:07 pm**

I love Switchfoot! Very cool about the response, thanks for sharing!
I go to a Christian college and they did a free concert here last year . . . ^^

PostPosted: **Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:35 pm**

Lynx wrote:a friend of mine told me switchfoot signed a contract saying they wouldnt sing about their faith anymore... does anybody know if this is true or not?

I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I doubt that they would sign anything like that.

PostPosted: **Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:54 pm**

Lynx wrote:a friend of mine told me switchfoot signed a contract saying they wouldnt sing about their faith anymore... does anybody know if this is true or not?

I hope that is not true, Switchfoot is awesome! However, their lyrics in their new cd, The Beautiful Letdown do not mention Christ as much and as direct as their other cds. (TBL still does mention Christ in some songs though).

All of Switchfoot's songs do have a postive and true message though.