Battlecry
These people clearly worship a war god.
While in the bathroom, I saw something equally unsettling—a preteen girl wearing a shirt being sported by many attendees that night: Jesus on the cross, robes waving, and emblazoned across the front the words “Dressed to Kill.”
Between musical acts, Luce, the BattleCry founder, hammered away at the dominant theme of the night: his contention that “pew-sitters … passive Christians … the Christians who just want love, joy, peace … ” were the problem, and that the world needed more radical and extreme God-worshippers—those who would be obedient and fully submit to Christ.
This was theoretically a Christian rock festival, but what would the god of turning the other cheek think of this?
The first rock band that performed, Delirious, got the crowd festive and up on their feet with lyrics that were projected on large screens so that everyone could join in: “We’re an army of God and we’re ready to die…. Let’s paint this big ol’ town red…. We see nothing but the blood of Jesus….”
This isn’t an altar call, it’s incitement to violence.
All quotes from truthdig. Hat tip to Amanda, who (under the circumstances) can probably be forgiven for thinking Christianity is the worship of hatred. More on the War God here.
