[b]horsechic1990 wrote:[/b] [quote][b]DHfan wrote:[/b] [quote][b]horsechic1990 wrote:[/b] [quote]The members of Switchfoot are Christian, but they do not market themselves as a Christian band, so therefore they are not a Christian band! Just thought I\'d clear that up....[/quote] I consider a band to be Christian by the message... why is a band Christian only if they market themselves as such?[/quote] I have proof their not technically a Christian band: http://www.fye.com/Oh--Gravity--Front-Page_stcVVproductId6362342VVcatId455366VVviewprod.htm If it was a Christian band, they would label it like something along these lines: http://www.fye.com/Space-in-Between-Us--Expanded-Edition--Front-Page_stcVVproductId3490545VVcatId455366VVviewprod.htm See how Building 429 is labeled as Christian rock and Switchfoot is not? They\'re not a true Christian band unless they\'re labeled like that. Switchfoot didn\'t want to market themselves as Christian because they didn\'t want to turn off non-Christians who would otherwise not want to listen to their music and the hidden message in their lyrics.[/quote] ya... but, they\'re still trying to do a sort of evangelism through their lyrics and stuff, which makes them Christian in my mind like, one time at SoulFest John Cooper from Skillet gave this little speech about this same thing... he was saying how people said that they really weren\'t Christian just because they were releasing their CD\'s on the mainstream market... he was talking about how a lot of secular rock and stuff is really negative, talking about drugs, sex, and violence.... John said that they were trying to shift that in rock and make it more positive by displaying a positive, Christian message through their songs... they might not necessarily market themselves as a Christian band, but they really still are