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I Think I May be the Biggest Craig's Brother Fan

Someone wrote a blog mentioning Dave Bazan and Ted (somewhat in comparison) yesterday. It's weird/freaky that people know who Ted is and know, to a certain extent, what he's like or what he does.

Before I write any more, you may as well know what provoked this little sojourn into self-indulgent, slop writing. Check out: The Problem Of Evil

It's funny that a blog in which the author discusses judging Ted would make me judge the author. *heh* I feel like I know exactly what kind of guy he is. (He's a kind of guy I generally stay away from). We've been judged by Christians before.

I have such disdain for smiling Christians. I probably wouldn't go to church if there wasn't a direct reason for me being there. I love my handful of true friends and family that go to the same church as I do but as for the rest of them... I have a lot of confusion as to how I should relate to them. I can't force myself to think of them as family when I know they don't think of me that way... even after 3 years together. Maybe I never wanted to relate to them at all. Maybe their hesitance/unwillingness to truly love me was merely a convenience for me.

But I digress.

I hate holier-than-thou Christians. They scare me. They are the cause of more than a few of history's major blemishes. Perhaps this is what our author was like before he mixed Dave B and Ted B in with his personal musings. Perhaps I'm a holier-than-thou in my own way... by thinking I'm holier than those who think they are holier. "The star bellied sneetches were the best on the beaches". The moral of that story? No one was better or worse than his neighbor.

Craig's Brother never tried to make anyone think that they were good Christians. I thought that was the point that was made... the line that was drawn... when Adam and Andy decided to quit several years ago. After those two left I don't think anyone else in the band ever cared what kind of people others thought they were. I guess that was evident. It's almost painful to see effects today of actions taken 4, 5 or 6 years ago.

Good. I say good, though. I agree with the theme of the blog I linked to above. I'm glad the guy could see that the guys in CB never tried to hide who they were. We have always loved to party pretty hard... but all of us have paid variable prices for our indulgences, our own "Pleasure Islands". Maybe the fact that CB was more accessible to the author of the blog made it easier to judge them than it was to judge someone like Dave B. Craig's Brother, however, has always been a willing spectacle.

People judge CB because they started out on Tooth and Nail and because they had lyrics that discussed Christian ideals. That categorized them to fit certain judgment criteria. For them it's a real catch 22. Either they're too sinful for the Christians or too Christian for everyone else. I know people around town who knew about CB but intentionally didn't listen to them just because they were thought of as a "Christian" band.

I have a wake up call for you. It's THE NEW, people. A different breed has been born. I'm not talking about a new breed of drunken, misbehaved Christians but rather I speak of the Christian who is real and alive in their day-to-day wanderings. Ever searching for the answer and striving for personal greatness... even if sometimes the striving is put on hold for a little bit of enjoyment. I speak of God loving Christians NOT imposing fascist, hate-filled beliefs on others and simultaneously not giving a fuck what other people think. This is what we're looking for. This is what I have always believed Ted and his band mates were like (except for the ones who aren't Christians).