the case for praise bands

well, i'm a contemporary worship kind of guy, although i've always thought choirs are nice for things like Christmas and Easter cantatas. but i stumbled across some startling new information that leads me to believe that choirs are far more sinister than i ever realized! it seems that a prerequisite for choir membership is to be some kind of busybody... or at the very least, you have to care a whole lot for thy fellow choir-teer. however, this sort of behavior can be detrimental not only to choir participation, or even church attendance, but also to one's desire to even continue on as a part of the human race!

at least your typical praise band member apparently isnt all up in your kool-aid... being the disaffected artist types they are. they show up for rehearsal, come to church and play their little hearts out, and then they pack up their gear and they're outta there. however, these choir types are always having some sort of fellowship or another, and doing things like sharing prayer requests and even praying for each other. they seem to even go so far as to check up from time to time to see how their afflicted co-warblers are coming along. this just seems to be waay too much attention for some folks though, and i believe for the sake of the church in general, and the future of the fellowship of the brethren, its time for choirs to go the way of pump organs and broadman hymnals.

if you think i'm full of it, just check out this pitiful tale of caring and sharing gone wrong...

02/12/07 addendum:
lest anyone be offended by the accompanying photo, i boosted it from choir-robes.com... really! but if anybody out there has any idea what THATS all about, please feel free to drop it in the comments. it just seemed to be an appropriately goofy pic to go along with the goofy article.