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Dance Praise has a new expansion pack entitled God Rocks. It adds 35 new songs to the Christian-themed Dance Dance Revolution-style dancing action game. more

[Schneb]

My seven-year old loves God, and loves to dance. Hmmmm. Guess it's time to look into this and move all the living room furniture. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
On second thought, after looking at the System Requirements, I do not see any reference of it being Universal Binary. Too bad, that's a deal breaker. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Richardson]

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My seven-year old loves God, and loves to dance. Hmmmm. Guess it's time to look into this and move all the living room furniture. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
On second thought, after looking at the System Requirements, I do not see any reference of it being Universal Binary. Too bad, that's a deal breaker. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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"System requirements call for G3/400MHz or faster, Mac OS X v10.0 or later, 130MB hard disk space, 128MB RAM, CD-ROM. Dance Praise expansion packs are Universal binaries."
It was good to see a story like this on Macworld's latest news.

[Schneb]

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Dance Praise expansion packs are Universal binaries.

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That was hard to find information. But thanks! Good to know.

[Peter Cohen]

Hard to find? It was in the last graf in the article, Schneb!

[lwdesign]

I'd be curious to know how God Rocks and Dance Praise are being viewed by mainstream fundamentalist Christians. During the 50s and 60s there were mass rock and roll record burning parties staged by Christian congregations. Many ministers proclaimed that rock and roll was the music of Satan and that it should be banned entirely. Has the fundamentalist Christian community now grown to accept and embrace rock and roll, not to mention hip-hop, rap and the other more modern music styles on Dance Praise products?

[Peter Cohen]

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Has the fundamentalist Christian community now grown to accept and embrace rock and roll, not to mention hip-hop, rap and the other more modern music styles on Dance Praise products?

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Obviously at least some of them have, or there wouldn't be a market for this product.

[lwdesign]

Peter, what I was curious about is not just people who consider themselves Christian, because there is obviously a market for faith-based rock music. I've seen commercials for Christian rock and roll CDs heavily promoted on TV for several years. What I'm interested in is the "fundamentalist" factors, especially in the Southern and Midwestern Bible belt areas. These are the areas that the demonstrations against rock and roll on a religious basis occurred.
I find the subject interesting because when I was a kid there was a nearly universal, or seemed to be, condemnation of rock and roll by the clergy in the 50s and 60s. The movie "Footloose" with Kevin Bacon is a good reference point for people who don't recall or weren't around to experience the amount of deviltry the general Christian population heaped upon rock and roll.

[Richardson]

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What I'm interested in is the "fundamentalist" factors, especially in the Southern and Midwestern Bible belt areas. These are the areas that the demonstrations against rock and roll on a religious basis occurred.

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Well, as the saying goes, there are "different strokes for different folks." Hence why there are many different denominations within the "religion" of Christianity, if you will. I live in the Bible belt -- Arkansas, to be exact. And while radical worship might come off as offensive to some, I believe it is a way of reaching out to our young people. Unless they've grown up in the church and are used to the musis of hymns and such, the young people of today's society are most likely not going to find Southern gospel music, or anything like it, appealing.
Kids and youth especially have a more upbeat taste for music, generally speaking, and chances are the young people we are trying to reach out to have already had a pretty good taste of secular rock, rock and roll, rap, etc., and have acquired a taste for that style of music. Where I can see this Dance Praise "God Rock" type music come in is that it satisfies their need for the similar sound in music, but it also provides a bridge out of the secular music lyrics and into the contemporary Christian lyrics that help bring people to Christ.
Certainly there are different forms of worship and song; I attend a southern baptist church. And while in worship service, the music selection is typically hymn-like, with a few exceptions here and there. Mind you, we do have a group of elderly individuals in the audience. But when I'm in my vehicle, or at home, or at work, I listen to contemporary Christian music (such as that of K-LOVE), and sometimes alternative Christian music (such as that of Air One). It's not that I dislike the music played for us at church; it's just that I feel I get more out of what God wants me to hear by listening to the style of music I am comfortable with and used to. (I too used to listen to secular style music popular among young people at that time in my life.)
So, the point of my message, I suppose, is this: while some of the "fundamentalist" Christians may not agree with it, it's not their call to make, to be quite honest. For them to pass judgement on genuine Christian music of any form, and I do mean genuine as in within the will of God, would be hypocritical and unfortunately typical of Christians today. God has more ways than just "their" way to share the good news.
Matt Richardson
graphic designer/photographer

[nickstearns]

Nice response Richardson.
As a fellow Southern Baptist I have to agree with you. As I saw Rick Warren say(hopefully correctly), "As the body of Christ, we should be more than just a mouth."
It is truly my hope that us as Christians can start coming together because of what we have in common instead of drifting further apart because of petty denominational differences.
Check out a local group from around here called Exit 95. I just heard them last monday as they practiced.
As for the software, I am considering it for my 4 and 5 year old homeschool daughters. Has anyone else seen it and or used it?
Nick

[Peter Cohen]

Yep, I've given it a try. It's not as difficult as Dance Dance Revolution or In the Groove, but it's reasonably responsive and a good value considering the original game is bundled with a dance pad. If possible, I'd recommend getting a second dance pad (Digital Praise sells them separately) so your kids can play in two-player mode. It's a lot more fun that way.