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Latest comment: 9 months ago by Javajourney in topic Regarding whether P.O.D. is Christian or secular

Teologia cristiana sul nome della band

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Nella sezione del nome della band e dove spiega il significato è sbagliata la descrizione della teologia cristiana, secondo la teologia cristiana con la morte di Gesù gli umani vengono si annullati i peccati ma solo dopo la morte.

I totally agree Lil Happy Lil Sad :): 17:32, 22 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

No reference made to the obvious influence of Rastafarianism on the terminology they use

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Occasionally in their songs P.O.D. refers to God as "Ja," which is the god in Rastafarian religion. However, no mention is made of this in the article and no explanation given of it. P.O.D. is referred to as a Christian band throughout the article. Rastafarianism is different from Christianity, so an explanation as to why they sing about Ja in their music would be fitting for an article about the band. Spiritquest (talk) 05:55, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Regarding whether P.O.D. is Christian or secular

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In Sandoval's book Son of Southtown, which he released earlier this year, he states that the band is not a Christian band. Several editors have taken this information and removed "Christian" from the band's genre description on this article. This has happened significantly enough I think it should be addressed here and not in revision summaries. While the band themselves does not believe that they are Christian, they are generally referred to be by the public. Throughout their lyrics, it's also clear that they are significantly religion-based. CleoCat16 explained it well, "Motorhead and Black Sabbath didn't consider themselves heavy metal, but the media said otherwise. The same applies here. Not all of their albums are nu metal but all have Christian lyrics." JavaJourney (talk | contribs) 15:03, 6 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Right. They've been described in numerous reliable sources as a Christian metal band, and are considered that by many audiences.--3family6 (Talk to me|See what I have done) 16:31, 6 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
A genre is not the same thing as religious subscription. A person should absolutely have the means to decide if themselves, a company they are apart of or a group they're in is "Christian" and introducing themselves as such should reflect that. If some website called you an atheist even if you said you aren't, would you be fine with that? Lil Happy Lil Sad :): 23:57, 8 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Lil Sad Lil Happy The band members are Christians themselves, so your example of "if some website called you an atheist even if you said you aren't" isn't exactly the same type of scenario. It's somewhat similar to Lecrae and Red, who both say they are Christians who make music, not musicians who make Christian music. They are still generally referred to and agreed to be Christian musicians.
In Son of Southtown, it seems that Sandoval is only claiming to be a secular band because Christian bands are "automatically B-listed". JavaJourney (talk | contribs) 16:26, 15 October 2025 (UTC)Reply