Whats the best way to find out?

As a person who studies religion (I’m not religious at all, but I do find the whole business of people taking religion seriously to be fascinating), and as a metal-head, I’ve come across some really ignorant folks who refuse to ever go near any band that considers themselves ‘Christian Metal’, or even if the band isn’t considered ‘Christian metal’, but is made up of Christian members. Why do we have such a deep seated hatred against bands that have a Judeo-Christian message behind them? As some people posted in the ‘Gahl is Gay’ post, Metal is all bout being true to one’s self. Yet when it comes to folks who are ‘religious’, we cannot accept that. I find it sad, because there is some pretty damn good Christian Metal out there. Now, bands like As I Lay Dying, UnderOath, Zao, The Chariot, and The Devil Wears Prada have kinda ruined it for some folks, but there are some amazingly talented Christian Metal bands out there, such as Becoming The Archetype, Living Sacrifice, Narnia, etc. Metal does not always have to be about despair, hate, anger, destruction, or emotions that can be considered ‘negative’. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using the genre to spread a message of ‘hope’, even if we disagree with it.

What can be done to correct such ignorance?

Maybe I’ll go home and re-think my life now.