(via Fundies Say the Darndest Things!)
With all the many references to musical instruments, there is one instrument that is NEVER mentioned! The DRUM! Why is that? The drum was a very common instrument in Egypt and the lands around Israel. And yet the DRUM is NEVER mentioned in a King James Bible.
Did the Lord just forget to include the DRUM or is there another reason?
Is it because — drums are associated with voodoo, shamanism, paganism and magic rituals?
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When the first blacks from Africa were converted to Christianity they knew the power and evil influence of DRUMS. And the converted blacks strictly forbid the use of drums! They referred to the drums as “the Devil’s drum”.
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One simple guideline for Christian music is NO DRUMS!
Terry Watkins, Dial the Truth Ministries
No drums? — But cymbals are mentioned: “Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals” — Psalm 150:5
To be fair, there are a whole lot of other musical instruments not mentioned in the Bible, maybe they should be banned from Christian music, too.
Have you ever really read this thing? Technically, we’re not allowed to go to the bathroom.
— Reverend Timothy Lovejoy
Oops! – “And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.” — 1 Chronicles 13:8
A timbrel can be either a tambourine or a small drum (the difference is moot since a traditional tambourine is essentially a single headed drum with jingles).