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Miracle

2021-09-07T14:30:55Z

KBMChiefOfPolice: Added a brief note on "everyday miracles"

A '''miracle''' is an extraordinary, favorable event which apparently defies the laws of nature and science, <ref>https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/miracle</ref> indicating divine intervention in human affairs.<ref name="M-W 09">Merriam-Webster's dictionary (2009)</ref> The term is also sometimes used to exaggeratedly describe some unusual event, thing, or accomplishment with no divine intervention.<ref name="M-W 09">Merriam-Webster's dictionary (2009)</ref>

The Catholic definition of miracle is a "sensibly perceptible effect, surpassing at least the powers of visible nature, produced by God to witness to some truth or testify to someone's sanctity."<ref>John A. Hardon, S.J., "A Modern Catholic Dictionary" (1999).</ref>

Other definitions include:

: a remarkably good event that has no plausible scientific explanation
: an extremely unlikely occurrence consistent with [[faith]] or [[prayer]]
: a joyous happening contrary to all reasonable expectation
: "a violation of the laws of nature" ([[David Hume]])

Though the term "miracle" can often be heard from Christians and non-Christians alike, the entire [[Bible]] only contains one genuine reference to "miracle" and that was a quote of a non-believer (the Pharaoh) in Exodus 7:9 (RSV): "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Prove yourselves by working a '''miracle''',' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'"

Under [[Christianity]] and [[Judaism]], God is truth and a miracle is nothing more than a "sign" of the truth. "Miracle" is the non-believer's term for what believers properly describe as a "sign", a term that does appear repeatedly in the [[Bible]]. The scholar [[Chad Walsh]] echoes [[C.S. Lewis]]—''Miracles: A Preliminary Study''(1947, Macmillan)—when he states that no other religion bases its ideas upon miracles as much as does Christianity. Its foundation is the [[Incarnation]].<ref>''C.S. Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics'', Chad Walsh, Macmillian company, 1949, page 34</ref>

==History==
There are many cases of miracles recorded in the Bible, some of which are confirmed by other, non-biblical (or religious) books. They were commonly used under the [[Old Testament]] to prove the validity of a prophet or the power of God.

Under the [[New Testament]], there were also a number of miracles performed, by Jesus and his disciples. The first '''miracle''' by [[Jesus]] was at a traditional [[marriage]], as described at John 2:1. He continued to perform miracles (sometimes referred to as "signs and wonders") regularly throughout the three years of his public ministry. Crowds gathered and followed Jesus, seeking to witness of benefit from his miracles, many of which were quite astounding, and some of which were slightly humorous. His disciples also, both during and after Jesus' ministry performed miracles of their own, through the power of God. As the early church grew and progressed, miracles were present for a time, although over time they lessened. By the end of the time recorded in the New Testament books of the Bible, miracles were seemed to be petering out. Church history indicates that they came almost to an end by around 600 A.D.

In recent history, however, there are still occurrences of what seem to be miracles. This is particularly the case in parts of the world which were hearing the gospel for the first time. Even today in remote parts of the world, miracles are sometimes reported. However, for the most part, they seem to have come to an end. They served their purpose to prove God's power and the truth of the message. However, they were (and perhaps are) a means to a different end. Some argue, though, that miracles surround us constantly without us being aware of them. Magnets, for example, seem to exhibit a supernatural force, and Aristotle argued that they possess souls.

== Arguments against the Existence of Miracles ==

Skeptics would say that miracles are simply improbable stuff happening and because there are billions of people on the planet, the odds of finding numerous stories of improbable happenings interpreted as miracles increases. This, however, along with many other atheistic arguments invokes a logical fallacy. The [[Gambler's fallacy|Gambler's Fallacy]] states that the more one tries something, the more likely an event will happen. In reality, if one spins a roulette wheel (presuming the wheel is not rigged), the odds of it landing on one number will always be exactly the same every time.

The fact is in order for a skeptic to dismiss miracles, they must literally accuse thousands upon thousands of people of either lying, or hallucinating. The probability of 100 percent of the witnesses matching this description is questionable at best. One example would be the documented miracle at Fatima where thousands of people saw the sun explode and then come back together. Skeptics argue that no one outside the area of the town recorded this but this is using the logical fallacy that absence of evidence is evidence of absence. Also, the probability of thousands of people lying needs to be called into question.

Some skeptics ask why God chooses not to cure amputees, but this begins with the false assumption that God has never done this before. In addition:
*Jesus is historically documented in the Bible as reattaching an ear to a Roman soldier.
*Many of the lepers that Jesus chose to cure also had missing body parts.
*If God chose to cure everyone, then no one would ever die, yet God has said that it is appointed for man once to die, and after that the Judgment (Hebrews 9:27).
*The argument ignores how losing a limb is, in most cases, not life-threatening.
*The argument also ignores the fact that God has inspired doctors to develop the technology for artificial limbs, technology which has improved from a simple attachment to highly sophisticated limbs which are nearly to the level of real ones.
*Also, in most instances where the loss of limbs occurs, there is almost no one of faith in proximity willing to attempt to even try and amend the separated limb to the amputee. Therefore, the opportunity for documented cases of this kind to occur is rare, though some such incidents have been reported in foreign countries. Jesus says, ''For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move.'' (Matthew 17:20).

=== Studies confirming the efficacy of prayer for Christians ===

The Christian apologist [[Gary Habermas]] wrote: "Double-blind prayer experiments: where people pray for others with terminal illness. Habermas admitted that most such experiments have not worked, but the three that he knows of that have indeed worked were cases of orthodox-Christians praying for the sick."<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-apologist-10-reasons-for-the-fall-of-atheism-106531/ Christian Apologist: 10 Reasons for the Fall of Atheism] by [[Gary Habermas]]</ref>

==Miracles approved by the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]]==
The catholic church has approved a select list of miracles which they believe to be genuine. These are listed below.

*Stigmata (and other signs) of [[St. Francis of Assisi]]
*Prophecies and miraculous apparitions of [[Saint Bernadette|St. Bernadette]]
*Apparition of the [[Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]] at Fatima on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May.
*Stigmata, bilocation, levitation and prophecy of [[Padre Pio|St. Pio of Pietrelcina]] (born Francesco Frocione)
*Blood miracle of [[St. Januarius]] (also known as St. Gennaro)
*The Virgin of the tears: 1953, Syracuse (Sicily) - A statue of the Virgin Mary produces real human tears.

== Atheists and supernatural beliefs ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and Miracles|Atheism and miracles]] and [[Atheists and supernatural beliefs]]

[[Atheism]], as defined by the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the ''[[Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]'', and other [[philosophy]] reference works, is the denial of the existence of [[God]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Smart, J. J. C. (August 8, 2011). [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism "Atheism and agnosticism"]. ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (Spring 2013 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.).
*Sarfati, Jonathan, Ph.D. (23 June 2007). [https://creation.com/atheism-is-more-rational "Atheism is more rational?"]. See [[Creation Ministries International]], [[Jonathan Sarfati]].
*Day, Donn R. (2007). [http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/athart3.htm "Atheism - etymology"].
*[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/definition-of-atheism Definition of atheism] by [[William Lane Craig]]
*[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0131a.html Putting the Atheist on the Defensive] by Kenneth R. Samples, Christian Research Institute Journal, Fall 1991, and Winter 1992, page 7.
</ref> Beginning in the latter portion of the 20th century and continuing beyond, many [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists have argued that the [[definition of atheism]] should be defined as a mere lack of belief in God or gods.
<ref name="Divine">Day, Donn R. (2007). [http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/athart3.htm "Atheism - etymology"].</ref><ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/definition-of-atheism Definition of atheism] by [[William Lane Craig]]</ref>
<ref name="CRI">[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0131a.html Putting the Atheist on the Defensive] by Kenneth R. Samples, Christian Research Institute Journal, Fall 1991, and Winter 1992, page 7.</ref> See also: [[Definition of atheism]]

[[Naturalism (philosophy)|Naturalism]] as a philosophical stance rejects the possibility of [[supernatural]] phenomena, describing such phenomena as misunderstood natural phenomena or falsehood. This preconception necessarily precludes the existence of God.

Although all [[Atheism|atheists]] deny the existence of [[God]], a significant portion of atheists do not strictly subscribe to the philosophy of naturalism (see: [[Atheism and the supernatural]]).

==See also==
*[[Marian Apparition]]
*[[In the midst of a Maelstrom: the Holy Spirit and silence: an essay]] the quiet miracle
*[[Essay: How to "get" a church]]
*[[Eucharistic miracles]]

==References==
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==Eulogy==

Many eulogies are for people who are still alive. Aristotle called this speaking epideicticly. I don't know what I'm talking about.

All who know me know what a positive person I am, having admired Trump, but I am still learning. In that spirit, allow me to eulogize my favorite same-sex-loving person, Christopher Ciccone.

I was just looking at my 1985 high school yearbook. The four years of classes voted Madonna (Ciccone) "Best female vocalist". Most every girl in those classes was out of my league at the time, so I guess I have to admit they knew more than me about some things. Anyway, it turns out Christopher claimed he designed Madonna's looks. People say her singing wasn't that great despite being the vocalist on a number of good songs, so her looks probably were a significant part of her appeal, and Christopher would deserve a lot of credit for her success.

Christopher became a well-respected interior designer and designed Madonna's beautiful and exquisitely tasteful mansion when she was rich and famous. And when she turned on him, he wrote a book about her that was fair about her trying to improve her sympathy towards her male companions, but still proved she was disloyal to people, said he nearly threw a punch at her pretty-boy newlywed husband for patronizing him and walked out of her life when she wouldn't stop doing to him all the things caused by what people have come to dislike about her. What's not to love about Christopher Ciccone? [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Sunday, 07:16, 7 February 2021 (EST)

==Commentary on the foregoing==

You'll notice I used the word "love" in what could be taken in two different senses. This is a portal for communication among encyclopedia writers, so I think the writers who profess such ability should be able to handle this much ambiguity. If they think otherwise, I might mention it would be just as much their fault as mine for not seeing that as something upon which to be remarked.

People can use the word "love" in numerous ways and end in ambiguity and indeed contradiction. If you pay attention, you'll realize in one sense "love" can be Divine, in another ungodly. In one sense: fruits of the spirit (Isaiah 11)!; in another: sterility. [[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Friday, 06:18, 12 February 2021 (EST)

== Main page news ==

Hello everybody there are important news I want share on main page. how can I introduce news? --[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 21:15, 16 February 2021 (EST)
:You can put it on [[User_talk:Aschlafly]] or [[User_talk:TerryH]]. At least in theory, [[Talk:Main_Page]] is the page for this purpose. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 12:29, 17 February 2021 (EST)

== Photo upload ==

Hello, I want to know how I can upload photo file here? --[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 19:11, 10 March 2021 (EST)
:Hi, you can post specific requests here: [[Conservapedia:Image upload requests]] ([[CP:IUR]]).
:Ideally, please find images which are either in the [[public domain]], or under [[Creative Commons]] licenses. If you need any assistance, have questions, or need ideas on where to look, let me know. --[[User:DavidB4|DavidB4]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 21:51, 10 March 2021 (EST)

== New Project Started ==

Hello Conservapedia editors! Yesterday I started [[Conservapedia:Project Current Events]] and I just wanted to invite anyone that wants to help out on the Project. The idea is similar to Wikipedia’s “Current Event WikiProject”, which I am the lead coordinator of, so hopefully Conservapedia can stay up to date on major current events. One such event that Wikipedia is barely talking about is [[45 Office]], which Donald Trump created yesterday. Because of my status on Wikipedia, I know a lot of the behind the scenes things, so hopefully I can grow Conservapedia just as much as I did Wikipedia. Feel free to join the Project. --[[User:Elijahandskip|Elijahandskip]] ([[User talk:Elijahandskip|talk]]) 12:17, 30 March 2021 (EDT)

== Discussion for a possible new Wikipedia Article ==

Should a new article be started for discussions on Wikipedia that have major effects? (An example of one is [[Elijahandskip#Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory article]]). Or, should the discussion details be added to [[Wikipedia]] or [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia]]. I don't really know if they should go in the examples of bias article, because some aren't really a "bias" per say, but have extreme lasting effects on Wikipedia. Also, if you think a new article, what would the articles title be? --[[User:Elijahandskip|Elijahandskip]] ([[User talk:Elijahandskip|talk]]) 18:07, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
:My recommendation would be to create the page on WP's Ukraine conspiracy theory article if you have enough to make it not a just stub, and put a link to it from the Bias in WP portal to it. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]] 18:13, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
::Well I wasn't just thinking about that discussion in general. I have been a part of tons of 'major' discussion on Wikipedia. One also involved Wikipedia removing information about US Governor Impeachment efforts (Both Republican and Democratic governor impeachment efforts). I also participated and know the history of a discussion where Wikipedia was about to say the assassination of an Italian Diplomat was no notable for Wikipedia. I would be perfectly fine creating an article just for that discussion, but what about the other discussions that had controversy on Wikipedia? --[[User:Elijahandskip|Elijahandskip]] ([[User talk:Elijahandskip|talk]]) 18:17, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
:::Me personally, I'm all for bringing controversial questions that are squashed in Wikipedia here, and even making full-blown mainspace articles of them (see for example [[Murder of Seth Rich]], [[Clinton donors in the Panama Papers]] and [[Naked short selling]], for example. These are all full-blown articles that were censored in WP). The problem is not making just stub articles out of them. If there is only stub material, then it can go into the Biases in WP article with a link back to WP referencing the controversy. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]] 18:28, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
:::The difference between a full-blown mainspace article and stubs usually will be the links to external sources, and not just links to WP talk pages. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]] 18:36, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
:::If Wikipedia is suppressing well-researched work by an editor, properly sourced with external links, we want that work (generally in most cases). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]][[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]] 18:38, 14 May 2021 (EDT)
::::Yeah. That is good advice. I will wait for a day or so to let a few other people drop their opinions. But that is a really good idea. --[[User:Elijahandskip|Elijahandskip]] ([[User talk:Elijahandskip|talk]]) 19:30, 14 May 2021 (EDT)

:::::It sounds good in theory, at least. I don't want us to just become "anti-Wikipedia" though, but rather a place where discussion like that isn't stifled. Rob is right to point out those examples...the Seth Rich article in particular stands out to me, because that information was heavily suppressed on numerous platforms. When our page went up, there seemed to be a lot of interest. --[[User:DavidB4|DavidB4]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]]) 20:50, 14 May 2021 (EDT)

::::::We definitely should make articles for the Seth Rich article. Anything Wikipedia rejects is good for this site. [[User:Pokeria1|Pokeria1]] ([[User talk:Pokeria1|talk]]) 21:04, 14 May 2021 (EDT)

::::::i would say that we should also be lobbying search engines to teplace Wikipedia with this site as its more reliable. Or maybe with a more neutral version of this site

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== Conservapedia Scope ==

Just thought I'd ask the community here, but does anyone like the idea of Conservapedia allowing for a scope about as large as Wikipedia, but with obvious exceptions (e.g. no media that glorifies sin or is beyond vile). Perhaps allowing for some subjects that Wikipedia would not allow under their general notability guideline. Example: I made a [[Bulbasaur]] article & might make more [[Pokemon]] articles to accommodate the growing base of conservative gamers -- Wikipedia won't allow for articles on "non-notable" subjects and tend to take it too far, and perhaps this is an issue that Conservapedia can address. Although Wikipedia has an article on Bulbasaur, there are several other Pokemon that they simply merge in a list & so I wondered if a way to differentiate is have a subject on all Pokemon. There's probably a lot of students who would be eager to write essays on Pokemon if it were, let's say, a homework subject. At same time, having a guide for parents about Pokemon and the series because some conservative parents might feel uncomfortable about the series. [[User:Patriotic Gamer|Patriotic Gamer]] ([[User talk:Patriotic Gamer|talk]]) 12:59, May 28, 2021 (EDT)

== Template:Infobox Film ==

I noticed in the [[Template:Infobox Film|Infobox Film template]] that there is no space included for production companies. Could the article be temporarily unlocked so I can add a production company space to that infobox? [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 21:59, August 31, 2021 (EDT)
:Thanks for that, now [[Template:Infobox Film/doc|its related article]] will need editing as well to bring it in line. [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 22:39, August 31, 2021 (EDT)

== Added introduction to myself on forum ==

hey everyone, i just found this site and am so excited to learn together. already edited a few pages. I added a song to the Greatest Conservative Songs page and corrected the Hebrew on the Tower of Babel page. Looking forward to meeting you all online.

Tower of Babel

2021-09-01T06:09:07Z

KBMChiefOfPolice: Forgot to change "o" to "a" in previous change.

[[Image:Brueghel-tower-of-babel.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''The Tower of Babel'' by [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]], 1563.]]
The '''Tower of Babel''' (Hebrew: מגדל, ''mighdal'') was the structure built by the descendants of the [[Great Flood|Flood]] survivors according to [[Genesis]] 11, "whose top may reach unto heaven."

The Tower of Babel account provides an explanation to fundamental mysteries that [[atheistic]] science has been unable to solve: the different languages today that lack a common origin, and the immense diversity in ethnicity.

==Biblical account==
The Tower of Babel is first mentioned in the Book of Genesis as the first great rebellion by mankind after the Flood; instead of spreading across the earth, they settled together in the land of Shinar and built a city and a great tower out of baked bricks in order to make a name for themselves:<ref>http://creationwiki.org/Tower_of_Babel</ref>
:''And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.''
:''And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.''
:''And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and bitumen had they for mortar.''
:''And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.''
:''And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.''
:''And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.''
:''Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.''
:''So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.''
:''Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confuse the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. (Genesis 11:1-9, King James Version)''

==The Meaning of “Babel”==
The Tower was built in Babylon, on account of the confusion of languages. The word is based purely on the Hebrew etymological law, which makes ''bālal'', “to confuse,” or “mingle,” assume a reduplicate form; but as far as the numerous cuneiform inscriptions are concerned, ''balālu'', “to mingle” (the root in question), was an impossibility. On the Babylonian side the rendering of the name ''Bâb-îli'' (''-îlāni''), “gate of god” (or “of the gods”) was a folk-etymology, sharing the same meaning as the Sumero-Akkadian form ''Ka-dingira''. It is noteworthy, however, that one of the forms used by [[Nebuchadrezzar]] is ''Babilam'', with the mimmation or “emming,” which is a characteristic of the Babylonian language; moreover, a place-name ''Babalam'' also occurs, which may be a still earlier, and possibly the original, form. Notwithstanding that one would like to see in ''Babalam'', “the place of bringing together,” and in ''Babilam'', “the bringer together,” the termination ''-am'' would seem to be an insurmountable difficulty.

==General Form of Babylonian Temple-Towers==
[[Image:ZigguratUrreconstr.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Fanciful reconstruction of the ziggurat at Ur, based on archaeological evidence around 1900.]]
There was a great difference, however, between the ''mighdōl'' or watchtower, and the great Tower at [[Babylon]]. The watchtower was simply a high structure, probably without any special shape or form, which depended upon the will of the architect and the nature of the ground upon which it was erected. The Tower of Babel or Babylon was a structure peculiar to Babylonia and [[Assyria]]. According to ancient accounts as well as judging from the ruins of the various remains extant in those countries, Babylonian temple towers were square or rectangular in shape; they were built upward in stages, and provided with a stairway along each side to the top. These structures were finished with a small temple at its peak for religious ceremonies.

These buildings were called by the Babylonians ''ziqqurātu'' (Modern English: "ziggurat"), apparently meaning “peak,” or the highest point of a mountain; this word being applied to the mountain-height upon which Ut-napishtim, the Babylonian Noah of the Gilgamesh saga, offered sacrifices on coming forth from the ark (or ship) when the waters of the great Flood had sufficiently subsided. It has also been conjectured that they were used as observatories when the Babylonians studied the starry heavens. This is probable, but as the ziggurats were of no great height, it is possible that in the clear atmosphere of the Babylonian plains there was no real necessity to go above the surface of the earth when making their observations.

==Location==
[[Image:Fotobabiloniaa.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Archaeological reconstruction of the ziggurat ''Etemenanki'' at Babylon.]]
There has been much difference of opinion as to the geographical position of the Tower of Babel. Most writers upon the subject, following the tradition handed down by the Jews and Arabs, have identified it with the great Temple of Nebo in the city of [[Borsippa]], now called the ''Birs-Nimroud'' (explained as a corruption of ''Birj Nimroud'', “Tower of Nimrod”). Although an important religious structure to the Babylonians, it was never regarded by them as the actual tower. The great tower they referred to was located within Babylon and called ''Ê-temen-ana-ki'', “the Temple of the foundation of heaven and earth,” called by [[Nabopolassar]] and Nebuchadrezzar ''ziqqurat Bâbîli'', “the Tower of Babylon” - the world-renowned temple dedicated to Merodach and his consort Zēr-panîtum, Babylon's chief deities.

===Its Position at Babylon===
This structure was situated in the southern portion of the city, not far from the right bank of the Euphrates, and is now represented by a depression within which is the original rectangular core of unbaked brick. From its shape the Arabs have called this site Sahan, “the dish,” as the bricks of the structure (unlike other ziggurats which were built of dried mud-brick, Etemenanki was built of fired brick) were stripped in favor of other structures or to repair the banks of the Hindiyeh canal.

===Babylonian Description of the Tower===
Etemenanki consisted of six stages built upon a platform, and provided with a sanctuary at the top. A tablet seemingly giving a detailed description of this building was for a time in the hands of archaeologist George Smith in 1876; however he had not time to give a translation of the document or to publish the text, but his detailed account of it (''Athenaeum'', February 12, 1876) is exceedingly interesting.

First there was the outer court called the “grand court,” measuring, according to Smith's estimate, 1,156 ft. by 900 ft., and a smaller one, called “the court of Ishtar and Zagaga,” 1,056 ft. by 450 ft. Round the court were six gates admitting to the temples: (1) The grand gate; (2) The gate of the rising sun (east); (3) The great gate; (4) The gate of the colossi; (5) The gate of the canal; and (6) The gate of the tower-view.

====Platform====
After this came a space or platform apparently walled - a ''ki-gallu'' square in form, and measuring 3 ku each way. Its size is doubtful, as the value of the ku is unknown. The sides of this enclosure faced the cardinal points. In its walls were four gates, one on each side, and named from the points toward which they looked. Within this enclosure stood a large building measuring 10 ''gar'' (according to Smith, a ''gar'' is 20 feet; 10 ''gar'' = 200 ft.) each way. Unfortunately, the name of this structure was damaged, so that its nature and use are uncertain.

====Chapels and Shrines====
Round the base of the Tower were small temples or chapels dedicated to the various gods of the Babylonians. On the East were 16 shrines, the principal of them being dedicated to Nebo and Tašmêtu, his spouse; on the North were two temples dedicated to Êa. (Aê) and Nusku respectively; on the South was a single temple to the two great gods, Anu and Bel (Enlil?). It was on the West, however, that the principal buildings lay - a double house with a court between the wings 35 cubits (Smith: 58 ft.) wide. These two wings were not alike in dimensions, the structure on one side being 100 cubits by 20 (166 ft. by 34 ft.) and on the other 100 cubits by 65 (166 ft. by 108 ft.). In these western chambers stood the couch of the god, and the golden throne mentioned by [[Herodotus]], with other objects of great value. The couch was stated to have measured 9 cubits by 4 (15 ft. by 6 feet 8 inches).

====The First Stage====
In the center of these groups of buildings stood the great Tower in stages, called by the Babylonians “the Tower of Babel” (''ziqqurat Bâbîli''). The stages decreased from the lowest upward, but each was square in plan. The first or foundation-stage was 15 gar each way by 5 1/2 gar high (300 ft. by 110 ft. high), and seems to have been decorated with the usual double recesses which are a characteristic of Assyr-Bab architecture.

====The Remaining Stages====
The second stage was 13 gar square and 3 gar high (260 ft. by 60 ft.). A term was applied to it which Smith did not understand, but he notes that it probably had sloping sides. The stages from the 3rd to the 5th were all of equal height, namely, 1 gar (20 ft.), and were respectively 10 gar (200 ft.), 8 1/3 gar (170 ft.) and 7 gar (140 ft.) square. The dimensions of the 6th stage were omitted, but may be restored in accordance with the others, namely, 5 1/2 gar square (110 ft.) by 1 gar (20 ft.) high.

====The Chapel at the Top====
On this was raised the 7th stage or the upper temple or sanctuary of the god Bel-Merodach, 4 gar long, 3 1/2 gar broad and 2 1/2 gar high (80 ft., 60 ft., and 50 ft., respectively). Smith did not mention the statue of the god, but it was conjectured that the chapel did contain one. The total height of the tower from foundation to chapel was 15 gar (300 ft.), the same as the breadth of its base. It cannot be said that it was by any means a beautiful building, but there was probably some symbolism in its measurements, and in appearance it probably resembled (except the decoration) the temple tower of Calah as restored in the frontispiece to Layard's Monuments of [[Nineveh]], 1st series, in which a step-pyramid with a similarly highbasement stage is shown.

===Herodotus' Description===
The description of the tower as given by [[Herodotus]] agrees. He states that it was a temple square in form, two furlongs (1, 213 ft.) each way, in the midst of which was built a solid tower a furlong square (nearly 607 ft.). This, however, must have been the platform, which, with the six stages and the chapel on the top, would make up the total of eight stages of which Herodotus speaks. The ascent by which the top was reached he describes as running “outside round about all the towers” - wording which suggests, although not necessarily, that it was spiral in design - i.e. one had to walk round the structure 7 times to reach the top. Representations on Babylonian boundary-stones suggest that this view would be correct, though a symmetrical arrangement of inclined paths might have been constructed which would have greatly improved the design. At the middle of the ascent, Herodotus says, there was a stopping-place with seats to rest upon, which rather favors this idea. At the top of the last tower there was a large cell, and in the cell a large couch was laid, well covered; and by it a golden table. There was no image there, nor did any human being spend the night there, except only a woman of the natives of the place chosen by the god, “as say the Chaldeans who are the priests of this god.” These men told Herodotus that the god often came to the cell, and rested upon the couch, “but,” he adds, “I do not believe them.” After mentioning parallels to this at Egyptian Thebes and Patam in Lycia, he goes on to speak of another cell below (that referred to in G. Smith's tablet) wherein was a great image of Zeus (Bel-Merodach) sitting, with a footstool and a large table, all of gold, and weighing no less than 800 talents. Outside of this cell was an altar to the god, made of gold; and also another altar, whereon full-grown animals were sacrificed, the golden altar being for sucklings only. The Chaldeans also told him that there was, in the precincts of the building, a statue 12 cubits high, and of solid gold. Darius Hystaspis desired to take possession of this valuable object, but did not venture. His son Xerxes, however, was not so considerate of the feelings of the people and the priesthood, for he also killed the priest when he forbade him to meddle with it.

==The Builders of the Tower==
[[Image:Etemenanki.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Remains of Etemenanki today.]]
The Bible record does not state who the people were who journeyed in the East and built the city and the Tower. The indefinite “they” might be taken to mean whatever people were there at the time the record was written, and probably presupposes that the reader would certainly know. As the Tower of Babel bears, in the native inscriptions, a Sumero-Akkadian name, it may be supposed that the builders referred to belonged to that race.

===Traditions Concerning Its Destruction===
It is noteworthy that nothing is said in Genesis concerning the stopping of work on the tower, though they ceased to build the city. A Jewish tradition tells of the tower to have been split through to its foundation by fire which fell from heaven - suggested probably by the condition of the tower at “the second Babylon,” i.e. the ''Birs Nimroud''. Another tradition, recorded by [[Eusebius]] (Prep. Evang., ix; Chronicon, 13; Syncel. Chron., 44) makes it to have been blown down by the winds; “but when it approached the heavens, the winds assisted the gods, and overturned the work upon its contrivers: and the gods introduced a diversity of tongues among men, who, until that time, had all spoken the same language.”

==The Ultimate Destruction of the Tower==
That the building of the city would have been stopped when the confusion of tongues took place is natural - the departure of the greater part of the inhabitants made this inevitable. When the population increased again, the building of the city was continued, with the result that Babylon ultimately became the greatest city of then known world. The Tower remained on the site unfinished until the completion of the city; when its condition became ruinous several times, some energetic Babylonian king would restore it. Alexander the Great began clearing away the rubbish to rebuild the great temple of “bclus” (Bel-Merodach) connected with it and there is hardly any doubt that the Tower would have been restored likewise, but the untimely death of Alexander and the deficient mental caliber of his successors put an end to the work. The Tower therefore remained unrepaired - “The tower was exceedingly tall. The third part of it sank down into the ground, a second third was burned down, and the remaining third was standing until the time of the destruction of Babylon” (Rabbi Yēhānān, Sanhedhrīn, 109, 1).

==Other Non-Biblical references==

The Tower of Babel is mentioned in a number of other [[Apocrypha]]l and [[Pseudepigrapha|Pseudepigraphical]] texts, notably the [[Ethiopia]]n Book of Jubilees, and also in Rabbinic literature. A similar tale appears in the [[Koran]], and a number of other cultures have similar stories.<ref name="christiananswers">http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/confusionoflanguages.html</ref>

Today one can visit the [[Cahokia Mounds]] in Southern [[Illinois]], as built by [[Native Americans]] long before [[Christopher Columbus]]'s voyages. They appear to have some similarities to the Tower of Babel.

== Brick and Stone significance ==

Several authors have interpreted the repeated use of brick and stone as a metaphor for the evils of socialism<ref>[https://tammybruce.com/2007/03/europe_versus_god.html Europe Versus God]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BkX2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PT62 Was Jesus a Socialist or a Capitalist?]</ref><ref>[https://rabbidaniellapin.com/is-the-word-bricks-a-code-word-in-the-bible/ Is the word ‘bricks’ a code word in the Bible?]</ref> and thus, the story of the Tower of Babel also serves as a warning against collectivism. In centralized planned economies, everybody is to be treated exactly the same, which makes everybody into bricks instead of being unique stones and having an individual place in God's plan.

Rabbi Daniel Lapin argues that [[Nimrod]] was the first socialist and attempted to set up the first socialist utopia.<ref>[http://acahnman.blogspot.com/2012/12/rabbi-daniel-lapin-moral-goodness-of.html Rabbi Daniel Lapin: The Moral Goodness of Free Enterprise]</ref>

== Linguistic evidence ==
Some Christian sources<ref name="christiananswers"/> cite 18th and 19th century observations from the field of comparative historical linguistics showing belief that all languages originated in a single language spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. Some modern linguists now trace a number of language families to languages believed to be reconstructed at the time of the earliest known human civilizations or possibly before.<ref name="mcwhorter">John McWhorter. The Power of Babel.</ref> The Tower of Babel would have predated all known human civilizations outside of the area around modern Iraq. Linguists today are aware it is difficult to reconstruct the mother language for which there is no direct evidence apart from working with daughter tongues that have come down over time.<ref name="mcwhorter"/><ref>[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003036.html Language Log.]</ref>

To support the Biblical account, the [[Creation Museum]] in Kentucky reports the following:
<blockquote>The Bible claims that God created a number of human languages at the Tower of Babel "according to their families." Nineteenth-century linguists argued that languages evolved slowly, one by one. Today, linguists recognize languages fall into distinct "families" of recent origin.<ref name="langlog2">[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004667.html#more Language Log.]</ref></blockquote>

Since the 1950s in the field of linguistics based upon an evolutionary worldview, there has been a belief that human language has a partially biological origin.<ref name="mcwhorter"/><ref>Steven Pinker. The Language Instinct.</ref><ref>Ronald Wardaugh. Investigating Language: Central Problems in Linguistics.</ref><ref>Frederick J. Newmeyer. Linguistic Theory in America.</ref> If this hypothesis is correct, from the evolutionary perspective, then the original language (or languages) may have been spoken about 150,000 years ago.

''Text based in part on the 1913 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, a work in the public domain.''

== See also ==
* [[Tallest buildings in the world]]

==Further reading==
*Hodge, Bodie (2013). ''Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors''. Green Forest, Arkansas: Master Books. ISBN: 9780890517154.

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/confusionoflanguages.html Is there any reference to the confusion of languages at Babel in early Mesopotamian literature?]
*[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/abr-a021.html Is there archaeological evidence of the Tower of Babel?]
*[http://www.christiancourier.com/archives/babel.htm The Tower of Babel – Legend or History?]
*[http://www.towerofbabel.info The Encyclopedia of Babel]

[[Category:Biblical Places]]

Tower of Babel

2021-09-01T06:07:32Z

KBMChiefOfPolice: It's strange to use dagesh but no vowel points, and final vowel is wrong. Corrected.

[[Image:Brueghel-tower-of-babel.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''The Tower of Babel'' by [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]], 1563.]]
The '''Tower of Babel''' (Hebrew: מגדל, ''mighdōl'') was the structure built by the descendants of the [[Great Flood|Flood]] survivors according to [[Genesis]] 11, "whose top may reach unto heaven."

The Tower of Babel account provides an explanation to fundamental mysteries that [[atheistic]] science has been unable to solve: the different languages today that lack a common origin, and the immense diversity in ethnicity.

==Biblical account==
The Tower of Babel is first mentioned in the Book of Genesis as the first great rebellion by mankind after the Flood; instead of spreading across the earth, they settled together in the land of Shinar and built a city and a great tower out of baked bricks in order to make a name for themselves:<ref>http://creationwiki.org/Tower_of_Babel</ref>
:''And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.''
:''And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.''
:''And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and bitumen had they for mortar.''
:''And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.''
:''And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.''
:''And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.''
:''Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.''
:''So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.''
:''Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confuse the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. (Genesis 11:1-9, King James Version)''

==The Meaning of “Babel”==
The Tower was built in Babylon, on account of the confusion of languages. The word is based purely on the Hebrew etymological law, which makes ''bālal'', “to confuse,” or “mingle,” assume a reduplicate form; but as far as the numerous cuneiform inscriptions are concerned, ''balālu'', “to mingle” (the root in question), was an impossibility. On the Babylonian side the rendering of the name ''Bâb-îli'' (''-îlāni''), “gate of god” (or “of the gods”) was a folk-etymology, sharing the same meaning as the Sumero-Akkadian form ''Ka-dingira''. It is noteworthy, however, that one of the forms used by [[Nebuchadrezzar]] is ''Babilam'', with the mimmation or “emming,” which is a characteristic of the Babylonian language; moreover, a place-name ''Babalam'' also occurs, which may be a still earlier, and possibly the original, form. Notwithstanding that one would like to see in ''Babalam'', “the place of bringing together,” and in ''Babilam'', “the bringer together,” the termination ''-am'' would seem to be an insurmountable difficulty.

==General Form of Babylonian Temple-Towers==
[[Image:ZigguratUrreconstr.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Fanciful reconstruction of the ziggurat at Ur, based on archaeological evidence around 1900.]]
There was a great difference, however, between the ''mighdōl'' or watchtower, and the great Tower at [[Babylon]]. The watchtower was simply a high structure, probably without any special shape or form, which depended upon the will of the architect and the nature of the ground upon which it was erected. The Tower of Babel or Babylon was a structure peculiar to Babylonia and [[Assyria]]. According to ancient accounts as well as judging from the ruins of the various remains extant in those countries, Babylonian temple towers were square or rectangular in shape; they were built upward in stages, and provided with a stairway along each side to the top. These structures were finished with a small temple at its peak for religious ceremonies.

These buildings were called by the Babylonians ''ziqqurātu'' (Modern English: "ziggurat"), apparently meaning “peak,” or the highest point of a mountain; this word being applied to the mountain-height upon which Ut-napishtim, the Babylonian Noah of the Gilgamesh saga, offered sacrifices on coming forth from the ark (or ship) when the waters of the great Flood had sufficiently subsided. It has also been conjectured that they were used as observatories when the Babylonians studied the starry heavens. This is probable, but as the ziggurats were of no great height, it is possible that in the clear atmosphere of the Babylonian plains there was no real necessity to go above the surface of the earth when making their observations.

==Location==
[[Image:Fotobabiloniaa.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Archaeological reconstruction of the ziggurat ''Etemenanki'' at Babylon.]]
There has been much difference of opinion as to the geographical position of the Tower of Babel. Most writers upon the subject, following the tradition handed down by the Jews and Arabs, have identified it with the great Temple of Nebo in the city of [[Borsippa]], now called the ''Birs-Nimroud'' (explained as a corruption of ''Birj Nimroud'', “Tower of Nimrod”). Although an important religious structure to the Babylonians, it was never regarded by them as the actual tower. The great tower they referred to was located within Babylon and called ''Ê-temen-ana-ki'', “the Temple of the foundation of heaven and earth,” called by [[Nabopolassar]] and Nebuchadrezzar ''ziqqurat Bâbîli'', “the Tower of Babylon” - the world-renowned temple dedicated to Merodach and his consort Zēr-panîtum, Babylon's chief deities.

===Its Position at Babylon===
This structure was situated in the southern portion of the city, not far from the right bank of the Euphrates, and is now represented by a depression within which is the original rectangular core of unbaked brick. From its shape the Arabs have called this site Sahan, “the dish,” as the bricks of the structure (unlike other ziggurats which were built of dried mud-brick, Etemenanki was built of fired brick) were stripped in favor of other structures or to repair the banks of the Hindiyeh canal.

===Babylonian Description of the Tower===
Etemenanki consisted of six stages built upon a platform, and provided with a sanctuary at the top. A tablet seemingly giving a detailed description of this building was for a time in the hands of archaeologist George Smith in 1876; however he had not time to give a translation of the document or to publish the text, but his detailed account of it (''Athenaeum'', February 12, 1876) is exceedingly interesting.

First there was the outer court called the “grand court,” measuring, according to Smith's estimate, 1,156 ft. by 900 ft., and a smaller one, called “the court of Ishtar and Zagaga,” 1,056 ft. by 450 ft. Round the court were six gates admitting to the temples: (1) The grand gate; (2) The gate of the rising sun (east); (3) The great gate; (4) The gate of the colossi; (5) The gate of the canal; and (6) The gate of the tower-view.

====Platform====
After this came a space or platform apparently walled - a ''ki-gallu'' square in form, and measuring 3 ku each way. Its size is doubtful, as the value of the ku is unknown. The sides of this enclosure faced the cardinal points. In its walls were four gates, one on each side, and named from the points toward which they looked. Within this enclosure stood a large building measuring 10 ''gar'' (according to Smith, a ''gar'' is 20 feet; 10 ''gar'' = 200 ft.) each way. Unfortunately, the name of this structure was damaged, so that its nature and use are uncertain.

====Chapels and Shrines====
Round the base of the Tower were small temples or chapels dedicated to the various gods of the Babylonians. On the East were 16 shrines, the principal of them being dedicated to Nebo and Tašmêtu, his spouse; on the North were two temples dedicated to Êa. (Aê) and Nusku respectively; on the South was a single temple to the two great gods, Anu and Bel (Enlil?). It was on the West, however, that the principal buildings lay - a double house with a court between the wings 35 cubits (Smith: 58 ft.) wide. These two wings were not alike in dimensions, the structure on one side being 100 cubits by 20 (166 ft. by 34 ft.) and on the other 100 cubits by 65 (166 ft. by 108 ft.). In these western chambers stood the couch of the god, and the golden throne mentioned by [[Herodotus]], with other objects of great value. The couch was stated to have measured 9 cubits by 4 (15 ft. by 6 feet 8 inches).

====The First Stage====
In the center of these groups of buildings stood the great Tower in stages, called by the Babylonians “the Tower of Babel” (''ziqqurat Bâbîli''). The stages decreased from the lowest upward, but each was square in plan. The first or foundation-stage was 15 gar each way by 5 1/2 gar high (300 ft. by 110 ft. high), and seems to have been decorated with the usual double recesses which are a characteristic of Assyr-Bab architecture.

====The Remaining Stages====
The second stage was 13 gar square and 3 gar high (260 ft. by 60 ft.). A term was applied to it which Smith did not understand, but he notes that it probably had sloping sides. The stages from the 3rd to the 5th were all of equal height, namely, 1 gar (20 ft.), and were respectively 10 gar (200 ft.), 8 1/3 gar (170 ft.) and 7 gar (140 ft.) square. The dimensions of the 6th stage were omitted, but may be restored in accordance with the others, namely, 5 1/2 gar square (110 ft.) by 1 gar (20 ft.) high.

====The Chapel at the Top====
On this was raised the 7th stage or the upper temple or sanctuary of the god Bel-Merodach, 4 gar long, 3 1/2 gar broad and 2 1/2 gar high (80 ft., 60 ft., and 50 ft., respectively). Smith did not mention the statue of the god, but it was conjectured that the chapel did contain one. The total height of the tower from foundation to chapel was 15 gar (300 ft.), the same as the breadth of its base. It cannot be said that it was by any means a beautiful building, but there was probably some symbolism in its measurements, and in appearance it probably resembled (except the decoration) the temple tower of Calah as restored in the frontispiece to Layard's Monuments of [[Nineveh]], 1st series, in which a step-pyramid with a similarly highbasement stage is shown.

===Herodotus' Description===
The description of the tower as given by [[Herodotus]] agrees. He states that it was a temple square in form, two furlongs (1, 213 ft.) each way, in the midst of which was built a solid tower a furlong square (nearly 607 ft.). This, however, must have been the platform, which, with the six stages and the chapel on the top, would make up the total of eight stages of which Herodotus speaks. The ascent by which the top was reached he describes as running “outside round about all the towers” - wording which suggests, although not necessarily, that it was spiral in design - i.e. one had to walk round the structure 7 times to reach the top. Representations on Babylonian boundary-stones suggest that this view would be correct, though a symmetrical arrangement of inclined paths might have been constructed which would have greatly improved the design. At the middle of the ascent, Herodotus says, there was a stopping-place with seats to rest upon, which rather favors this idea. At the top of the last tower there was a large cell, and in the cell a large couch was laid, well covered; and by it a golden table. There was no image there, nor did any human being spend the night there, except only a woman of the natives of the place chosen by the god, “as say the Chaldeans who are the priests of this god.” These men told Herodotus that the god often came to the cell, and rested upon the couch, “but,” he adds, “I do not believe them.” After mentioning parallels to this at Egyptian Thebes and Patam in Lycia, he goes on to speak of another cell below (that referred to in G. Smith's tablet) wherein was a great image of Zeus (Bel-Merodach) sitting, with a footstool and a large table, all of gold, and weighing no less than 800 talents. Outside of this cell was an altar to the god, made of gold; and also another altar, whereon full-grown animals were sacrificed, the golden altar being for sucklings only. The Chaldeans also told him that there was, in the precincts of the building, a statue 12 cubits high, and of solid gold. Darius Hystaspis desired to take possession of this valuable object, but did not venture. His son Xerxes, however, was not so considerate of the feelings of the people and the priesthood, for he also killed the priest when he forbade him to meddle with it.

==The Builders of the Tower==
[[Image:Etemenanki.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Remains of Etemenanki today.]]
The Bible record does not state who the people were who journeyed in the East and built the city and the Tower. The indefinite “they” might be taken to mean whatever people were there at the time the record was written, and probably presupposes that the reader would certainly know. As the Tower of Babel bears, in the native inscriptions, a Sumero-Akkadian name, it may be supposed that the builders referred to belonged to that race.

===Traditions Concerning Its Destruction===
It is noteworthy that nothing is said in Genesis concerning the stopping of work on the tower, though they ceased to build the city. A Jewish tradition tells of the tower to have been split through to its foundation by fire which fell from heaven - suggested probably by the condition of the tower at “the second Babylon,” i.e. the ''Birs Nimroud''. Another tradition, recorded by [[Eusebius]] (Prep. Evang., ix; Chronicon, 13; Syncel. Chron., 44) makes it to have been blown down by the winds; “but when it approached the heavens, the winds assisted the gods, and overturned the work upon its contrivers: and the gods introduced a diversity of tongues among men, who, until that time, had all spoken the same language.”

==The Ultimate Destruction of the Tower==
That the building of the city would have been stopped when the confusion of tongues took place is natural - the departure of the greater part of the inhabitants made this inevitable. When the population increased again, the building of the city was continued, with the result that Babylon ultimately became the greatest city of then known world. The Tower remained on the site unfinished until the completion of the city; when its condition became ruinous several times, some energetic Babylonian king would restore it. Alexander the Great began clearing away the rubbish to rebuild the great temple of “bclus” (Bel-Merodach) connected with it and there is hardly any doubt that the Tower would have been restored likewise, but the untimely death of Alexander and the deficient mental caliber of his successors put an end to the work. The Tower therefore remained unrepaired - “The tower was exceedingly tall. The third part of it sank down into the ground, a second third was burned down, and the remaining third was standing until the time of the destruction of Babylon” (Rabbi Yēhānān, Sanhedhrīn, 109, 1).

==Other Non-Biblical references==

The Tower of Babel is mentioned in a number of other [[Apocrypha]]l and [[Pseudepigrapha|Pseudepigraphical]] texts, notably the [[Ethiopia]]n Book of Jubilees, and also in Rabbinic literature. A similar tale appears in the [[Koran]], and a number of other cultures have similar stories.<ref name="christiananswers">http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/confusionoflanguages.html</ref>

Today one can visit the [[Cahokia Mounds]] in Southern [[Illinois]], as built by [[Native Americans]] long before [[Christopher Columbus]]'s voyages. They appear to have some similarities to the Tower of Babel.

== Brick and Stone significance ==

Several authors have interpreted the repeated use of brick and stone as a metaphor for the evils of socialism<ref>[https://tammybruce.com/2007/03/europe_versus_god.html Europe Versus God]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BkX2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PT62 Was Jesus a Socialist or a Capitalist?]</ref><ref>[https://rabbidaniellapin.com/is-the-word-bricks-a-code-word-in-the-bible/ Is the word ‘bricks’ a code word in the Bible?]</ref> and thus, the story of the Tower of Babel also serves as a warning against collectivism. In centralized planned economies, everybody is to be treated exactly the same, which makes everybody into bricks instead of being unique stones and having an individual place in God's plan.

Rabbi Daniel Lapin argues that [[Nimrod]] was the first socialist and attempted to set up the first socialist utopia.<ref>[http://acahnman.blogspot.com/2012/12/rabbi-daniel-lapin-moral-goodness-of.html Rabbi Daniel Lapin: The Moral Goodness of Free Enterprise]</ref>

== Linguistic evidence ==
Some Christian sources<ref name="christiananswers"/> cite 18th and 19th century observations from the field of comparative historical linguistics showing belief that all languages originated in a single language spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. Some modern linguists now trace a number of language families to languages believed to be reconstructed at the time of the earliest known human civilizations or possibly before.<ref name="mcwhorter">John McWhorter. The Power of Babel.</ref> The Tower of Babel would have predated all known human civilizations outside of the area around modern Iraq. Linguists today are aware it is difficult to reconstruct the mother language for which there is no direct evidence apart from working with daughter tongues that have come down over time.<ref name="mcwhorter"/><ref>[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003036.html Language Log.]</ref>

To support the Biblical account, the [[Creation Museum]] in Kentucky reports the following:
<blockquote>The Bible claims that God created a number of human languages at the Tower of Babel "according to their families." Nineteenth-century linguists argued that languages evolved slowly, one by one. Today, linguists recognize languages fall into distinct "families" of recent origin.<ref name="langlog2">[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004667.html#more Language Log.]</ref></blockquote>

Since the 1950s in the field of linguistics based upon an evolutionary worldview, there has been a belief that human language has a partially biological origin.<ref name="mcwhorter"/><ref>Steven Pinker. The Language Instinct.</ref><ref>Ronald Wardaugh. Investigating Language: Central Problems in Linguistics.</ref><ref>Frederick J. Newmeyer. Linguistic Theory in America.</ref> If this hypothesis is correct, from the evolutionary perspective, then the original language (or languages) may have been spoken about 150,000 years ago.

''Text based in part on the 1913 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, a work in the public domain.''

== See also ==
* [[Tallest buildings in the world]]

==Further reading==
*Hodge, Bodie (2013). ''Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors''. Green Forest, Arkansas: Master Books. ISBN: 9780890517154.

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/confusionoflanguages.html Is there any reference to the confusion of languages at Babel in early Mesopotamian literature?]
*[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/abr-a021.html Is there archaeological evidence of the Tower of Babel?]
*[http://www.christiancourier.com/archives/babel.htm The Tower of Babel – Legend or History?]
*[http://www.towerofbabel.info The Encyclopedia of Babel]

[[Category:Biblical Places]]

Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2021-09-01T03:53:41Z

KBMChiefOfPolice: Added conservative song

There are many brilliant—and popular—[[conservative]] songs. Add to our growing list:

==Folk songs, jazz, and pop==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!class=unsortable|Artist
!ART. SORT
!class=unsortable|Comments/lyric sample
!Year
!''Bill-'' ''board'' rank
!Subgenre
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM "Amazing Grace"]
|[[John Newton]]
|{{invi|New}}
|A Christian hymn published in 1779.
|1779
|
|Hymn
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcAp4nmTZCA&ab_channel=draingang "Be Nice To Me"]
|[[Bladee]]
|{{invi|New}}
|A song about how leftists are instigators in politics
|2018
|
|Rap
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z97qLNXeAMQ "Money Machine"]
|[[100 Gecs]]
|{{invi|New}}
| A song about the joys of producing profit and reaping the rewards of hard work
|2019
|
|Hyperpop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3S7mlRYL-8 "America"]
|[[Neil Diamond]]
|{{invi|Dia}}
|Freedom, Liberty, Patriotism. #8 on the ''Billboard'' charts.
|1981
|
|Disco
|-
|"America USA"
|Joey Sudyka
|{{invi|Sud}}
|Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.
|2001
|
|Pop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DumlIIHSrsQ "American Dream"]
|Casting Crowns
|{{invi|Cas}}
|"But if he loses his soul, what has he gained in the end"
|2003
|
|Gospel
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWZhuzFMM8 "The Ascent of Stan"]
|[[Ben Folds]]
|{{invi|Fol}}
|Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
|2001
|
|Pop
|-
|"Ballad of the Green Berets"
|Sergeant Barry Sadler
|{{invi|Sad}}
|Pro-American and pro-military. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.
|1966
|
|Ballad/Traditional/March
|-
|[http://youtu.be/r5Q8Xa0bPy8"Battle Hymn of the Republic"]
|[[Julia Ward Howe]]/William Steffe
|{{invi|How}}
|"As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
|1856
|
|Traditional
|-
|"Beat It"
|[[Michael Jackson]]
|{{invi|Jac}}
|a conservative message to youth who waste their time and sometimes lives in gang activity
|1983
|
|80s Pop
|-
|[https://youtu.be/RN3exiuyQJc "Big Bad John"]
|Jimmy Dean
|
|Story of a man who died so that others might live.
|1961
|1
|Folk
|-
|"Cat's In The Cradle"
|Harry Chapin
|{{invi|Cha}}
|Highlights the emotional damage of men not connecting with their sons. #1 on the ''Billboard'' charts
|1974
|
|Pop
|-
|[http://youtu.be/cMfrLFirGWc "Chapel of Love"]
|Dixie Cups
|{{invi|Dix}}
|Marriage in a church. #1 on the ''Billboard'' charts.
|1964
|
|60s girl pop
|-
|[http://youtu.be/iq10bz3PxyY "Christmas Shoes"]
|NewSong
|{{invi|New}}
|A Christmas song by a Christian band.
|2000
|
|Gospel
|-
|"Do You Hear the People Sing"
|Claude-Michel Schönberg
|{{Invi|Sch}}
|Standing up to government in the name of freedom, from the musical ''Les Misérables''
|1980
|
|Musical
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbVGrzz9yO0"Don’t Drive Drunk"]
|[[Stevie Wonder]]
|{{invi|Dia}}
|The title is self-explanatory, warns people not drive drunk
|1984
|
|Pop
|-
|[https://youtu.be/9Mhpw7gb1fE?t=113 "The Dumber They Come"]
|Eddie Cantor
|{{invi|Can}}
|A song about how [[Professor values|liberal college education]] destroys romance and femininity.
|1923
|
|Vaudeville
|-
| "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdMPuMeTxzY Father and Son]"
|[[Cat Stevens]]
|{{Invi|Ste}}
|A song about the feelings between the tension between the father and his resistant son, while the father tries to express that the son doesn't need to be that way.
|1970
|
|Folk
|-
| "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grmAmQimQZk First Man]"
|Camila Cabello
|{{Invi|Ste}}
|Camila Cabello wrote this song in dedication to her father. Pro-family and pro-fatherhood.
|2019
|
|Pop
|-
|"Freedom"<ref>https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858499022/</ref>
|Wham
|
|Sharp criticism of cheating in relationships.
|1984
|
|80s Pop
|-
|"Get a Job"
|The Silhouettes
|{{Invi|Sil}}
|Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.
|1957
|
|50s Pop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related "Go Down Moses"]
|[[Louis Armstrong]]
|{{invi|Arm}}
|
|
|
|Spiritual
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5hD38Bs8Y"God Bless America"]
|[[Irving Berlin]]
|{{invi|Ber}}
|American patriotic, classic song.
|1918, 1938
|
|Traditional
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvFFYu1RGM&feature=emb_logo "Keep America Great"]
|Camille & Haley
|{{invi|Ber}}
|A Pro-Donald Trump song.
|2020
|
|Traditional
|-
|"I Don't Want It"
|DC Talk
|{{invi|DC}}
|A song promoting abstinence before marriage and a perfect counter to all the mainstream pop that promotes promiscuity.
|1992
|
|Pop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6oYX1D-0w "I Need A Dollar"]
|Aloe Blacc
|{{invi|Bla}}
|"Please Mr. Bossman I need this job more than you can know" - an excellent paean to the plights of unemployment
|2010
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp9gFXf56yQ ]
|[[Mask]]
|{{invi|New}}
|Goes against drug abuse and conforming to the liberal agenda
|2021
||Pop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZTKvNXxPA "Nothing Like You"]
|[[Miles Davis]] and Bob Dorough
|{{invi|Dav}}
|Celebrates the sight of ones beloved - ''Isaiah'' 43:4
|1966
|
|Jazz, cool jazz
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEpokoaZWU "Oh Happy Day"]
|Edwin Hawkins Singers
|
|Gospel spiritual song (based on [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts 8:35]] and first interpreted in hymn form by English clergyman Phillip Doddridge in the mid-18th century) giving praise to the arrival and presence of Jesus on Earth and His forgiveness of the sins of people far and wide.
|1967 (released 1969)
|
|Gospel
|-
|"Only A Lad'
|Oingo Boingo
|
|Song that satirizes criminal victimhood.
|1981
|
|Pop
|-
|"Please Come to Boston"
|Dave Loggins
|
|Promotes rural home life over the allure of big cities.
|1974
|#5
|Pop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJfJPxLntZU "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition"]
|Written by Frank Loesser; made famous by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
|{{invi|Loe}}
|A patriotic song written and published as sheet music in 1942; Kay Kyser's recording came out in 1943. This rousing tune is about a chaplain (called a "sky pilot" in the song) who is with some men on a warship in the heat of a battle. One of the soldiers asks the chaplain to pray for the men shooting at the enemy aircraft. In response, the chaplain puts down his Bible, mans one of the gun turrets on the ship, and begins firing at the planes himself, and tells the soldiers, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, and we'll all stay free!" Beyond the obvious pro-Christian and pro-American messages, it also tells us that sometimes, the Lord calls on us to put down the Bible and pick up our guns to defend the American way. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.
|1943
|
|Patriotic/Jazz
|-
|"Red Letters"
|DC Talk
|{{invi|DC}}
|Christian song about the importance of the Words of Christ in the Bible (i.e. the Red Letters)
|1998
|
|CCM
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0"Respect"]
|Otis Redding, [[Aretha Franklin]]
|{{invi|Red}}
|This song is about respecting a productive member of society. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.
|1965
|
|Soul
|-
|"Socially Acceptable"
|DC Talk
|{{invi|DC}}
|A song about how secular society makes sin more socially acceptable. "Times are changing. With morals in decay. Human rights have made the wrongs okay." That says it all.
|1992
|
|CCM/Pop
|-
|"Star Spangled Banner"
|[[Francis Scott Key]]
|{{invi|Key}}
|The American national anthem.
|1814
|
|Traditional
|-
|"Starting All Over Again"
|[[Petula Clark]]
|{{invi|Cla}}
|Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
|2004
|
|Pop
|-
|"Stay With Me"
|[[Frank Sinatra]]
|{{Invi|Sin}}
|Beautiful song of Christian faith.
|1965
|
|Swing/Pop
|-
|"Stayin' Alive"
|The Bee Gees
|{{Invi|Bee}}
|Pro-people and pro-staying alive, and this: "we can try to understand/the ''[[New York Times]]'' effect on man." #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.
|1977
|
|Disco
|-
|[http://youtu.be/bCFWyLwcR6E "Thank You My Lord"]
|[[Petula Clark]]
|{{invi|Cla}}
|The title says it all.
|1966
|
|Spiritual
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPn0KFlbqX8 "True Colors"]
|Cyndi Lauper
|{{invi|Lau}}
|Song about inner beauty. LGBTQ members have tried to say it was actually a pro-gay song, but Cyndi Lauper (who has been an LGBTQ advocate for her entire career) stated it had nothing to do with that to say otherwise.
|1986
|
|80s Pop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZnbqYYRpU "Turn, Turn, Turn"]
|Pete Seeger
|{{invi|Byr}}
|An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically ''[[Ecclesiastes]]'', with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn". Covered by The Byrds who landed the song as a #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' chart.
|1959
|
|Folk
|-
|"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
|Meat Loaf
|
|From the "Bat Out of Hell" album, this song is pro [[abstinence]] and has this [[conservative]] rebuke of the entitlement mentality: "there ain't no Coupe de Ville hidin' at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box."
|1977
|1
|Pop
|-
|"Unborn Child"
|Seals and Crofts
|{{invi|Sea}}
|This pro-life song was a hit single in 1974, but for some reason gets left off the Seals and Crofts greatest hits albums. #66 on the ''Billboard'' charts.
|1974
|
|Easy listening
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY "Under God"]
|[[Pat Boone]], the Booth brothers
|{{invi|Boo}}
|
|2002
|
|Folk
|-
|[http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858733660/ "What's The Use Of Wond'rin?"]
|[[Doris Day]]
|{{invi|Day}}
|Celebrates the command: "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord." -''Ephesians'' 5:22
|1960
|
|Swing
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mjWhMn-VnU "The Well Below the Valley"]
|Traditional. Covered by Christy Moore
|{{invi|Tra}}
|Song loosely based on the story of [[Jesus]] and the woman at the well. Lyrics about old-fashioned family relationships and traditional attitudes to women. Promotes all children's right to life.
|
|
|Traditional/Folk
|-
|"What If His People Prayed"
|Casting Crowns
|{{Invi|Cas}}
|
|2003
|
|Gospel
|-
|"You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)"
|[[The Supremes]]
|{{invi|Sup}}
|[[Abstinence]] for rock fans. Also performed by Phil Collins. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.
|1966
|
|60s Pop
|-
|"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"
|Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
|
|A massive hit with crossover appeal in both pop and soul, this song is counter to the hype of media stardom.
|1976
|
|70s Pop
|-
|[http://youtu.be/lnk8SKD9zcA"You Light Up My Life"]
|Debby Boone
|{{invi|Boo}}
|One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]]. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.
|1977
|
|70s Pop
|-
|"Your Love Is Extravagant"
|Casting Crowns
|{{invi|Cas}}
|
|2003
|
|Gospel
|-
|"You're a Grand Old Flag"
|George M. Cohan
|{{invi|Coh}}
|Cohan wrote it in 1906 for ''George Washington, Jr.'', his stage musical which had a patriotic theme
|1906
|
|American patriotic, classic song
|}

==Country songs==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!class=unsortable|Artist
!ART. SORT
!class=unsortable|Comments/lyric sample
!Year
!"Bill-" "board" Rank
!Subgenre
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sEqzEgDZ0g "Ain't I Right"]
|[[Marty Robbins]]
|{{invi|Rob}}
|Song against Communism and socialism.
|
|NA
|Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWrMeBR8W-c&list=PLrZlOVu0fKqHo1ilGq8vYCuC7mUWej_nP "American Solider"]
|[[Toby Keith]]
|{{invi|Wyn}}
|Toby Keith singing about being an American solider, and fighting for freedom.
|
|
|Classic/Country
|-
|"Coal Miner's Daughter"
|[[Loretta Lynn]]
|{{invi|Lyn}}
|
|
|NA
|Country
|-
|"Country Boy"
|[[Aaron Lewis]]
|{{invi|Lew}}
|Promotes country and traditional lifestyle as well as family and friendship values.
|
|NA
|Country
|-
|"Country Trash"
|[[Johnny Cash]]
|{{invi|Cas}}
|In a comedic way, the song praises the small town conservative virtues of the people looked down upon by big city liberals as "Country trash"
|
|NA
|Classic/Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNrdmjcNTc&ob=av2n"Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)"]
|[[Toby Keith]]
|{{invi|Kei}}
|A patriotic response to the Sept. 11 attacks
|
|1 (Hot Country Songs)
|Classic/Country
|-
|"D-I-V-O-R-C-E"
|[[Tammy Wynette]]
|{{invi|Wyn}}
|This sad song was a huge hit in 1968, sadly about a family breaking up (ironically Wynette's two most famous songs are this one and "Stand By Your Man").
|
|1
|Classic/Country
|-
|[http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html "God Bless the USA"]
|[[Lee Greenwood]]
|{{invi|Gre}}
|One of the most popular patriotic songs of modern times.
|
|7 (Hot Country)
|Classic/Country
|-
|[http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/jones-george/gods-gonna-get-cha-for-that-6638.html "God's Gonna Get 'Cha For That"]
|Tammy Wynette & George Jones
|{{invi|Wyn}}
|You cannot escape God's gaze, no matter who you are
|
|Twenty-five
|Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU&ob=av2n "Have "You Forgotten?"]
|[[Darryl Worley]]
|{{invi|Wor}}
|Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]<ref>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568</ref>
|
|1 (US Country)
|Classic/Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU "Jesus, Take The Wheel"]
|[[Carrie Underwood]]
|{{invi|Und}}
|A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
|
|1 (US Country)
|Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6yilkU1LI "Fast Car"]
|Tracy Chapman
|{{invi|Cha}}
|Self-help, free market, division of labor, and a criticism of alcohol. "I know things will get better/You'll find work and I'll get promoted/We'll move out of the |shelter/Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs"
|
|6
|Folk
|-
|"Good Guys Win"
|[[Jimmy Buffett]]
|{{invi|Buf}}
|A song about good triumphing over evil. It can be relatable to America's police, [[FBI]], [[CIA]], or military stopping organized criminals.
|
|NA
|Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l3ukWqRU4s "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day"]
|[[Luke Bryan]]
|{{invi|Dia}}
|Luke Bryan sings out conservative activities; such as [[hunting]] and [[fishing]] and also Thanks God in the song.
|2015
|24
|Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yq8zn15EPE "Somebody Must Be Prayin' For Me"]
|[[Tim McGraw]]
|{{invi|McG}}
|Song about prayer and how it is a necessary part of everyday life.
|
|NA
|Country
|-
|[http://youtu.be/OtZ5YsvREi4 "In America"]
|The [[Charlie Daniels]] Band
|{{invi|Dan}}
|Patriotism makes a comeback in response to the 1970's triple whammy of double-digit inflation, unemployment, and mortgage interest rates (giving rise to the misery index), along with the fallout from Watergate and the then on-going Iran hostage crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
|
|Eleven
|Classic/Country
|-
|"I Saw The Light"
|[[Hank Williams]]
|{{invi|Wil}}
|Redemption of sin through faith.
|
|NA
|Classic/Country
|-
|"It's America"
|Rodney Atkins
|{{invi|Atk}}
|Celebrates the American spirit and all the good things about the United States.
|
|1 (US Country)
|Classic/Country
|-
|"Only Prettier"
|Miranda Lambert
|{{invi|Lam}}
|Explains that conservative women are better than their liberal counterparts.
|
|12 (US Country)
|Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKVDYFAD854 "Point of Light"]
|[[Randy Travis]]
|{{invi|Tra}}
|This song tells of the potential of doing the right thing and overcoming one's inner darkness, to become a "point of light" and that anyone from all over America can be heroes (from firefighters and police officers to average citizens). The song also promotes charity and fellowship, examples being feeding the hungry, giving the homeless shelter, and helping people find hope. Conservative-leaning teachers are also portrayed positively for teaching children in school about good morals.
|1991
|3 (Hot Country Singles)
|Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew "Stand By Your Man"]
|[[Tammy Wynette]]
|{{invi|Wyn}}
|Don't expect [[feminists]] to like that one! Or [[Hillary Clinton]]!
|
|1 (Hot Country Singles)
|Classic/Country
|-
|"Simple Man"
|[[Charlie Daniels]]
|{{invi|Dan}}
|A song about how drugs and poor politics are a result of people putting their Bibles down. Also a strongly pro death penalty song, though it does hint at [[vigilante]]-style justice.
|
|Twelve
|Classic/Country/Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukUL_I14GPw"Take Me Home, Country Roads"]
|John Denver
|{{invi|Den}}
|Celebrates Southern country landscape and traditions.
|
|2
|Classic/Folk
|-
|[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6547 "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"]
|[[Charlie Daniels]]
|{{invi|Dan}}
|A variant on "deal with the devil" stories found in literature (such as ''The Devil and Daniel Webster| |); in this case, Johnny actually outplays the devil and defeats him. Does contain, in some versions, an expletive.
|
|3
|Classic/Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAFmFsb9XM&feature=related "The Fightin' Side of Me"]
|[[Merle Haggard]]
|{{invi|Hag}}
|A song about patriotism and standing up for [[America]].
|
|1 (Hot Country Singles)
|Classic/Country
|-
|"This Ain't No Rag, It's A Flag
|[[Charlie Daniels]]
|{{invi|Dan}}
|A patriotic song, filled with great patriotic lines such "It's a symbol of the land where the good guys live" and "We believe in God and we believe in justice, We believe in liberty"
|
|
|Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSLMf7Itmjw "Vote for Trump"]
|Rodney Carrington
|{{invi|Dan}}
|A Pro-Trump song.
|
|
|Country
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iLV13SBX6k "What Makes You Country"]
|Luke Bryan
|{{invi|Dan}}
|Luke Bryan singing about being country.
|2017
|14
|Country
|-
|Where The Stars & Stripes & The Eagle Fly
| Aaron Tippin
|{{invi|Dan}}
|A song about how great America is
|
|
|Country
|}

==Rock and rap==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!class=unsortable|Artist
!ART. SORT
!class=unsortable|Comments/lyrics sample
!''Bill'' ''board'' Rank
!Subgenre
|-
|"22 Acacia Avenue"
|Iron Maiden
|{{invi|Iro}}
|Expresses the dangers of [[prostitution]].
|NA
|Heavy metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qcMjKxt-dE "53rd & 3rd"]
|[[The Ramones]]
|{{invi|Ram}}
|A song denouncing sodomy.
|?
|Punk
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uej4XMUPU_E "Early Graves"]
|Atlas
|{{invi|Atl}}
|Song about losing interest in "The World" ("Cause I don't really care for the world these days. World these days") and pursuing higher things ("I got too many homies out here seeing early graves. Seeing early garves. And everything is dull when the world's such a boring gray")
|
|LoFi Rap
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9aQvjMS60 "Aces High"]
|Iron Maiden
|{{invi|Iro}}
|[[Patriotism|Patriotic]] song about a British RAF pilot fighting Nazis.<ref>[http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/92sqngeoffwellum.cfm 92 Squadron - Geoffrey Wellum], RAF website</ref> Music Video starts with a [[Patriotism|Patriotic]] speech by [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9aQvjMS60 </ref>
|NA
|Heavy metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qjSmODTQsk "A Dead Man's Words"]
|Queensrÿche
|{{invi|Que}}
|No Man Left Behind. "The word we hear is there's one man down and he's alive. They ask for volunteers. I raise my hand high. I'm sure he'd do the same for me. It's three days through the desert heat to save one man's life and I don't even know his name."
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izx9ADLjgbM "Ain't It Fun"]
|Paramore
|{{invi|Par}}
|Song tells spoiled liberals that the world doesn't owe them anything. Not surprisingly, singer Hayley Williams is a devout [[Christian]] <ref>http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2010/december/disgruntled-rock-stars-cite-faith-as-reason-for-leaving.html</ref> who was home schooled<ref>http://www.pmoreonline.com/english/paramore/biography-2</ref>
|95
|Alternative rock
|-
|[http://youtu.be/Dw6qmYX1ny4 "Alive"]
|[[P.O.D.]]
|{{invi|Pod}}
|About being thankful for the gift of life.
|2 (US Alternative)
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsZap7WBm8 "All In"]
|Lifehouse
|{{invi|Lif}}
|Describes a relationship with God as being full of commitment and without reservations.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LE0KpcP05I "All You Zombies"]
|The Hooters
|{{invi|Hoo}}
|Anti-atheist song that narrates the song of [[Moses]] & [[Noah]], tells the zombies (atheists) that the rain's going to fall on them when the time comes. (a.k.a [[Last Judgment|Judgment Day,]])
|N/A
|Rock
|-
|"Amen"
|[[Kid Rock]]
|{{invi|Kid}}
|Talks about "Stop living off handouts and favors". Written and performed by a Republican.
|N/A
|Country/Rock
|-
|"Angel of Death"
|[[Slayer]]
|{{invi|Sla}}
|Exposes the sheer disgustingness of the Nazis and the Holocaust.
|NA
|Thrash metal
|-
|"Angel of Light"
|Petra
|{{invi|Pet}}
|A song that condemns the works of Satan. The title is a reference to ''2 Corinthians'' 11:14 "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."
|
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPywgiMb4k "Angry Young Man"]
|[[Billy Joel]]
|{{invi|Joe}}
|The doctrinaire leftist radical with "his fist in the air and his head in the sand" comes in for biting criticism.
|NA
|Classic/Pop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5ApYxkU-U "Another Brick In The Wall"]
|Pink Floyd
|{{invi|Pin}}
|Anti-[[public school]] and anti-[[indoctrination]]/thought control.
|N/A
|Rock
|-
|"A Shame"
|Pillar
|{{invi|Pil}}
|"It's a shame to be ashamed / To be ashamed of the One that we should glorify"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TefSlVqENRM "At 30,000 Ft."]
|Queensrÿche
|{{invi|Que}}
|Pro-soldier, pro-Iraqi/Afghanistan action. "Flaming oil blackens the sky. I don't know why...their hate is the reason for the Hell that I make."
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g&list=RDMM6S0HznBnrCE&index=9 "Baba O'Riley"]
|The Who
|{{invi|Who}}
|The song was a backlash against Woodstock & the hippie movement.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4eonyfRet8&feature=related "Back in the U.S.A."]
|[[Chuck Berry]]
|{{invi|Ber}}
|A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.
|Sixteen
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVBB2upbVys "Bad Boys"]
|Inner Circle
|{{invi|Inn}}
|Pro-police song that also asks the criminals why they their deeds "born from a mother with the love from a father" as the song states.
|N/A
|Rock, Reggae
|-
|[http://youtu.be/bHpw6CzprNY "Bad Rap (Who You Tryin' To Kid, Kid?)"]
|Steve Taylor
|{{invi|Tay}}
|Takes aim at LA, NYC and SF hipsters, the Village Voice, abortion, and "the left-wing band with their heads in the sand".
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"Be All, End All"
|Anthrax
|{{invi|Ant}}
|Expresses the dangers of Communism and fascism.
|NA
|Heavy/thrash metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUGeA2lur4 "Beat On the Brat"]
|The Ramones
|{{invi|Ram}}
|A song acknowledging the fact that sometimes [[corporal punishment]] is necessary in order to discipline children.
|?
|Punk
|-
|"Behind the Crooked Cross"
|Slayer
|{{invi|Sla}}
|Another Slayer song that exposes the sheer disgustingness of the Nazis and the Holocaust.
|N/A
|Thrash metal
|-
|"The Big Money"
|Rush
|{{invi|Rus}}
|Pro-[[capitalism]].
|forty-five
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcAp4nmTZCA&ab_channel=draingang "Be Nice To Me"]
|[[Bladee]]
|{{invi|Dia}}
|Speaks about how the left are instigators
|N/A
|Rap
|-
|[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=sex+pistols"Bodies"]
|The Sex Pistols
|{{invi|Sex}}
|Profane but graphically anti-abortion.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1z91zfPJAw "Break the Cycle"]
|For Today
|{{invi|For}}
|
|NA
|Metalcore
|-
|"Breaking the Habit"
|Linkin Park
|{{invi|Lin}}
|Title says it all and it can be seen as a motivational song against alcohol, tobacco, drugs, gambling, and other addictions.
|NA
|Alternative rock
|-
|[http://youtu.be/7NJMTmz7pkg "Brick"]
|Ben Folds Five
|{{invi|Ben}}
|Shows the regret involved in abortion.
|6 (Modern Rock Tracks)
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM7H0ooV_o8 "Brimful of Asha"]
|Cornershop
|{{invi|Cor}}
|A song which mocks big government: " We don't care about no Government warning/'Bout their promotion of the simple life/And the dams they're building"
|?
|Alternative Rock
|-
|[http://youtu.be/o-z2D9lo9-8 "Bush Was Right"]
|The Right Brothers
|{{invi|Rig}}
|Celebrating the Bush Administration's success and policies.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"Bus Stop"
|[[The Hollies]]
|{{invi|Hol}}
|Pro-[[chivalry]], pro-romance and pro-marriage: "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same."
|5
|Classic
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoA_zY6tqQw "California Über Alles"]
|Dead Kennedys
|{{invi|Dea}}
|Anti-[[Jerry Brown]] song, which compares him to [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] and [[Big Brother]].
|
|Punk
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqXAW2snGMI "Capitalism"]
|Oingo Boingo
|{{invi|Oin}}
|There's nothing wrong with free enterprise.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCX5eXo-4jk "Collapse"]
|War Of Ages
|{{invi|War}}
|"Through the blood of a savior / Our death shall set us free"
|NA
|Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpqCgnq_bAU "Computer Brains"]
|Petra
|{{invi|Pet}}
|A song about the negative influence of popular media. Encourages analyzing what you're exposed to and realizing its effects.
|
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmil-Cv9Uco "Children Can Live (Without It)"]
|DC Talk
|{{invi|DC }}
|Pro-life song. "A miracle of God, now looked on as a choice."
|
|Rap/Hip Hop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIF4U_QFSxQ "Chores"]
|[[Animal Collective]]
|{{invi|Ani}}
|"Now I've got these chores / and I'm not gonna hurt no-one"—Hard work is praised and violence is discouraged. A scary song for [[liberals]]!
|NA
|Alternative/Indie Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy4JA5uStB0 "Creed"]
|Petra
|{{invi|Pet}}
|A song based on the Apostles' Creed.
|
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAOMEqMXiXI "Creeping Death"]
|Metallica
|{{invi|Met}}
|A Christian song that tells the story of Moses and the Plagues of Egypt.
|NA
|Metal
|-
|"Critical Acclaim"
|Avenged Sevenfold
|{{invi|Ave}}
|Pro-America and pro-Military.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Crying-in-the-Chapel-lyrics-Elvis-Presley/E547D833F0BBFADF48256874002B3358 "Crying In The Chapel"]
|[[Elvis Presley]]
|{{invi|Pre}}
|Pro-marriage.
|1
|Classic
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkGZKOgfOi4 "Dawn of Correction"]
|[[The Spokesmen]]
|{{invi|Spo}}
|Conservative response to the liberal anti-war song "Eve of Destruction", many of the lyrics directly counter statements in that song. Opening lines are "The western world has a common dedication/To keep free people from [[Communism|Red]] domination".
|36
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVOEoo1oXBs "Declaration Day"]
|Iced Earth
|{{invi|Ice}}
|A song about the Revolutionary War.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDIGzzeQjaE "Dethharmonic"]
|Dethklok
|{{invi|Det}}
|Anti-tax.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSGou75z4zs "Devil"]
|Papa Roach
|{{invi|Pap}}
|"If all I have is now / No consequences" "I don't wanna finish what we started / I never should've let you in / You thought I was an easy target / Now I know who you are / Who the devil is"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRNrzgDHmQE "Devil is a Loser"]
|Lordi
|{{invi|Lor}}
|About how actions have consequences, mixed with contempt for [[Satan|the Devil]] and Satanists.
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjJ9v__NyR0 "Disparity by Design"]
|Rise Against
|{{invi|Ris}}
|Refers to the "over-reaching arm" of the government, and considers whether welfare is a "handout undeserved". Also refers to the American ideal of "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps".
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pearl+jam/dissident_20106414.html "Dissident"]
|Pearl Jam
|{{invi|Pea}}
|About a woman who engages in [[liberal values]] by being impregnated out of wedlock and having an abortion, but immediately regrets doing so.
|3
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA "Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun"]
|[[Grand Funk Railroad]]
|{{invi|Gra}}
|A father gives his son some sage advice.
|NA
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[http://youtu.be/v9BtLRWbkmA "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)"]
|[[Fleetwood Mac]]
|{{invi|Fle}}
|Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections.
|3
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIHuF8WvdFk "Don't Tread On Me"]
|Metallica
|{{invi|Met}}
|Tune about the Gadsden flag.
|N/A
|Metal
|-
|"Echelon"
|Pillar
|{{invi|Pel}}
|"You're takin' a risk when you resist The One who made you exist"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|"Eminence Front"
|The Who
|{{invi|Who}}
|Anti-hedonism and anti-drug abuse. This song was played at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
|68
|Hard Rock
|-
|"The End Is Not the Answer"
|Three Days Grace
|{{invi|Thr}}
|
|
|Alternative
|-
|"The Enemy"
|Anthrax
|{{invi|Ant}}
|A song that exposes the sheer disgustingness of the Nazis and the Holocaust.
|N/A
|Thrash metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veXD1oDnFFI "Everything"]
|Pillar
|{{invi|Pil}}
|"Everything has meaning, everything we see / Are you willing to give up, everything"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[http://youtu.be/RlOQBGjkm78 "Extra Extra"]
|[[Toots Sweet]]
|{{invi|Too}}
|Toots does a great job at making the clips entertaining as well as informative.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9z4DWB7Iy8 "Face Everything And Rise"]
|Papa Roach
|{{invi|Pap}}
|"I need a cure for this life I've chosen" "I am protected when I'm walking through the flames"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[http://youtu.be/zapGC2PrWiU "Fair Exchange""]
|[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]]
|{{invi|Kan}}
|Warnings about totalitarian governments who want to take away your freedom in the name of utopia. Also much of their early 1980s material, which has Christian lyrics.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raQHby4lDX8 "Falling Apart"]
|Papa Roach
|{{invi|Pap}}
|"I'll follow you out of the dark / I tried it my way but I keep fallin' apart" "All that I see is the wickedness around me / I refuse to believe the apocalypse inside of me"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[http://youtu.be/K5N2WJ1szHE "Father of Mine"]
|Everclear
|{{invi|Eve}}
|A reminder of the importance of good parenting. Everclear singer Art Alexakis wrote much of his material from his own perspective of a troubled childhood. At the end of the song, Alexakis promises to be a better father than his own had been.
|4
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkW-K5RQdzo "Feuer Frei"]
|Rammstein
|{{invi|Ram}}
|An anti-pacifist song which acknowledges that there's some merit in war.
|?
|Industrial
|-
|"Fireproof"
|Pillar
|{{invi|Pil}}
|"The only one who can control me, I extol the Almighty"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|"For Martha"
|The Smashing Pumpkins
|{{invi|Sma}}
|Being torn between the anguish of losing a lost one and the joy of knowing you will one day reunite them with in Heaven.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1KdWYMWvKM "For the Ladies"]
|KJ-52
|{{invi|KJ-52}}
|A Christian Rap song that's respectful towards women, in contrast to the sexist and misogynistic lyrics commonly found in secular Rap.
|
|Rap
|-
|"For the Love of the Game"
|Pillar
|{{invi|Pillar}}
|"Your final destination / Keeps you focused on the win"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYRZt7xcwpY&feature=youtu.be "Freedom is Colorblind"]
|[[Joe Dan Media]]
|{{invi|Joe}}
|A song about how the Left uses race to polarize the country. It is a conservative song that tries to unite the country.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBnbW4opmv4 "From Ashes"]
|War Of Ages
|{{invi|War}}
|"Fight for the path unto forgiveness" "I knew from the first time that I saw you / You were sent by God"
|NA
|Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zICb-9m2dGA "Gangster's Paradise"]
|Coolio
|{{invi|Coolio}}
|Although a rap song, the main message is about a former thug who regrets living his life of crime.
|N/A
|Rap
|-
|"Get Back to the Bible"
|Petra
|{{invi|Pet}}
|Makes clear that [[Jesus]] is the only Way to Heaven. It also condemns [[Satanism]].
|
|Rock
|-
|"Get it Right the First Time"
|[[Louisiana's LeRoux]]
|{{invi|Lou}}
|Wealthy Georgia politician is placed in high office and turns out to be a puppet with no ideas of his own. Released in 1980 when Jimmy Carter was up for re-election.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"Get Out Alive"
|Three Days Grace
|{{invi|Thr}}
|
|
|Alternative
|-
|"Get Over It"
|The Eagles
|{{invi|Eag}}
|Written by Don Henley (who is a liberal) about his frustration of people blaming others for their own problems and believing the world owes them a favor "the big bad world doesn't owe you a thing,"
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg "Gimme Back My Bullets"]
|[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
|{{invi|Lyn}}
|The name says it all.
|NA
|Classic/Rock
|-
|"Glory Hallelujah"
|[[Frank Turner]]
|{{invi|Tur}}
|Rejects those who say there is no God, insisting that never was the case.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"God and Guns"
|[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
|{{invi|Lyn}}
|A powerful new song that elaborates on the song title.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStlBOX9F4o "God's Gonna Cut You Down"]
|Traditional
|{{invi|Tra}}
|"Go tell that long tongue liar, go and tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter, tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down"
|NA
|Classic/Traditional
|-
|"God Save the Queen"
|Traditional
|{{invi|Tra}}
|Despite being frighteningly atheistic, the British have enough sense to keep this God-inclusive song as their national anthem. The anthem rightly attributes the success and good fortune of the nation and its monarch to God.
|NA
|national anthem
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_DVS_303kQ "Goodbye Horses"]
|Q Lazzarus
|{{invi|Q L}}
|A song that might very well be about the hope Christianity offers the world. The person the singer talks with can be construed as a cynical atheist who has a sad outlook on life due to his lack of belief in a higher power. The singer on the other hand still has hope, as she knows there is a God. In the final lines she sings about flying over horses. This might interpreted to mean that like all of mankind she too experienced physical death, but due her belief in Jesus found her way onto Heaven.
|?
|New Wave
|-
|[http://youtu.be/EgkBx8csEws "Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road"]
|[[Elton John]]
|{{invi|Joh}}
|The same message as the [[Prodigal Son]]: look objectively at our own lives, and realize that "I should have listened to my old man."
|2
|Classic
|-
|[http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html "Gotta Serve Somebody"]
|[[Bob Dylan]]
|{{invi|Dyl}}
|"It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."
|Twenty-four
|Classic/Folk
|-
|"Grandad"
|[[Clive Dunn]]
|{{invi|Dun}}
|
|UK Number 1 hit, in praise of senior citizens and their values.
|Classic
|-
|"Gratitude"
|VNV Nation
|{{invi|VNV}}
|A sincere "Thank You" to all the doubters and naysayers that inspire us to fight, and make us find strength and courage we didn't know we had. Although it's not an explicitly Christian song, compare ''James'' 1:2-4.
|?
|Electronic
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cOKjeVjSHk "Gravity"]
|Papa Roach
|{{invi|Pap}}
|"I'm a broken man, I'm full of sin / I'm sick of all this hell that I'm livin' in"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM "Government Cheese"]
|[[The Rainmakers]]
|{{invi|Rai}}
|Humorous spoof of welfare.
|NA
|Classic
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuDx6_PLIVk "Guilty of Being White"]
|[[Minor Threat]]
|{{invi|Min}}
|Criticizes the concept of white guilt.
|NA
|Punk Rock
|-
|"Hallelujah"
|[[Leonard Cohen]]
|{{invi|Coh}}
|Refers to King David and possibly his psalms.
|NA
|Classic
|-
|"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
|[[Hollies]]
|{{invi|Hol}}
|Repeats the slogan of Boys Town, a Christian charity for youngsters founded by Father Edward J. Flanagan in Omaha<ref>http://www.boystown.org/about/father-edward-|j-|flanagan</ref>
|NA
|Classic
|-
|"The High Road"
|Three Days Grace
|{{invi|Thr}}
|
|NA
|Alternative
|-
|"Holier than Thou"
|Metallica
|{{invi|Met}}
|Expresses the dangers of playing Holier than Thou.
|NA
|Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS90B4sZf7U&list=RDuS90B4sZf7U&start_radio=1&t=0&t=0 "House of the Rising Son"]
|[[The Animals]]
|{{invi|Ani}}
|Refrain: "In [[God]] I know I've won."
|1 (both US and UK)
|Classic, part of the [[British Invasion]]
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hZsG1ikgK8 "Hundred Mile Stare"]
|Queensrÿche
|{{invi|Que}}
|Pro-soldier, pro-freedom. "What ever happened to conviction and faith? People trip from side to side; don't know which way or what side to take. Always known the truth. It's really black and white. I've got no fear of judgment when it's time to fight."
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0heL2Czeraw "I Am America"]
|[[Krista Branch]]
|{{invi|Bra}}
|American [[Tea Party Movement]] Song.
|NA
|Classic
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 "I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)"]
|[[The Crickets]]
|{{invi|Cri}}
|Its title says it all. The version by rock group The Clash has a particularly good tempo.
|9 (Bobby Fuller Four version)
|Classic
|-
|"Imminent War"
|Living Sacrifice
|{{invi|Liv}}
|A pro-Israel song that tells the uncomfortable truth about why peaceful co-existence with the "[[Palestinian]]s" is impossible. "Chosen Nation Prophesied, The Prosperous The Hated Ones, The Hand Of God."
|
|Metal
|-
|"In Your Eyes"
|Peter Gabriel
|{{invi|Gab}}
|Love and a 1000 churches for those who are lost.
|
|Pop Rock
|-
|"Injustice System"
|Sick of it All
|{{invi|Sic}}
|This song is anti-[[police brutality]]. Don't expect corrupt [[FBI]], [[CIA]], or [[EPA]] agents to like this song either!
|N/A
|Punk Rock
|-
|"Iraq No Phobia"
|Pro-Pain
|{{invi|Pro}}
|It is a pro-American, pro-military heavy metal song about the first [[Gulf War]]: ""Mohammed's no match for the great Uncle Sam.""
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"It is Finished"
|Petra
|{{invi|Pet}}
|A song about the events of Good Friday. The title is a reference to ''John'' 19:30
|
|Rock
|-
|"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
|James Brown
|{{invi|Bro}}
|Acknowledges the importance that men have brought to the world, through hard-work, and the importance women contain in our society.
|8
|Rhythm and Blues Soul
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sticXkHxZC4 "I've Seen Footage"]
|Death Grips
|{{invi|Dea}}
|Profane. Criticizes the glorification of violence by the mainstream media.
|NA
|Hip Hop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni5mIBdNW2w "I Will Fail You"]
|Demon Hunter
|{{invi|Dem}}
|
|NA
|Heavy Metal
|-
|"I Won't Back down"
|Tom Petty
|{{invi|Pet}}
|Talks about not backing down from a fight. Can be compared to not losing the Iraq War.
|N/A
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_iNdbPvrYk "Jesus Christ"]
|Brand New
|{{invi|Bra}}
|The singer turns to God for advice and assurance.
|thirty Hot Modern Rock Tracks
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr1imbX3AN4 "Judas Kiss"]
|Petra
|{{invi|Pet}}
|A song about how God perceives sin "It must be like another thorn stuck in your brow, (referring to the Crown of Thorns [''John'' 19:2]). It must be like another close friend's broken vow (a reference to Peter denying Jesus three times after vowing to follow him. [Matthew 26:33-34]). It must be like another nail right through your wrist (referring to the nails on the Cross). It must be, just like...Just like Judas' Kiss (A reference to Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples who accepted a bribe and led the Roman authorities to Jesus where Jesus was arrested and betrayed Jesus with a kiss [Luke 22:48]).
|
|Rock
|-
|"Keep an Open Mind or Else"
|McCarthy
|{{invi|McC}}
|About the conservative value of keeping an [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|open mind]].
|NA
|Classic/Pop
|-
|"Keep On Loving You"
|REO Speedwagon
|{{invi|REO}}
|Love overcomes infidelity "When I said that I love you I meant That I love you forever."
|1
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ4K4gUXFyo "Killers of the Unborn"]
|Barren Cross
|{{invi|Bar}}
|The titles says it all. An anti-abortion song that condemns abortion as the brutal murder it is.
|
|Heavy Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 "King Without a Crown"]
|Matisyahu
|{{invi|Mat}}
|A Hasidic Jew raps about God as the source of happiness and salvation from the things of this world: "If you're drowning in the waters and you can't stay afloat / Ask Hashem (God) for mercy and He'll throw you a rope."
|7 (Hot Modern Rock Tracks)
|Spiritual
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2MyMqVD0E "Last Caress"]
|The Misfits
|{{invi|Mis}}
|Pro-life song, with the lyrics "I killed your baby today, And it doesn't matter much to me, As long as it's dead" pretty much sums up [[Planned Parenthood]]. Band member Michale Graves has stated he is a conservative in interviews.
|
|Punk Rock
|-
|"Last Kiss"
|Pearl Jam
|{{invi|Pea}}
|"Oh where oh where can my baby be; The Lord took her away from me; She's gone to heaven so I got to be good; So I can see my baby when I leave this world"<ref>http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=14</ref> Originally written by Wayne Cochran and covered by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers in its most famous version.
|
|Classic
|-
|"Let Everything That Hath Breath"
|Petra
|{{invi|Pet}}
|A reference to Psalm 150:6 "Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD."
|
|Rock
|-
|[http://youtu.be/BvPugOWeZiA "Let It Be"]
|[[The Beatles]]
|{{invi|Bea}}
|Very popular in Russia under the Soviets.
|1
|Classic
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA_H6C8iLPA "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder"]
|The Infidel (Gregory Van Leer Jr.) with an opening from [[Michael Savage]]
|{{invi|Inf}}
|Clearly attacks [[liberal values]].
|NA
|Rap
|-
|[http://youtu.be/Ke-r2K0ymWc "Lightning Crashes"]
|Live
|{{invi|Liv}}
|The joy and significance of childbirth.
|1
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4cEHSwo6Sk "Life After Death"]
|KJ-52
|{{invi|KJ-}}
|A song about what happens to the unsaved and the saved when they die.
|
|Rap
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNTUADEhC8Q"The List"]
|The Right Brothers
|{{invi|Rig}}
|A song that melodically lists liberal activists.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"Living In America"
|[[James Brown]]
|{{invi|Bro}}
|Song that espouses the virtues of, and pride in, living in the United States. Appears in the movie ''Rocky IV'' and on the film's soundtrack.
|NA
|Classic/R&B/Funk
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk "Livin' on a Prayer"]
|Bon Jovi
|{{invi|Bon}}
|Organized labor is harmful to the welfare of workers, who turn to prayer.
|1
|Rock
|-
|"The Logical Song"
|Supertramp
|{{invi|Sup}}
|Mocks the public education system; also compares being a called a [[liberal]] to being called a criminal.
|?
|Classic Rock
|-
|"Lucy"
|Skillet
|{{invi|Ski}}
|Couple has an abortion and regrets it.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"Make It Real"
|Scorpions
|{{invi|Sco}}
|Sends a great message about open mindedness. Part of the lyrics also says "As you know, there's always good and evil" and "Just do what feels right for you". The latter basically goes against liberals pushing their beliefs on people. Despite the song's great messages, the band is German and their singer's accent is pretty heavy so many American listeners unfortunately may not fully understand the lyrics without listening carefully.
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|"Master of Puppets"
|Metallica
|{{invi|Met}}
|Anti-drug anthem.
|NA
|Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XleOkGsYgO8 "Move Along"]
|The All-American Rejects
|{{invi|All}}
|Stated by band leader Tyson Ritter to be an anti-suicide statement. Suggests that even during the toughest times in life, it's best to move on.
|N/A
|Pop punk
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQYpF2pCkLI "My Body"]
|Young the Giant
|{{invi|You}}
|''"My body tells me no / But I won't quit / Cause I want more"'' — Powerful chorus describes how the singer defies his body's physical desire to stop working and continue working hard because he wants to reap the rewards he has earned from his hard work. It describes conservative traits (persevering with hard work) and capitalistic ideals (wanting the rewards you worked for; working past your limit because you have proper incentive).
|65
|Alternative
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I "My Love"]
|[[Petula Clark]]
|{{invi|Cla}}
|A Christian love in secular form.
|1
|Classic
|-
|[http://youtu.be/kD5M_i6JceU "Neighborhood Bully"]
|[[Bob Dylan]]
|{{invi|Dyl}}
|Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
|NA
|Classic/Folk
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSolalT2S-U "Never Have To Say Goodbye"]
|Papa Roach
|{{invi|Pap}}
|"You always loved me when I couldn't even love myself / No you never turned away when I was begging for help" "I can hear your voice when I walk through the pain / You showed me how to live, showed me that I could change / I can feel you catch me when I fall away"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|"Never Too Late"
|Three Days Grace
|{{invi|Thr}}
|
|
|Alternative
|-
|"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUeuhM-NSjU No More Lockdown]"
|[[Van Morrison]]
|{{invi|Morr}}
|Anti-[[CCP flu]] lockdown song which also criticizes government overreach, the use of the liberal media, Hollywood and Big Tech to spread lies and disinformation about the pandemic, Gestapo-like behavior by police forces to enforce the lockdowns, illegal theft of the God-given rights and freedoms of the public, enslavement of citizens under the guise of "safety" and threats and censorship against those who speak the truth about the pandemic, along the lines of the similar "Stand and Deliver" by Eric Clapton (see below), which Morrison co-wrote.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"
|Richie Havens (covered by Yes)
|{{invi|Hav}}
|"...I know your cross is heavier With every step Every step But I know a man who'd walk miles for you..."
|NA
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[http://youtu.be/wq160PIYjHo "No Rules for Radicals"]
|JoeDanMedia
|{{invi|Joe}}
|This song highlights the "rules" Saul Alinsky wrote about in his progressive-liberal book, ''Rules for Radicals''.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b71clnfgyts "No Son of Mine"]
|Genesis
|{{invi|Gen}}
|
|Twelve
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4OI0GUCI_A "Obama Nation"] and its sequel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFfoZaOJ5xo "Obama Nation Part 3"]
|Lowkey
|{{invi|Low}}
|A song sharply critical of [[Barack Obama]] and his policies. Also criticizes those that blindly follow him due to his race: "It's the substance within, not the color of your skin"
|N/A
|Rap
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYY2FQHFwE "Okie From Muskogee"]
|[[Merle Haggard]]
|{{invi|Hag}}
|Anti-drug and anti-hippie; a song about praising the traditional American values in Mid-America. Was written in response to the Vietnam War protests and counter-culture movement.
|1 (''Billboard'' Hot Country)
|Classic
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzEhnBdOTAM "ONE TEA PARTY"]
|[[Toot Sweet]]
|{{invi|Too}}
|This song is a metaphoric call to energize, motivate and unite the movement that we are all passionate about... the time is now to stand together, united, "AS ONE".
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"One-X"
|Three Days Grace
|{{invi|Thr}}
|
|
|Alternative
|-
|[http://youtu.be/ROdsgYyheM4 "On Fire"]
|Switchfoot
|{{invi|Swi}}
|This song is about keeping the faith, in people and in our religion.
|2003
|Rock
|-
|"Our Turn Now"
|Carman
|{{invi|Car}}
|A song condemning the 1962 Supreme Court decision that banned school prayer.
|
|Rock
|-
|"Patriotism"
|Company Flow
|{{invi|Com}}
|While containing bad language it endorses the US as a super-power.
|NA
|Rap
|-
|"People Get Ready"
|Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
|{{invi|May}}
|An all-time classic song about the glory of the [[Lord]].
|3
|Contemporary
|-
|"Po-Dunk"
|[[Kid Rock]]
|{{invi|Kid}}
|Celebrates the work, trials, and contributions of hard-working, red-blooded Americans and vigorously refutes the fallacious notions of Coastal Elites that their degenerate inner-city lives should be the standard for America. Recorded by conservative Michigan Senatorial candidate Robert "Kid Rock" Ritchie.
|N/A
|Country/Rock
|-
|"Practice What You Preach"
|Testament
|{{invi|Tes}}
|Expresses the dangers of not practicing what you preach as it says "pay the appropriate toll". Partial of the lyrics also has a Christian message and expresses the importance of keeping promises as it says "Just so uncertain of your body and your soul, the promises you make, your mind goes blank, and then you lose control".
|NA
|Thrash Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v7xNSgBkum7o "Pray"]
|[[MC Hammer]]
|{{invi|MC }}
|Working hard and giving thanks.
|2
|Rap/Pop
|-
|[http://youtu.be/wDrRVlm5HOw "Prayer for America"]
|JoeDanMedia
|{{invi|Joe}}
|A short history lesson put to music regarding our schools and how the Bible was taught there in previous years.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"The Prisoner"
|Iron Maiden
|{{invi|Iro}}
|Patriotic song about a British POW fighting in a Japanese prison camp during WW2.
|NA
|Heavy metal
|-
|[https://my.mixtape.moe/zzdufn.mp3 "Purple Heart"]
|Sabaton
|{{invi|Sab}}
|A tribute to US military personnel killed in action. Impressive, considering that this band is Swedish.
|NA
|Power metal
|-
|"Real American"
|Rick Derringer
|{{invi|Der}}
|Patriotic anthem, known as [[Hulk Hogan]]'s pre-match song.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"The Real You"
|Three Days Grace
|{{invi|Thr}}
|
|
|Alternative
|-
|[http://youtu.be/FAvQSkK8Z8U "Red Barchetta"]
|[[Rush]]
|{{invi|Rus}}
|Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU "Red White & Blue (Love It or Leave)"]
|[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
|{{invi|Lyn}}
|"It was all based around this somewhat Utopian view of the world. The idea was that music would lift man up to a higher plane, and that world leaders, if they were able to sit down on some big grassy knoll where the sun was shining and hear music..." Tom Johnston of LS
|Twenty-seven
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2lRcxlYx40"Renegade"]
|[[Steppenwolf]]
|{{invi|Ste}}
|[[John Kay]]'s childhood escape from Communist [[East Germany]].
|NA
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-MRrFWs--g "Return to Oz"]
|Scissor Sisters
|{{invi|Sci}}
|A song about the connection between [[Homosexuality and Illegal Drug Use|homosexuality and illegal drug use]],<ref>http://dancemusic.about.com/od/artistshomepages/a/ScisSisIntBD.htm</ref> a subject that the [[lamestream media]] prefers not to talk about.
|?
|Glam Rock
|-
|"Runaway Son"
|Mike Oldfield
|{{invi|Old}}
|The parable of The [[Prodigal Son]], from the prodigal's perspective.
|?
|Rock
|-
|"Secret Agent Man"
|Johnny Rivers
|{{invi|Riv}}
|This song talks about an American secret agent and what he has to face on an everyday basis, thus giving it an anti-crime message. The song also came out in 1966, a time when many counterculture people were holding military personnel, secret agents, police officers, and firemen in contempt, and singing negative songs about them. However, because this song was the exact opposite of that, it gets extra points! This song was also used as the theme for the 1960–68 British action/adventure/mystery TV series "Danger Man", which was broadcast in the United States as "Secret Agent".
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"See No Evil"
|Holy Soldier
|{{invi|Hol}}
|Pro-life song that demonstrates the callousness of those who support abortion.
|
|Metal
|-
|[http://youtu.be/AA1aHrfxgEg "Shut up and Teach"]
|The Right Brothers
|{{invi|Rig}}
|Liberal indoctrination runs rampant in our schools. Song expresses the desire to stick to a non-partisan curriculum.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[http://youtu.be/RCqxq6xqoXI "Sin City"]
|The Flying Burrito Brothers
|{{invi|Fly}}
|Attacks modern decadence and predicts divine punishment for sin.
|NA
|Classic/Country
|-
|"Sister Christian"
|Night Ranger
|{{invi|Nig}}
|This song advises the drummer's sister to remain a virgin till she finds "Mr. Right"
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0_h7vUcnhs "Skeletons"]
|Papa Roach
|{{invi|Pap}}
|"I will shed my sins / I'll show you my skeletons" "Burn away the sins / We all have our skeletons" "I have lost myself in my addictions"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcT3sIBRv_I "Sliver"]
|Queensrÿche
|{{invi|Que}}
|Pro-soldier, bravery. "It's time to sack up and let go of your mothers. Take your gun, it's the cross that's carried by your brothers."
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096LhjGNNCk "Something For Nothing"]
|Rush
|{{invi|Rus}}
|"You can't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free."
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[http://youtu.be/cnijc9wNpV4 "Sparks of the Tempest"]
|[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]]
|{{invi|Kan}}
|Warnings about totalitarian governments who want to take away your freedom in the name of utopia. Also much of their early 1980s material, which has Christian lyrics.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ "Spirit In The Sky"]
|Norman Greenbaum
|{{invi|Gre}}
|A religious rock song written in 1969.
|3
|Classic
|-
|"Stairway to Heaven"
|[[Led Zeppelin]]
|{{invi|Zep}}
|A great Christian classic by one of the most well-known bands!
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMkV4vYr_ik Stand and Deliver]"
|[[Eric Clapton]]
|{{invi|Clap}}
|Anti-[[CCP flu]] lockdown song; Clapton and song writer/fellow rock music legend Van Morrison are vocal opponents of the lockdowns and the damage they have caused in society, along with the lies being pushed by liberals in public office (along with their mouthpieces in the liberal media) to justify imposing the lockdowns. In addition to being critical of the [[police state]] and those who push their lies to fool the public into accepting the lockdowns, Clapton also asks in the song if people want to be free or to be slaves and advises them to wake up and be more aware of what [[establishment|those in power]] are doing, contrary to the public good despite claims otherwise, while the public has the chance.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8sUMv5sbW8 "Star Spangled Banner"]
|Madison Rising
|{{invi|Mad}}
|The American national anthem, as performed by rock band Madison Rising, who put out a challenge to the American public to renew its intimacy with and understanding of the anthem and its patriotic message. [https://www.wnd.com/2013/04/you-havent-heard-this-star-spangled-banner/]
|NA
|Classic/Traditional/Rock
|-
|"State of Emergency"
|Pillar
|{{invi|Pil}}
|"It's a state of emergency / It's time we see / There's a need to take action"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDSK98Y2FNg "Stop Global Whining"]
|The Right Brothers
|{{invi|Rig}}
|Anti-Global Warming hoax song.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKdAVYKYZfo "Storm the Embassy"]
|The Stray Cats
|{{invi|Str}}
|Another conservative song about the Iran hostage crisis. "Fifteen man taken captive in a hostile foreign land/Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of sand..."
|NA
|Classic/Rock
|-
|"Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes"
|Kevin Ayers
|{{invi|Aye}}
|Defends the right of businessmen to choose their customers: "we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes."
|NA
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wrsZog8qXg "Such Great Heights"]
|The Postal Service
|{{invi|Pos}}
|Creationist/Biblical lyrics: ""And I have to speculate that God himself did make us into corresponding shapes like puzzle pieces from the clay.""
|?
|Indie
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h1oRP7FfBw "Sunny Afternoon"]
|The Kinks
|{{invi|Kin}}
|About a rich man trying to enjoy the simple things in life because the nanny-state has nearly bankrupted him.
|Fourteen
|Rock
|-
|"Supper's Ready"
|[[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
|{{invi|Gen}}
|"There's an angel standing in the sun, and he's crying with a loud voice, "This is the supper of the mighty one", Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Has returned to lead his children home, To take them to the new Jerusalem."
|NA
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye5BuYf8q4o "Sweet Home Alabama"]
|[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
|{{invi|Lyn}}
|A response to hippie culture. Defends Southerners from stereotyped attacks by [[liberal]] Canadian rocker Neil Young. "Well, I hope Neil Young will remember / A Southern man don't need him around anyhow." Also criticizes former [[Alabama]] [[Democrat Party|Democrat]] governor and pro-[[segregation]]ist [[George Wallace]].
|8
|Rock
|-
|"Sympathy for the Devil"
|The Rolling Stones
|{{invi|Rol}}
|Reminds humanity that evil is present in the world and needs to be fought.
|NA
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfpgpf6QVnI "Symphony of Destruction"]
|Megadeth
|{{invi|Meg}}
|Talks about the dangers of Communism and fascism as it says "You take a mortal man and put him in control, watch him become a God, watch people's heads a roll".
|NA
|Thrash Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJBrjH-Qttg "Take it to the Lord"]
|DC Talk
|{{invi|DC }}
|A song that admonishes those who only pray to or otherwise acknowledge God when there are troubles in their lives
|
|Rap
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJprEyXMrIk "Takin' Care of Business"]
|Bachman-Turner Overdrive
|{{invi|Bac}}
|The work ethic and promoting self-employment.
|Twelve
|Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM "Taxman"]
|[[The Beatles]]
|{{invi|Bea}}
|George Harrison said, "Taxman was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes."
|NA
|Classic/Rock
|-
|"That Smell"
|[[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
|{{invi|Lyn}}
|A very strong anti-drug use song by America's most well-known Southern rock band.
|NA
|Classic/Country/Rock
|-
|"Things of This World"
|DC Talk
|{{invi|DC }}
|A reference to 1 ''John'' 2:17: "The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever."
|
|Rap
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_6b4-N9Uo "Ticket to Ride"]
|[[The Beatles]]
|{{invi|Bea}}
|Lyrics describe anti-feminist attitude.
|1
|Rock
|-
|"Tired of Sex"
|Weezer
|{{invi|Wee}}
|Shows the danger of premarital sex. A warning against the evils of sex addiction.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"Tribute"
|Tenacious D
|{{invi|Ten}}
|Comedy single, but it's also a very popular song about overcoming Satan and alludes to many other Christian themes such as heaven and hell.
|4
|Rock/folk
|-
|"The Trooper"
|Iron Maiden
|{{invi|Iro}}
|Another patriotic Iron Maiden song about the British in a 19th century war.
|NA
|Heavy metal
|-
|"Union Sundown"
|[[Bob Dylan]]
|{{invi|Dyl}}
|The title says it all.
|NA
|Classic/Folk
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TIu3kO8ULY "Wait for You"]
|KJ-52
|{{invi|KJ-52}}
|Condemns promiscuity and promotes abstinence.
|
|Rap
|-
|"Waiting List"
|[[Dr. Octagon]]
|{{invi|Dr.}}
|A powerful song about socialized medicine and rationing.
|NA
|Hip-hop
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn-ThvPEdLU "Walls"]
|DC Talk
|{{invi|DC }}
|An anti-racism song that's directed not just to one side, but all sides of the race issue: "Stand up to the problem and begin to fight. Not against each other, you're wastin' time. Yo, I'm referring to a battle of minds. Not through debate or writin' on the walls. This kinda action is delayin' the cause. An eye for an eye, fight fire with fire. It's our turn to take it one step higher. Gotta live by example, show brotherly love, We're together on Earth, we'll be together above"
|
|Rap/rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IrznixSkSs "War Over Me"]
|Papa Roach
|{{invi|Pap}}
|"I'm fighting for my soul / I've walked a self destructive lonely road / I read the warning signs but / I was too blind to see / I had to feel the pain 'till I believed / I have a purpose"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qot3Ubz16Jo "Warriors"]
|Papa Roach
|{{invi|Pap}}
|"Shine your light / Push the enemy back / When you're under attack / It will protect you / Kill the night / All we need is a spark / We can bury the dark"
|NA
|Rock/Metal
|-
|"Way Out Here"
|Josh Thompson
|{{invi|Tho}}
|"Our house is all protected by the good Lord and a gun", and "We wont take a dime if we ain't earned it, when it comes to weight, brother we pull our own". It is pro-gun ownership, the Lord, and hard work. Also preaches the morals and ethics that are known from small towns.
|Fifteen (US Country)
|Classic/Country
|-
|"Welcome to the Family"
|Avenged Sevenfold
|{{invi|Ave}}
|A song about death row, although not anti-death penalty.
|8
|Rock
|-
|"We Must Take America Back"
|Steve Vaus
|{{invi|Vau}}
|Became an underground country music hit in 1992 after RCA dropped him and took the album out of print due to the political lyrics.
|NA
|Classic/Country
|-
|[http://youtu.be/8uxAT6dzKSM "We the People"]
|[[Toots Sweet]]
|{{invi|Too}}
|A song about the Constitution and how the current administration has been abusing the beloved document we are trying to live by.
|NA
|Rock
|-
|"What I've Done"
|Linkin Park
|{{invi|Lin}}
|A song about redemption for past wrongdoings.
|NA
|Alternative rock
|-
|"When the Clock Strikes"
|Whitecross
|{{invi|Whi}}
|A song about how material prosperity on Earth will end when the unsaved die: "When the clock strikes...the clock strikes midnight, the Lord's gonna give to each man his due..."
|
|Heavy Metal
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nElc2vMU-b0 "When You Love A Woman"]
|Journey
|{{invi|Jou}}
|True love from the heart.
|Twelve
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zZE0SrkyNE&ob=av2n "Where'd You Go"]
|Fort Minor
|{{invi|For}}
|Shows the hardship of divorce, liberal values, and the possible future of the families of American soldiers who could be forced to serve in Libya.
|NA
|Rap
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q "Won't Get Fooled Again"]
|The Who
|{{invi|Who}}
|How the October Revolution ruined everyone's lives. Also notable, band leader Pete Townshend refused to sell the rights to use this song to [[Michael Moore]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jul/14/news2</ref>
|N/A
|Classic/Rock
|-
|"Yah Mo Be There"
|James Ingram and Michael McDonald
|{{invi|Ing}}
|Written about God.
|?
|R&B
|-
|"Yours Is No Disgrace"
|[[Yes]]
|{{invi|Yes}}
|Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam.
|NA
|Classic/Rock
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts "Zombie"]
|The Cranberries
|{{invi|Cra}}
|Anti-I.R.A song, written for the memories of Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry who were killed during the Warrington bomb attacks
|
|Alternative rock
|-
|}

==Classical music==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Songs "Classical"
!Artist
!Comments-
!Billboard Rank
!Subgenre
|-
|Messiah
|George Frideric Handel
|The classic oratorio, especially popular around Christmastime, praises the Son who saved humanity by telling the stories of the Prophets who foretold his coming to earth, the annunciation to the shepherds of Christ's birth, the Passion of Christ, and finally the resurrection of the dead and Christ's glorification in heaven.
|N/A
|Baroque Era
|}

== Debatable Whether Conservative ==

Included among the top five in a poll of the greatest songs in the 20th century, according to the Recording Industry Association of America and the [[NEA]], are the following:

*"Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland)
*"White Christmas" (Bing Crosby)
*"Respect" (Aretha Franklin)
*"[[American Pie]]" ([[Don McLean]])

Also questionable:

*"Born in the U.S.A." (Bruce Springsteen) - the title and refrain appears to be pro-American, but some of the lyrics are not
*"Glory Days." (Bruce Springsteen) - the song talks about the good old days of the American Dream
*"Hammer to Fall" (Queen) - talks about being hopeful for the Soviet Union falling
*"Rocky Raccoon" (The Beatles) - has multiple references to Gideon's Bible
*"Taxman" (The Beatles) - protests against the tax grabs of British [[Labour Party|Labour]] Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]], but the band's members themselves were espousing liberal views at the time; at least one of the surviving members, Paul McCartney, continues to do so today.
*"Been to Hell" (Hollywood Undead)-Despite the large amount of swearing, it talks about the destructive nature of Hollywood, including how Hollywood and the quest for fame can cause someone to lose their faith. It also criticizes Hollywood values.
*"Only the Good Die Young" (Billy Joel)-a boy tries to convince a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] girl to have sex with him rather than practice [[abstinence]]. Although it contains a lot of anti-religious dialogue (from the boy's perspective), in the end the girl holds true to her values, and nothing happens between them.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 "Still the One"] by Orleans - a very good song about marital fidelity. However, one of the singers, John Hall, later became a Democratic Congressman from New York and sued Republican presidential candidate [[John McCain]] over the use of the song
*"My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) - Love for religion and having a relationship with God even uses hallelujah, though many Hindu undertones; Harrison also unconsciously plagiarized two other songs, the Chiffons' 1963 doo-wop song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NkEWGuT-u8 "He's So Fine"] and the Edwin Hawkins Singers' 1967 [[gospel music|gospel]] song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEpokoaZWU "Oh Happy Day"], in writing his song.
*"Where is the Love" (Black Eyed Peas) - Main message questioning why are people ignoring their Christian beliefs, and asking for Help from church and God. Condemns both racism, and terrorism, and also claims the idea of joining gangs and doing drugs is wrong. However it also dis promotes the idea of war, and promotes peace making.
*"Grow a Pear" (Kesha) -Song's message is manning up, but the singer Kesha is a pro-LGBT [[homosexual agenda]] activist.
*"All My Friends (Snakehips)" - the song's message is how terrible clubs actually are, instead of the hype that's falsely given to them. However, the song is explicit. Sample lyric: "All my friends are wasted, and I hate this club and I drink too much; another Friday night I've wasted.."
*"Stranger in Moscow ." (Michael Jackson) - the song criticizes communism

== References ==
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== See also ==
*[https://www.nationalreview.com/2006/06/rockin-right-john-j-miller/ National Review's top 50 most conservative songs, including some gems]
*[http://smartgirlpolitics.ning.com/group/support-conservative-entertainment Smart Girl Politics]
*[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lmnorton/2011/06/07/bigdawg-spotlight-on-the-in-word-the-antidote-to-liberal-arts-political-correctness Breitbart antidote to political correctness]
*[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lmnorton/2011/05/23/bigdawg-spotlight-on-urban-funk-rocker-toots-sweet-a-conservative-sound-in-a-liberal-town/ Urban funk rocker and a conservative sound]
*[[Essay: Worst Liberal Songs]]
*[[Essay: Great and inspiring music by atheists on atheism|Great and inspiring music by atheists on atheism]] - humor/[[satire]]
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