imp - 2009-03-10 14:56:23
fuck haste the day, fuck all ignorant christians
underoath_1999 - 2008-10-15 21:23:40
This message goes out to CFH, dickweedjon, and holywars21 and anyone else who says they don't like christian heavy metal, I am pretty sure Haste the Day, As I Lay Dying, and Underoath, all of which are christian bands, are doing better than you and better than most bands you listen to. Furthermore they probably have more musical talent in their little finger than you have in your entire body. Morons like you shouldn't tell any band or group of people what they should do. You are probably just bitter because you are playing cover music at your local bars and could only hope that you could write any piece of music that someone could actually tie you to, instead of the original artists that wrote those songs you screw up. More power to Haste the Day. I love their music, message, and their judgement to do what is best for their band despite what anyone else thinks. If they feel he was diverting the bands focus they can do what they want.
travis - 2008-08-29 16:00:10
your a fucken moron dude
billiam - 2008-08-05 13:46:10
who cares, let them do what they want to do with their band and you can do what you want with yours, if you have the talent to have one.
Sweeney Todd - 2008-07-21 01:42:43
Metal is about the music not someones beliefs they shouldnt have kicked Jason out just because he doesnt believe in God and Jesus
mannytruth - 2008-07-20 20:34:47
You guys don't understand. people always say Metal is from hell...Go screw off christian people. Look what this kid just wrote... "fuck you christians...you don't deserve to listen to metal" ...I dont understand how people can be so stupid!
"haste the day are a bunch of jesus-loving whackjobs who have nothing better to do than to wave that bible in peoples faces" seriously when have you ever seen Haste The Day do something like that? Better yet when have you ever seen any christian Band do anything like that" Ask yourself this...If you were in a band that worships satan (which im not saying anything bad about it. You can do w.e you please), and there was one kid in the band who says i dont wanna do this, i dont think satan is real, you guys are false. Would you honestly keep him in the band. if its something that you all truly follow and practice, and your goal is to send a message from satan. Honestly? would you? i dont think so. it works the other way around. if i were in a christian band i would love all my band mates to follow and practice the same thing i do, i wouldn't want one dude there saying you guys are false. Some people have a have a bad picture about christians. and i honestly dont blame them. because of the way some christian people are. "your all going to hell if you dont repent" Jesus is coming!! your all going to hell! and they wanna force things upon people...and its not good to do that...but then again You have Christian that really do respect and love everyone no matter what they practice, its just so sad that people are just to blind to see that. Maybe there not Blind maybe they do see it and just want to act like there blind!!
Tevebob - 2008-07-20 01:12:39
Maybe if you watch this video, you can see how serious do they think that they do, and maybe you understand them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVWdsgRYUBE
Now maybe without Jimmy, but the purpose still that.
Vladak Draconis - 2008-07-19 21:59:34
lol Most of you guys just don't get it, do you? Metal isn't some freakin invocation of Satan, it's just a genre of music. Why does it shock so many people that there are Christian metalheads out there? As for the band and what happened, doesn't it make sense that he be removed if he doesn't support the band's cause? It's hard to stand as a group for something you believe if there is a weakness or (in a harsher sense) a traitor in the group.
shr{ed} - 2008-07-19 19:42:53
Fuck you people that bash HTD. They are amazing musically. I understand their decision, and im sure it wasnt an easy one. and the idiot who said christian metal is an oxymoron, is well...retarded.
CFH - 2008-07-19 19:41:14
fuck you christians...you don't deserve to listen to metal
Christians To The Lions - 2008-07-19 15:16:00
Shut the fuck up you bible thumpers.
Take a rest.
Listen to some black metal.
andysof - 2008-07-19 13:42:33
I'm catholic,but if I were in a band I would never kick a person out just because he/she didn't believe in god!I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion,so yeah I think the remainder of the guys in haste the day are a bunch of jesus-loving whackjobs who have nothing better to do than to wave that bible in peoples faces!They have forgotten all about how to actually worship someone like Jesus,and it sure as hell isn't to outcast someone who doesn't believe in the same things you do!I hope this band goes down in hardcore flames,cause they suck anyways,and I hope Barnes can find a better band to play with.
Tevebob - 2008-07-19 12:39:19
Sorry for thats because I'm christian I visit this site and say my opinion... There are very kind people here. :D
I don't want all of you too belive in God and be christian, not that's why I am here. I'm here because I just want you too understand this band's decision. They think not the same way that you do and they got this decision because they think Jason is bad effect on the band, because he changed his mind. Why must eftsoon cuss them and God?
jayballer14 - 2008-07-19 11:06:19
why does every one keep on talking about this god person
dcmcC - 2008-07-19 11:05:51
it seems as though non-Christians are often just as intolerant, if not more intolerant as those that they criticize and call hypocrites. it takes just as much faith to say "there is no God" as it does to say "there is a God." can either side provide definitive proof? no, hence the use of the word "belief."
if you actually read the band's statement, it seems like they're quite kind about the whole thing. granted it is dramatic and will likely cause problems within their friendships, but if the band's purpose was to represent something that the guitarist could no longer in good conscience support, he should have quit himself.
all that aside, i still think this band sucks.
jayballer14 - 2008-07-19 10:57:41
why does every one keep on talking about this god person
holywars21 - 2008-07-19 10:34:10
haha thats what jason gets for being apart of a shitty christain band! this is hypocracy at its fullest! i wish jason luck in his new path of enlightenment. Religion is for tools and alcoholics. and besides that christain metal might as well be the deffinition of an oxymoron. i hope Haste The Day runs their bus into a truck and kills everyone in the band. fucking posers
Etiam - 2008-07-19 09:59:31
It does seem reasonable that they couldn't allow a guy who didn't believe in the band's mission statement to continue to participate, but at the same time they aren't really helping him out, here. If he's questioning his erstwhile beliefs and enduring something of a trial, now is when he needs their help and support the most, not the cold shoulder.
dickweedjon - 2008-07-19 09:20:32
fuck Jesus, and his little dog too!
rupaul-was-a-homo - 2008-07-19 08:36:54
thinks jason needs to read the bible more and spend less time bashing those that do
vomitgod - 2008-07-19 08:14:26
Since when did The Gauntlet get so many religious visitors? Take two Hail Satan's and call me in the morning.
Tevebob - 2008-07-19 07:23:01
yes-yes
bizarrodrake - 2008-07-19 06:35:36
What a biased one sided jackass news report.
Tevebob - 2008-07-19 02:38:57
"Isn't kicking him out of the band basically casting judgement?"
No, because it's God's judgement, based on this verse of the Bible:
2 Corinthians 6 14-18
"14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
17 "Therefore come out from them
and be separate, says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
and I will receive you."[d]
18 "I will be a Father to you,
and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."
I think they did well that they did. They may have more problems if they keep Jason in the band. PLS think about it and don't judge rapid and hard because you will be judged the same way. God bless!
pedropp - 2008-07-18 23:08:30
is there anyone you don't try to piss off Jason?
Haste The Day has parted ways with guitar player Jason Barnes over his lack of religious beliefs. Is this the first time a metal band has ousted a member for this reason? I guess it was bound to happen with all the religious metal bands out there. I love the part in the bands statement below, "We as a band do not have problem with those that do not believe in Jesus, nor do we cast judgment on those that do not believe in Jesus." Isn't kicking him out of the band basically casting judgment? Religious people are all the same, my way or the highway. All I gotta say is welcome back Jason, we missed you. And if you have a little spare time, check out my buds site 
