exactly! this is aimed more at existing Christian's (both new and old) that had no idea that there were CHRISTIAN DJS! if this site brings secular ppl in too then thats great! but its mainly for the average youth group teen / pastor that heard that there is Christian techno now but knows nothing about it. thats what God's DJ's purpose is. if it takes off I plan to make promotional material and go from church to church locally and meet with youth pastors to hopefully get them involved...God WILLING!  then start doing DJ led worship. Honestly, I don't want to have anything to do with the secular club world (at least on this project) thats not the purpose of what I feel should be done here.

i will however continue to pray about it and talk to more TFer's offline about it for the next week before taking it public.

So... that means it's not supposed to be a professional networking tool.

I was doing the same too Chris. I'm out too.

Dave, I'm going to leave the decision up to the Lord. There's no more discussion. The name is not a community decision. It's mine and Gods. End story. I'm not trying to be offensive or a jerk but the creation and running of this site is TASTYFRESH INDEPENDANT. (not to say that I won't work with TF...I REALLY HOPE TO! Thats the plan for sure) I will continue to pray about it as I earlier stated but if at the end of the week I still feel the same its a go. If Tastyfresh doesn't want to be associated with it because of the name well...then thats on you. Really...

I personally think the name Tastyfresh is ridiculous. But I'm still here and very active. I don't complain about the name or make a big deal about nothing...

but consider this:...not a month ago I tried to get a friend of mine at the office to visit the site so I could show him a particular post and he wouldn't goto it because he thought that just from the name of the site it was porn-related. HONESTLY. (his name is Justin and you can email him to ask him if I'm making this up.) He wouldn't go to it until he got home. Now I'd much rather be accused of being stuck up or TOO GODLY then possibly mistaken for porn!?

if my site fails due to the name then it was GOD'S WILL...but really man really...how does it affect you or the Tastyfresh site at all? Really? I mean c'mon...you're trying really hard to de-rail something that doesn't affect you or really have anything to do with you...SOoo... let it be?

No matter how much you and I may disagree on certain things and have differnt points of view thats not an exucse to try and shootdown something that the other person is doing. You know I respect you and as a Christian brother love you and I think you should be very proud of whats been acomplished here but...this is your site. You have final say when it comes to TF...but not when it comes to my projects. I will ask for advice from time to time but I'm not by any means oblicated to take it  However I have taken some and will continue to but the name is not something I will change unless I hear directly from the Lord. No amount of "logical reasoning" or "critical thinking" will due.

Anyway...I will always love & support TF. I don't agree with ALOT that goes on here but that doesn't mean I wont support it, link to it, pray for it, and continue to bring new members to the boards.

again...this is not to bring in the lost. how many times do i have to say it? this is to provide CHRISTIANS WITH A DIRECTORY OF DJS THAT ARE ALSO CHRISTIANS. It is POSSIBLE to minister to EXISTING CHRISTIANS.

I'm dumb-founded on how you guys can't understand such a simple thing...

I understand what you're trying to do, it will be helpful to people like I was six years ago.

Well... yeah it's VERY silly. I didn't name the site. The founder did. Want to know something though? It works. The site has lasted almost 11 years now. It's attracted Christian and it's attracted non-Christians. I mean, it's nuts. It's named after a movie theater popcorn machine! God used it. Is still using it. And will be using it. Amazingly enough... the name doesn't have God in it anywhere and once you're here, it's obvious that it's run by Christians.


I have honestly joked for years about buying Tastyflesh.com just to make sure it didn't turn into a porno site. A few of us have joked about making it a BBQ site too.


I would much rather be mistaken for something I'm not b/c someone didn't want to check it out than to be accused of something I probably am actually guilty of.


Dude... nothing actually fails b/c it's God's will. God doesn't set us up for failure. I don't know where you got that idea, but it's flat out wrong. If it fails, it's b/c it WASN'T God's will or you didn't follow his will to his exact specifications. Seriously.


Do not think I'm trying to derail your site. I'm not. I don't want to see you fail. I want to see you succeed. It's won't affect this site at all unless it fails and you let that failure be reflected in your attitude here OR if things get said on your site that makes the majority of people feel that it's how Christian DJs all think or act. I'm more concerned about the first part than the last. We've had bad attitudes sprout up here from time to time b/c ppl carried out what they felt was God's will the way they felt God wanted them to do it, but in actuallity... they didn't. I don't want to see this happen to you.

I just want to remind you about how ALL of this got started.


You asked for this communities' opinion. We gave it to you. You got it from several different viewpoints. Rather than listening to the advice concerning the more serious parts of what you are doing such as the scope or the name, you have trivialized it. The advice on things such as the logo, which is important... but not as important as the scope of the site or the name/marketing strategy, you have taken whole heartedly.

The worst part is that the people giving you this advice are all the ones who are more involved in this as a profession (either in a Christian or secular market) and know the market very well are cast aside and said to be against you and wanting to see you fail. Truthfully, it feels like a betrayal of friendship and trust.

If you really don't want to hear anything negative about your ideas and you don't trust the advice given by the people of this site, then perhaps it is best if you don't post them here.

So... do you want me to lock it then?