You wrote:
"I think Jesus and his disciples were pretty silent on the subject."
Probably because it was so commonly accepted in their day among Jews that contraception was wrong.
"Beyond that, we are pretty free. The Church of Christ thinks it is wrong to have musical instruments in church even though the Bible is VERY silent on the subject."
That's the best you can do? You're comparing a relatively new and obscure sect's weird view on musical instruments with a serious moral issue? You're not really prepared for this conversation are you?
"It means that I play an instrument in church AND drive a Chrysler (about which the Bible is also silent), although I stole neither."
Oh, so now the Bible must be explicit about every devise to see if use of that devise is moral? What about the Biblical condemnation of onanism?
Well, why bother? You aren't ready to seriously discuss this issue anyway.
>>Well, why bother? You aren't ready to seriously discuss this issue anyway.<<
You're right. I am on a conference call as I type this. ;)
"The Church of Christ thinks it is wrong to have musical instruments in church even though the Bible is VERY silent on the subject."
Very interesting and a case in point as to how a secular circumstance can become a religious proscription.
I was told by a Church of Christ Minister that after the Civil War the church just did not have the money to buy instruments and so they did without. Over time, this became the "Way things are done" and many of the older people of this church are convinced that instruments ARE the work of the devil.