Sinner's Creed by Scott Stapp

 Sinner's Creed by Scott Stapp and David Ritz









Oh boy! There is a lot of religion in this book. So much so that I began to wonder just what I was reading. Was I reading a conversion story? Well, sort of. Was I reading a story of redemption? Well, sort of. Was I reading a rock and roll autobiography? Well, sort of.

Sure this tells the story of the band Creed and Mr. Stapp's relationships within the band but it tells us more. Scott Stapp jumped right in and decided to confuse the reader with the kind of book this is. 

Religion plays a big part in Stapp's life. Great. We read of the issues Scott went through when trying to wrap his music around his religion. It wasn't just the music that we see Scott struggle with. We see him struggle with more than music and drugs and sex. We see his personal struggle with his religion.

His father insisted upon Scott behaving and acting in a way that was in accord with the good book. That seems to have messed Scott up a bunch in his years as a young man.

I recognize why there is so much talk of God and religion in Sinner's Creed but there was just so much talk of God that if you weren't that way inclined it might turn you off. As it did me.

Fortunately, it doesn't take long to read. Give yourself a few hours on a weekend but . . . 

Creed is a second-tier band and Sinner's Creed is nothing more than a passable passel of papers. There are likely better biographies on Creed and Stapp. Go find one of those.

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