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Post by julia on Oct 11, 2007 15:51:33 GMT
A couple of days ago I had the great pleasure of attending a concert by the wonderful guitarist and folk singer Martin Simpson. One of the songs he played was a lovely arrangement of the old junior school hymn "When a knight won his spurs", from which he had removed the word God "because he's on speaking terms with George Bush". Nice one, Martin! ;D
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Post by bobdezon on Oct 11, 2007 17:39:22 GMT
what word did he use in its stead btw?
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Post by kt3 on Oct 11, 2007 17:55:43 GMT
Just to hijack the thread slightly... in my time, I've attended a lot of churches... mostly Spiritualist, but also some Christian ones. And while I expected to stand up and pretend to sing hymns, I found it to be a waste of time. There is no way I am going to sing, even if I did know the tune or words.
But my main point is this... why do some Spiritualist churches insist on using what is basically Christian hymns? The SNU does not really pay any attention to Jesus. Only the Greater World churches do that.
So why, if there is no Christian connection with the SNU, do they sing hymns?
a) Is it a time wasting tactic to reduce the amount of time a medium has to stand platform?
b) Is it to bring up the "energies" into some music inspired vibration?
c) Is it to warn off evil spirits?
d) Is it for some legal reason, with regard to worshipping laws?
e) Is it just to make my feet ache, with all the standing up?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2007 13:31:25 GMT
So why, if there is no Christian connection with the SNU, do they sing hymns? e) Is it just to make my feet ache, with all the standing up? ;D ;D If you make a congregation of mostly ancient people stand for long periods of time in a draughty hall, you significantly improve your chances of increasing the "otherworldly" congregation fairly quickly. |
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Post by bobdezon on Oct 15, 2007 13:50:24 GMT
astute observation sarah  |
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Post by kt3 on Oct 15, 2007 19:26:46 GMT
I am far from ancient! I see what you're saying though. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2007 20:51:21 GMT
Lol, i did say "mostly" ancient  |
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Post by SoundLad on Oct 27, 2007 16:16:32 GMT
I just used to hum the hyms didnt really care if i sung it or not cause i cant sing...
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