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Re: shouting the National Anthem
Mike, the penny-stamp man, on host 209.240.220.167
Tuesday, May 29, 2001, at 11:32:58
Re: shouting the National Anthem posted by Philbee on Tuesday, May 29, 2001, at 10:59:26:
[bit of a trim]
>...Why the heck should God want to save the Queen any more than anyone else? (I'm also quite a vociferous Christian when I'm not talking face to face). And I REALLY don't agree with verse 3. If I remember correctly, it's asking God to muck up the politics of England's enemies and "confound their knavish tricks". Now that should be racism in anyone's opinion.
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Or it could be an effort to emulate the type of soul-searching evidenced in ancient writings of the Hebrews, i.e. imprecatory psalms. [e.g., Ps. 137:9]
Penny "Do you at least sing along with the hymn "Jerusalem"? stamp
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