Posted by Lou Pilder on March 25, 2005, at 16:14:31
In reply to Re: Lou's response to AuntieMel's post-~suprtiv?, posted by AuntieMel on March 25, 2005, at 13:42:47
> A two pronged question ...
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> I went back and read the actual lyrics and what they said was "what can wash away my sins"
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> The key word there is *my*
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> If it said *your* instead of my - but still in song lyrics I would call it a grey area for Dr. Bob.
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> And if it said *your* and was *not* in a song I would have considered it against the guidelines.
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> When I read the lyrics they seemed to me to be reflective and inward-looking, which I don't think would be likely to incite anything. I think (my opinion only, which could be flawed) as long as people are inward-looking there will be no harm.
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> I think, too, when people list favorite religious songs they are usually considering the lyrics last. Before the actual words could come the music, or memories of happy times, or something else not word related.
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> I'm a bit partial to Amazing Grace, partly because I like the song, but mostly because of the history of how it was written.
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> Am I making any sense?Auntie Mel,
You wrote in your post above,[...the key word...is *my*...].
But in the statement in question , it writes, [...{nothing} but the blood of Jesus...].
Someone could think, IMO, that there is the potential for the statement to mean that {evryone's} sins are not going to be washed away unless they agree with the statement because the statement says [...{nothing}...]. Is there a difference between {nothing} and {only}?
But there is much more to this.
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
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