tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post2175950641939259259..comments2023-10-23T14:33:38.071-07:00Comments on Burg Berry: Musings over Problems with Musical PrayersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-52326073544472330112012-12-07T07:43:58.608-08:002012-12-07T07:43:58.608-08:00I will never be able to sing the hymns at church w...I will never be able to sing the hymns at church with a straight face again. Thanks, Sweetheart.Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-54021447629220491432012-12-05T01:03:14.005-08:002012-12-05T01:03:14.005-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-56294033143168089982012-12-01T07:59:39.089-08:002012-12-01T07:59:39.089-08:00wait, where did you get this tradition that hymns ...wait, where did you get this tradition that hymns are like unto prayers?<br /><br />And what's wrong "Earth must atone for the blood of that man/Wake up the world for the conflict of justice." ? World conflict in the interests of Justice sounds like good, clean fun.Krennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05709359305577677184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-18620189669961920192012-11-30T14:55:10.281-08:002012-11-30T14:55:10.281-08:00Renae--I didn't even touch on the songs which ...Renae--I didn't even touch on the songs which are doctrinally acceptable but musically and/or lyrically bad. "Know This That Every Soul is Free" is one example that springs quickly to mind. I'm sure if I leafed through the hymn book, I'd quickly find others.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719154384364654744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-40605832839012137812012-11-30T11:12:33.015-08:002012-11-30T11:12:33.015-08:00I agree with you! The Primary song the bugs me the...I agree with you! The Primary song the bugs me the most is the new one they learned this year. I don't know the title, but it starts out, "I came to Earth with power to choose/ Good choices that bless me and my family, too." I cringe every time we sing it. The melody is badly written and the words don't fit the meter very well. The rhymes (if they can generously be called such) are atrocious. I can't figure out why they picked this one to have the entire world learn. Nathan and I like to grumble over it. Luckily he doesn't have to sing it every Sunday any more! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17166247149959534772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-77198935687418419702012-11-29T09:39:43.863-08:002012-11-29T09:39:43.863-08:00Yes! Exactly! Eric, you get it! Faith alone doesn&...Yes! Exactly! Eric, you get it! Faith alone doesn't guarantee anything! Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691867023839548351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-67313094195318092902012-11-29T03:46:12.087-08:002012-11-29T03:46:12.087-08:00I refused to sing the "I would like to have b...I refused to sing the "I would like to have been a child then" line back in Brownsburg, for the same reasons, although I added the fact that I wouldn't have lived long enough to have been a child then. I kept telling my teachers and classmates I would have died long before age 9-10 if I had lived in the 1840s. On the logic issue, the hymns don't bother me because I treat them more as poetry than grammatically correct prayers, and there is a lot of latitude in poetic license. However, many years ago I read an article in the Ensign about the truth of the Book of Mormon. It quoted Pres. Benson on the subject of how we know it is true, and to paraphrase, he said "We know it is true because it says it is true." That has always struck me as ridiculous.Cherylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-23006327132250469792012-11-28T19:30:47.330-08:002012-11-28T19:30:47.330-08:00Aunt Carolyn, I saw what you said about saying thi...Aunt Carolyn, I saw what you said about saying things MIGHT happen instead of saying you KNEW they would happen. So "Faith is like a little seed; if planted it will grow" turns into "if planted it MIGHT grow." Like the Parable of the Sower. Be sure to tell Aunt Ten about my comment.<br /><br />--EricAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-15113446383542686682012-11-28T19:20:54.865-08:002012-11-28T19:20:54.865-08:00Eric--you're absolutely right. Thanks.
--MomEric--you're absolutely right. Thanks.<br /><br />--MomGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719154384364654744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-91486017788601765352012-11-28T19:20:33.557-08:002012-11-28T19:20:33.557-08:00Mom, for the recursive logic thing, to be real rec...Mom, for the recursive logic thing, to be real recursive logic, it should say "I know He lives because He lives. He lives because I know He lives."<br /><br />--EricGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719154384364654744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421039709321794850.post-17168528863105395652012-11-28T18:45:42.364-08:002012-11-28T18:45:42.364-08:00You're not the only one. Kristi Kirkeiner and ...You're not the only one. Kristi Kirkeiner and I used to make fun of hymns in similar ways when we were growing up. My favorite was when we rewrote -- and then subsequently sang, loudly -- all of the lyrics about faith into believing things "MIGHT" happen instead of "KNOWING" they would.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691867023839548351noreply@blogger.com