Re: CHAT: Lord's Prayer

blahedo@brown.edu writes:
>Funny how much of a reflection this whole thing is on 20th century
>America.  Every change I seriously object to is a reflection of some
>undesirable modern trait: hubris, legalism, and moral devolution (let
>someone else take the moral responsibility: *save* me, not "lead me
>not").  Blee-agh.
>
>And they totally screwed up the rhythm of the thing, too.
The version Nik posted just does not have the same feeling to it at all. I
think whoever made this "updated" version did not understand what the
meanings of the words really were (or thought they sounded more
contemporary and would be more understandable, but couldn't find better
substitutes). Anyway, I agree the rhythm is messed as well!


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