The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #141182 Message #3248754
Posted By: GUEST,Tunesmith
01-Nov-11 - 05:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Wasters at St Paul's to be kicked out
Subject: RE: BS: Wasters at St Paul's to be kicked out
The Church is probably more aligned with big business than Joe Average - never mind the poor..
Phil Ochs in his song "The Cannons of Christianity" made some pertinent comments. Here are a couple of extracts from the song.
"Holy hands will count the money raised Like a king the Lord is richly praised On a cross of diamond majesty Say the cannons of Christianity...
Cathedral walls will glitter with their gold And the sermons speak through silver robes Building castles amidst the poverty Say the cannons of Christianity..."