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Thread #35104   Message #477217
Posted By: hesperis
05-Jun-01 - 09:25 PM
Thread Name: Can you sing 'Gospel' without Belief?
Subject: RE: Can you sing 'Gospel' without Belief?
I was in Church choir for a few yers. I liked the music better than most of the others in Choir. Hymns, Gospel, Carols - great! Only a few of the songs got on my nerves. (Don't remember which ones, sorry.) And I'll sing "Lord of the Dance" in any of three versions: the original Shaker hymn (Simple Gifts), the Christian version, and Pagan version.

And I am definitely not Christian. Of course, it's amazing how many symbols commonly used by the Christian religion, are used by other religions... and older religions than Christianity, too. So there is a common thread in many religions, and in many of their songs.

That makes it easy for someone who believes in The Divine first, Music second, and Religion third, to sing songs from almost any religion with meaning.