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Songs of Praise
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Songs of Praise
Here I sit watching Songs of Praise (sic) and the one theme that constantly runs through the whole programme and with all the people who are interviewed is that of worship, praise, glorification, humility and groveling for forgiveness.

It really makes me feel uneasy and actually makes me cringe when I hear people talking like this. What kind of God demands that his followers worship and praise him for all eternity? I mean, what sort of ego would you have to have?

Also, why must people beg for their sins to be forgiven when presumably this same God created them exactly as they are and knew full well what they would be even before they existed and yet still went on to bring them into existence. How is this their fault and why should they apologise for being human?

The idea of a loving God who only wants the best for you is fine, it's just the rest of the baggage that seems to want to turn people into submissive worms that I can't understand.
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Songs of Praise - by Darwinian - November 15, 2009 at 1:36 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by downbeatplumb - November 15, 2009 at 1:41 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Darwinian - November 15, 2009 at 1:44 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by downbeatplumb - November 15, 2009 at 1:58 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by fr0d0 - November 15, 2009 at 6:11 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by downbeatplumb - November 16, 2009 at 2:06 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Craveman - November 16, 2009 at 5:06 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by fr0d0 - November 16, 2009 at 5:15 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by downbeatplumb - November 17, 2009 at 2:29 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by fr0d0 - November 17, 2009 at 4:54 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Craveman - November 18, 2009 at 11:13 am
RE: Songs of Praise - by fr0d0 - November 18, 2009 at 5:04 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Craveman - November 19, 2009 at 8:52 am
RE: Songs of Praise - by fr0d0 - November 19, 2009 at 4:20 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Craveman - November 20, 2009 at 12:03 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by downbeatplumb - November 21, 2009 at 12:38 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Craveman - November 22, 2009 at 5:45 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by downbeatplumb - November 23, 2009 at 1:13 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by downbeatplumb - November 19, 2009 at 2:08 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Craveman - November 23, 2009 at 5:44 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by downbeatplumb - November 18, 2009 at 2:08 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by fr0d0 - November 20, 2009 at 3:57 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Craveman - November 21, 2009 at 5:05 am
RE: Songs of Praise - by Violet - November 23, 2009 at 5:45 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by fr0d0 - November 23, 2009 at 5:47 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Violet - November 23, 2009 at 5:50 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Craveman - November 23, 2009 at 5:51 pm
RE: Songs of Praise - by Rhizomorph13 - November 23, 2009 at 8:22 pm

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