Comparing the great Battle Hymn of the Republic to teaching Jihad, martyrdom, and glory of death as an end to itself to young children is a true sign of a broken moral compass.
I can't make this up --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > Oooof. Slam-dunk. > > "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, > While God is marching on." > > (And damn, it's such a wonderful tune...) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ditzyklanmail <carc108@> wrote: > > > > Peace is much better to deal with. > > > > Children were being taught this song and spread word of mouth in the > > 1800's. I remember singing this song in school, taught by the public > > school system of America. : ) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_Hymn_of_the_Republic > > > > Lyrics > > Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: > > He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; > > He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: > > His truth is marching on. > > (Chorus) > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > His truth is marching on. > > I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps, > > They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; > > I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: > > His day is marching on. > > (Chorus) > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > His day is marching on. > > I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: > > "As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; > > Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, > > Since God is marching on." > > (Chorus) > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Since God is marching on. > > He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; > > He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat: > > Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet! > > Our God is marching on. > > (Chorus) > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Our God is marching on. > > In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, > > With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: > > As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, > > While God is marching on. > > (Chorus) > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > While God is marching on. > > He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave, > > He is Wisdom to the mighty, He is Succour to the brave, > > So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of Time His slave, > > Our God is marching on. > > (Chorus) > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Glory, glory, hallelujah! > > Our God is marching on. > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: sgrayatlarge <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wed, 23 June, 2010 6:48:50 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Video of Muslim children singing ..... No > > Greater honor than to Die a Martyr > > > > > > You think this is typical propaganda? This is systematic brainwashing of > > the most hideous/evil kind. To children! Feeling sorry will not cut it. It > > needs to be stopped, otherwise, feel sorry for the ones who will be torn to > > bits and murdered by these same children who grow up to be suicide bombers. > > > > Otherwise the world will continue to feel sorry and nothing happens and > > Israel continues to be condemmed by world opinion. Life goes on, and we > > feel good feeling sorry as if this is enough. > > > > It's not > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ditzyklanmail <carc108@> wrote: > > > > > > I feel sorry for everyone who falls for propaganda everywhere. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: wgm4u <wgm4u@> > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Wed, 23 June, 2010 12:20:23 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Video of Muslim children singing ..... No > > > Greater honor than to Die a Martyr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > You want to see the early makings of a suicide bomber? Watch and learn > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=illF1vt5g1Q > > > > > > How sick and misguided and yet, what a great production, great talent, > > > even the song is catchy. I feel sorry for Israel, and the World, for such > > > hate to exist. > > > > > > To think that a (suicide bomber) martyr is "God's favorite"?, how sick > > > and twisted! Those children are being brainwashed for the sake revenge > > > and material desire for land that will some day vanish like so many > > > snowflakes. > > > > > >
