Indian rejects Christian hymn

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

I'm surprized Harsha Shaw has not chimed in to comment on this story yet, given that it involves India, Scotland and not a single elephant.

A Scottish hymn, said to be Mahatma Gandhi's favourite, was dropped from India's annual Republic Day celebrations, as part of what the government says is an "ongoing process of decolonising India".

Col Nair remembers watching the ceremony as a child and in later years attending in person. "The highlight of it was listening to Abide with Me and hearing the chimes from the ramparts. It was a beautiful, soulful thing."

A military source told the BBC that the song was being removed from this year's event to make way for a playlist of Indian tunes.

It's just another example of cancel culture destroying... uhh... culture. The Indians have sung the Scottish hymn for many, many years and now all that heritage is being flattened like a primitive village under naval bombardment by a superior technological power and its industries coopted and mechanized to extract all profit. So unfair.

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

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They plan to replace it with this, which is (allegedly) a patriotic song:

Whether the midget whirling dervish in green will feature is not yet clear.

[Isabella White]

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I'm surprized Harsha Shaw has not chimed in to comment on this story yet, given that it involves India, Scotland and not a single elephant.

And, for that, dear Brother Dr. Toole, we must give thanks to Almighty in Heaven above! Mark my words: the elephant tales are one thing, but before we know it, Miss Shah will be onto even stranger stories involving snakes and feminists!

It's just another example of cancel culture destroying... uhh... culture. The Indians have sung the Scottish hymn for many, many years and now all that heritage is being flattened like a primitive village under naval bombardment by a superior technological power and its industries coopted and mechanized to extract all profit. So unfair.

I can't say that I am surprised by how those Indian people have made a sacrilege out of a beloved, old hymn; my, my. Again, it's just another sign of how rebels (who are inspired by Satan) want to ruin anything and everything that glorifies the . For instance, in this next video clip, you will note that instead of making something to truly honor , the Indians make up a nonsense clip and call it: "Cobra Visits Temple to Worship Lord Shiva"!

Exodus 20:3 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

[Dennis Lukes]

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The imperialist Scots took possession of England in 1603, it was only a matter of time until they moved on to bigger fish like India. Those bastards need to be punished for their colonialist ways. No wonder Jesus keeps ensuring that their independence referenda fail.

[Johny Joe Hold]

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Credit the Brits civilizing a barbaric country, teaching it English and imposing Christianity. But, the job is not complete. They speak with an accent and now are ruining Christian music.

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

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Credit the Brits civilizing a barbaric country, teaching it English and imposing Christianity. But, the job is not complete. They speak with an accent...

I can't really find it in my heart to blame them for that, Brother Mr Mayor Sir, because so do the Brits.

[handmaiden]

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When will India give up Cricket?

[Dennis Lukes]

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When will India give up Cricket?

When will they give up using English as their official language, so that the thousands of Injun tribes can duke it out to be top slumdog? When will they ban moving pictures, and thus shut down wicked Bollywood? W̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶g̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶t̶o̶i̶l̶e̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶m̶o̶d̶e̶r̶n̶ ̶s̶e̶w̶a̶g̶e̶ ̶s̶y̶s̶t̶e̶m̶s̶?̶ When will they ban Christianity, slamming shut the door on any hope of salvation for all of the brown devils? No, they don't really want decolonization. They just want to give the finger to their erstwhile colonizers while enjoying the benefits of post-colonialism. Job 15:34 - "For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery."


Say, doesn't "colon-ize" sound like it should be another word for what homers do to each others asses?

[Johny Joe Hold]

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I think India has been searching for centuries for something it could excel at. First, they tried cows. They thought the world would be amazed at how many cows could stand around until they died. Even today, no country in the world has as many standing cows.

Then the country decided to excel in telephone scammers. An entire generation of young people in India has left the standing cows to die and makes a living taking money from old people.

[Romeo Rovagnati]

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I'm surprized Harsha Shaw has not chimed in to comment on this story yet, given that it involves India, Scotland and not a single elephant.

It's just another example of cancel culture destroying... uhh... culture. The Indians have sung the Scottish hymn for many, many years and now all that heritage is being flattened like a primitive village under naval bombardment by a superior technological power and its industries coopted and mechanized to extract all profit. So unfair.

It makes me very sad hearing that all of the work of the Jesuits and Mother Theresa is not enough. I hope that the Pellerossa one day will accept Jesus as their saviour.

If Mrs. Sha does so, I will gladly welcome her with open arms in Church.

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

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When will they give up using English as their official language, so that the thousands of Injun tribes can duke it out to be top slumdog? When will they ban moving pictures, and thus shut down wicked Bollywood? W̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶g̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶t̶o̶i̶l̶e̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶m̶o̶d̶e̶r̶n̶ ̶s̶e̶w̶a̶g̶e̶ ̶s̶y̶s̶t̶e̶m̶s̶?̶ When will they ban Christianity, slamming shut the door on any hope of salvation for all of the brown devils? No, they don't really want decolonization. They just want to give the finger to their erstwhile colonizers while enjoying the benefits of post-colonialism. Job 15:34 - "For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery."


Say, doesn't "colon-ize" sound like it should be another word for what homers do to each others asses?

What have the colonialists tried to do for them? How about taking their cotton and sending it off to be made into cloth in highly automated and efficient factories. But no, they preferred to hand spin their cotton and hand weave their cloth.

[Harsha Shah]

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Yes, it is Harsha Shah here and I am noticing that Mr. Toole has been very kind to be remembering me regarding India, although I have never been living there myself and I am now speaking better Gaelic than Gujarati, yes. I am hoping that I am not offending you but I am now replying to this thread that is concerning music, yes. I am thinking that the people in India are doing the correct thing but they are also doing the wrong thing when they are rejecting some music. Yes. Music is like the story of the blind men and the elephant, yes? Perhaps you are knowledgeable of this story, yes? One man is touching the tusks and thinking that they are spears and one is touching the trunk and taking it as a hose and one is touching the lingam and thinking that is it Shiva, yes? Music is just like the elephant and if we are not listening to all kinds of music, we will never be knowing the whole elephant and its beauty, yes. I am hoping that I am not offending you by replying to this sad and beautiful thread, yes.

[Virginia Day Templeton]

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I misread the title and thought a Christian virgin had eluded the appetites of one of the countless rape gangs roaming that accursed country. But of course that's highly unlikely, given the state of Hindu women.

[handmaiden]

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Yes, it is Harsha Shah here and I am noticing that Mr. Toole has been very kind to be remembering me regarding India, although I have never been living there myself and I am now speaking better Gaelic than Gujarati, yes. I am hoping that I am not offending you but I am now replying to this thread that is concerning music, yes. I am thinking that the people in India are doing the correct thing but they are also doing the wrong thing when they are rejecting some music. Yes. Music is like the story of the blind men and the elephant, yes? Perhaps you are knowledgeable of this story, yes? One man is touching the tusks and thinking that they are spears and one is touching the trunk and taking it as a hose and one is touching the lingam and thinking that is it Shiva, yes? Music is just like the elephant and if we are not listening to all kinds of music, we will never be knowing the whole elephant and its beauty, yes. I am hoping that I am not offending you by replying to this sad and beautiful thread, yes.

You know, I used to like elephants to a reasonable degree. I thought that they were interesting animals and the baby ones were especially cute.

But now, I am beginning to hate elephants with a seething fire in my veins. If Donald Trump Jr. wanted to start a Go Fund Me account so that he could travel the world full time and shoot elephants for 57 weeks a year, I might be willing to split my tithes to Landover Baptist Church and support that cause. Frankly, I wish now that Noah had never risked tipping over the Ark to get the lumbering, loathsome beasts aboard. . . Furthermore, if I encounter any blind people in the near future I may deliberately trip them.

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

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If Donald Trump Jr. wanted to start a Go Fund Me account so that he could travel the world full time and shoot elephants for 57 weeks a year, I might be willing to split my tithes to Landover Baptist Church and support that cause.

I do have some sympathy for Trump Jr's kindly attitude to animal well-being but he is not acting in Biblical Truth at this juncture in his life - but he's a young man with opportunity to grow in that regard. Let's remind ourselves of what the Bible says:

Genesis 1:26-28
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

So good He said it twice. I don't see why it has to be some big mystery.