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Originally posted by juju
Personally, I find the lyrics to that song to be very offensive. I won't call myself a wretch, and I think any ideology that encouages such thinking is potentially quite dangerous.
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You're using the wrong definition of wretch. The primary definition according to Webster is "1 : a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune"
See John Newton's story
here
Also while I like "Amazing Grace", my favorite hymn is of a different sort. See
"It is Well with my Soul"
09-23-2003, 03:19 PM
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