Re: More on music for worship .....

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:04:20 -0700, Simon Robinson <email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Trevor Jenkins wrote:
When his prejudices mean that others are not to be permitted to use a way
that helps them to worship God then I'd say it was wrong. Different from
say one of the Bushes who didn't like being served brocolli may be the
growers didn't appreciate not having their produce on the menu but it
wasn't a limitation on worship. If all the Pope is saying that when he
attends Mass he wants only a cappella singing that's fine it would be no
different to Bush expressing a culinary preference but if he's saying all
RC sung worship must only be conducted in his prescribed manner then I
think he's wrong.

I don't think that analogy is quite right - since mass tends to be a
thing that involves more than one person, so you wouldn't really expect
that the choice of the music that everyone has to listen to should be
entirely determined by the tastes of one particular participant.

No I think the analogy stands. President Bush (whichever of father or son)
insisted that brocolli not be served at any state function in the White
House or indeed any other US terrority that he effectively hosted. So he
was affecting many participants.

Regards, Trevor

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