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gtar100

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1. I have the same response with prayers in Latin and Hindu chants
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 10:26 PM
Oct 2018

They can be very beautiful but I like to know the meaning of what is being said too. But I can't imagine Gregorian or Hindu chants in English sounding quite so sublime.

I have the same response with prayers in Latin and Hindu chants gtar100 Oct 2018 #1
A nice point. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #6
If not edhopper Oct 2018 #2
Is there room for teh lulz in this attempt to stir shit up? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #3
One of your more eloquent posts. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #7
Only if a particular believer allows it. trotsky Oct 2018 #4
It seems to me that this is really only an issue for Muslims. MineralMan Oct 2018 #5
We disagree. eom guillaumeb Oct 2018 #8
Why would a non-Muslim care what language a Muslim prays in? marylandblue Oct 2018 #9
I hope your question was rhetorical Major Nikon Oct 2018 #10
Seemed like a good question. He can answer anyway he likes. Or not. marylandblue Oct 2018 #11
Sometimes a non-answer provides more info Major Nikon Oct 2018 #12
Because of this: guillaumeb Nov 2018 #14
Well that's just putting a turtle on top of a turtle marylandblue Nov 2018 #16
Recitation in a language that one does not speak guillaumeb Nov 2018 #17
For some. For others it is spiritual magic, especially when chanted or sung. marylandblue Nov 2018 #18
Very true. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #19
The problem for religion is it has to be one or the other marylandblue Nov 2018 #22
One of the benefits of the Latin Mass was the teaching MineralMan Nov 2018 #23
I lived in moderate Turkish secular/ Muslim territories for many years Bretton Garcia Nov 2018 #13
Thank you for the personal insight about Turkey. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #15
Some Christians are superficially but not deeply rational on religion Bretton Garcia Nov 2018 #20
I lived in Turkey for 15 months, courtesy of the USAF. MineralMan Nov 2018 #21
Yup. Turkey was OK. I was in Izmir Bretton Garcia Nov 2018 #24
I was in Samsun. MineralMan Nov 2018 #25
Well now Turkey is in a long slide into Voltaire2 Nov 2018 #26
Islamic fundamentalism is a powerful agent. MineralMan Nov 2018 #27
Turkey's Erdogan headed into right wing religion Bretton Garcia Nov 2018 #31
I was in Turkey in '67, courtesy of the US Navy.. Permanut Nov 2018 #32
Samsun wasn't much like Istanbul. MineralMan Nov 2018 #35
In Pakinstan edhopper Nov 2018 #28
But, see...someone on the Patheos blog is being reasonable, maybe. MineralMan Nov 2018 #29
The Patheos blog is always pathetic Bretton Garcia Nov 2018 #30
It's not a frequent visiting place for me. MineralMan Nov 2018 #33
The sarcasm is far outweighed by the straw. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #36
But it makes a serviceable bed to lie in, straw does. MineralMan Nov 2018 #38
So you line your bed with straw for comfort? guillaumeb Nov 2018 #39
No, not as a rule. MineralMan Nov 2018 #40
We tried the memory foam but did not like it. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #41
I didn't like it at first, but changed my mind after MineralMan Nov 2018 #42
When you join a faith-based organization.. Permanut Nov 2018 #34
Not at all true. eom guillaumeb Nov 2018 #37
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