that is so funny and so something xshub would do! he will exclaim aloud over stupidity like that as well.
He and I are sympatico on that. And veggies. ;)
Alas, and did my savior bleed
And did my sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
Well, at some point about 30 years ago, a hymn revisionist decided that the self-esteem of sinners might be hurt by such self-effacing lyric, so the hymn was revised in the new hymnals:
Alas, and did my savior bleed
And did my sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
For sinners such as I?
Well, about 25 years ago, another hymn revisionist decided that the lyric was still just too threatening, so the hymn was again revised in the even newer hymnals:
Alas, and did my savior bleed
And did my sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
For someone such as I?
Of course, when we sang the song in church, I just continued to sing it with the original lyrics "for such a worm as I" at full voice.
And as another example, about 15 years ago we were attending a small Baptist church that didn't have a choir, but I sang with the small worship ensemble that led in the music part of the worship services. Our music leader had chosen the familiar song "Jesus Loves the Little Children" as one of the songs. We were practicing the song with the instrumentalists, and I noticed the words were different. The lines "Red and Yellow, Black and White - They are precious in his sight" had been changed to "Every color, every race - they're all covered by His grace". I stopped the rehearsal right there and told him that I would not sing those words so he'd better plan on singing it on Sunday with the original words. He laughed, and agreed with me. We sang the song as it was originally written.