Got me going there for a moment until I looked at the source of the story. The BB is a fun site.
Some things should not be messed with.
It’s about time this happened!! Yeah I know the site is satire- but it could be real.
I know it’s satire, but this strikes me as a not-completely-unwarranted response to these goofballs who keep “improving” the old hymns of the faith.
I got hooked initially, until I went back up looking for the source and saw, “It’s satire people!”
Funny!
Haha, thinking of my dear old departed Dad who, years ago, was none too pleased when the Young Life group at church had a young fellow dressed as Joseph leading Mother Mary and Baby Jesus on a real donkey down the aisle to the altar for the opening of Christmas Mass. And Dad and a few other older parishioners cornered the Pastor to let him know it at my momma’s annual holiday party.
After that, even the annual Blessing of the Pets Service was held outside. Good times...
One of the many things I hate about Christmas. Trying to make traditional Christmas carols “relevant” is immensely irritating. I really can’t listen to the stuff any longer.
The lyrics in question...
Pleased, as man, with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
The substitution
Pleased, with us, with us to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
AND these lyrics
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
The substitution...
Born to raise us from the earth
Born to give us second birth
My argument is that if Charles Wesley had wanted to be gender neutral, he would have written it gender neutral. At that time the default was male pronouns. It was not meant to be exclusive.
I get back PC bull crap arguments about "inclusivity" and being open to all genders...
I tick them off by clearly singing the traditional lyrics.
Years ago, my parish had hymnals which substituted for the familiar lyrics of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” some bland and soporific lyrics, with a supercilious note explaining that the traditional lyrics were inappropriate because Jesus has already been born. Brain-dead idiots. Fortunately those hymnals were later replaced.