A song of prayer.

Now, don’t worry yourself I haven’t gone and unbackslidden (would that be frontslidden?). It was an actually an idea inspired by 2 different things, neither of which is me re-embracing Jesus Christ (or any other invisible friend) as my saviour.

1. Luke 18:9-14: The parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, where the Pharisee (playing the campy bad guy role he is typically in) prays “God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.”

2. Something that Dave the Happy Singer said on a recent podcast. I think it was the Skepticzone but it may have been Critical Mass. I didn’t take notes, and he’s lucky that I’m crediting him at all, this isn’t an essay or scientific paper after all*. Anyway, he said that something along similar lines to what the Pharisee prayed in the quote above would make for a good song.

This is that song.

Or at least my version of it**. Loaded with references to western elitism, religious hypocrisy and theological contradictions. Its twisted and dark and metal, just as you’d expect from me.

* – But I will accept the whole he who publishes first wins idea from such papers

** – Obviously if Mr. Happy Singer were to follow thru on his idea to write a similarly themed song it would be quite different. Possibly more happy. Possibly more singing.

Lyrics

Chorus:
Thank the lord that I’m not….
One of them

Verse 1:
Thank the lord that I’m not
Born into a foreign land
Living in poverty
Living in some kind of hell
Thank the lord that I’m not
Forced to hunt for my bread
Forced to steal internet
Made to be a criminal

Verse 2:
Thank the lord that I’m not
A member of the weaker sex
Submissive and repressed
Built to learn in silent meekness
Thank the lord that I’m not
A backslider or unsaved
A cursed jew or muslim
Or a goddamned atheist

Verse 3:
Thank the lord that I’m not
Struck down by disease
AIDS, cancer or leprosy
Birth defects or insanity
Thank the lord that I’m not
Killed by a volcano
Or washed away in a flood
Or destroyed by gods evil!

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