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Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujia?" May God have mercy on us. This is an extremely poopr selection for this event, despite being a captivating melody---thus, making it more repugnant. It is subversively anti-Christian rubbish and contrary to the values that we should be trying to promote at such an event.
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Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujia?" May God have mercy on us. This is an extremely poor selection for this event, despite being a captivating melody---thus, making it more repugnant. It is subversively anti-Christian rubbish and contrary to the values that we should be trying to promote at such an event.
Many non-Jews and non-Christians love this song, and many Jews and Christians don't analyze the lyrics but love the melody and the "Hallelujah". Of note, Biblical scholars do not consider it to be a "Christian song".
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Re: ". . . many Jews and Christians don't analyze the lyrics but love the melody and the "Hallelujah." Yes. And this is the problem, eh? It is the same problem with, "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)," and "Only the Good Die Young." These tunes may be delightful, but the lyrics bury themselves in the brains of the vulnerable and can influence the moral sense. Thus, these things are best described as cultural cancers. I chose the term 'cancers' over 'poisons' because the agent is not only harmful, but is active and grows.