Short answer? Even with no Islam, there'd still be anti-semitism and hate and war.
Of course you know that; this is poetry, not logical argument. But that's what I meant by your version having the same weakness as the original. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 3, 2010, at 17:22, [email protected] wrote: > Ernie : > Just got back, need a little time for some things around here. But time enough > to ask a question. > > "Both good and bad" > > Obviously , my view is that it is all good, 100% good, with nothing bad. > What did I miss ? > > At least you know the "theology" behind the words. > The goal was a simple, memorable statement of what we just talked about. > Critique of Islam, but most of the lyrics are all about a vision for the > future > based on ecumenical spirit. > > But if there are serious problems, OK, I am willing to "listen" and make > a few revisions if necessary. As it is, the poetry of the three new stanzas > is less than it could be, to understate the case. Need to work on that. > While I'm at it, maybe change a couple of other things. > > Now is the time for that, viz, if you have the time for a critique. > If you don't, not a problem. Think I can muddle through, well enough. > > Billy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > In a message dated 8/3/2010 2:30:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > Hi Billy, > > Nice, in much the same ways as Lennons's. Both good and bad. :-P > > E > On Aug 3, 2010, at 2:22 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Imagine >> John Lennon / Revised >> >> >> >> >> Imagine there's no Islam >> It's easy if you try >> No Qur'an for us >> We reach for the sky >> Imagine all the people >> Living for the truth >> >> Imagine there's no jihad >> It isn't hard to do >> Nothing to kill or die for >> And no anti-Semitism too >> Imagine all the people >> Living life in peace >> >> You may say I'm a dreamer >> But I'm not the only one >> I hope some day you'll join us >> And the world will be one >> >> Imagine no Muhammad >> I know that you can >> No need for hate or thunder >> A brotherhood of man >> Imagine all the people >> Sharing all the world >> >> Imagine the past alive again >> A rebirth of lost faiths >> The treasure of our youth >> The promise of the Earth >> Imagine a hundred Americas >> Democracy for all the people >> >> Imagine women free to be themselves >> No need to pretend any more >> The promise of a new beginning >> And all men free to be honest >> Imagine America for the world >> A new kind of America reborn >> >> Imagine India, imagine Iran >> Imagine all the nations >> Made new, their religions made new >> For all the people, for the Good >> And only for the Good >> We can do it if we really try. >> >> You may say I'm a dreamer >> But I'm not the only one >> I hope some day you'll join us >> And the world will live as one >> >> -- >> Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community >> <[email protected]> >> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism >> Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
