but the religious bit is symbolic, rather then being about any particular creed

Blake hated organised religion, for one thing.

"All deities reside in the human breast", as he put it.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on November 25th 2009 at 17:59:06

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Should England's National Anthem be changed? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Nov 25, 17:42:11
- yes, to "angels" by robbie williams. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 25, 18:46:36
- (incidentally, you can't *change* it, 'cos we don't currently have one (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 25, 17:51:47
- Yes. Jerusalem. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 25, 17:49:26
- No, I like Land of Hope and Glory (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 25, 17:47:46
  - you can't read this - to the last verse - without a patriotic tear welling in the eye... (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 25, 17:54:51
    - No chance (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Nov 25, 17:58:36
      - see below. Not if they bothered to understand what Blake himself stood for (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 25, 18:00:38
        
        If by "Jerusalem" (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Nov 25, 18:03:47
        
        ha ha. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 25, 18:05:13
    - it's very good, must be said. But I don't like the god element (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 25, 17:56:51
      - but the religious bit is symbolic, rather then being about any particular creed (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 25, 17:59:06
        
        true, maybe it'll be changed when the queen pops her expensive clogs (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 25, 18:00:53
  - on the other hand, bin off GSTQ (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 25, 17:53:21
    - They will in a few years (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Nov 25, 17:54:16
      - how old is the old bint now anyway? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 25, 17:58:07
  - That's Brittain (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 25, 17:51:36
    - we've used LoHaG in the past (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 25, 17:55:24
      - as well as being an athiest. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 25, 17:57:01
        
        quite, though I preferred not to mention that (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 25, 17:59:58
        
        Too complicated (n/m) (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Nov 25, 18:00:15

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