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*"Deep Within"<ref>Lyrics by David Haas</ref> - has churchgoers chant the arguably blasphemous line "I will be your God"<ref>Ezekiel 36:28 '''''quotes God''''' -- not people -- as saying, "I will be your God."  [[Christians]] should not be compelled in church to say (or sing) that they will be "your God."</ref>
 
*"Deep Within"<ref>Lyrics by David Haas</ref> - has churchgoers chant the arguably blasphemous line "I will be your God"<ref>Ezekiel 36:28 '''''quotes God''''' -- not people -- as saying, "I will be your God."  [[Christians]] should not be compelled in church to say (or sing) that they will be "your God."</ref>
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**Other common hymns where congregants are expected to sing the words of God are "I Am the Bread of Life" and "Here I Am, Lord".
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**Other common hymns where congregants are expected to sing the words of God are "I Am the Bread of Life" and "Here I Am, Lord."<small><sup>how is this last phrase the words of God?</sup></small>
 
*"Let There Be Peace on Earth" - isn't this the opposite of what [[Jesus]] preached?  In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9 NIV).
 
*"Let There Be Peace on Earth" - isn't this the opposite of what [[Jesus]] preached?  In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9 NIV).
 
*"Ashes" - George Weigel criticized the lyrics as promoting Pelagian heresy ("we rise again from ashes to create ourselves anew").
 
*"Ashes" - George Weigel criticized the lyrics as promoting Pelagian heresy ("we rise again from ashes to create ourselves anew").
    
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== Heretical Hymns ==
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George Weigel, a critic of heresy in hymns, wrote:<ref>http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/music/heretical-hymns.html</ref>
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{{cquote|Next to go should be those 'We are Jesus' hymns in which the congregation (for the first time in two millennia of Christian hymnology) pretends that it's Christ.}}
    
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