According to an influential bishop named Eusebius, Christian pacifism was from then on to be strictly for clergy, monks, and nuns; lay Christians would now be obligated to defend the empire with force | The specific problem is: versions may not meet |
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The song drew controversy again in Britain in November 2008, when it was played over the speakers in an supermarket in , prompting numerous complaints from customers | He referred to the Muslims who then controlled Palestine as an "unclean nation" that had polluted Christian holy places |
According to Morello, "Killing in the Name" was created in a collaborative effort, combining his riff with "Timmy C.
The song builds in intensity, as chants the line "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me", murmuring the line the first four times, building in a crescendo the next four times and angrily screaming the line the final eight times culminating with De La Rocha's screaming "Motherfucker! The campaign received support from , who had appeared on The X Factor with the finalists, and X Factor contestants | And sadly, some Christian leaders eventually came to advocate force against heretics and infidels, and even total war in the interest of defending and expanding the faith |
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As a result of the campaign, the song is featured in the 2011 UK edition of the under the category of 'Fastest-selling digital track UK ', after recording 502,672 downloads in its first week | But collective punishment and indiscriminate war were also commanded or approved in the Hebrew Bible, especially in cases of idolatry |
During the crescendo of their performance, frontman Zack De La Rocha started out only singing "I won't do what you tell me", with a pause where he normally sings "fuck you", but after a few lines, he screamed the lyrics, "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" repeatedly.
17Killing Muslims became itself a form of penance for Christians for remission of their sins | Zack de la Rocha sometimes changes the lyrics in the second verse from "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses" to "Some of those that burn crosses are the same that hold office" when playing live |
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The band worked on the song the next day | See the powerful argument voiced by Fyodor Dostoevsky's character Ivan in the "Rebellion" chapter of The Brothers Karamazov |
In contrast to the deep hatred that obviously inspired the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the vast majority of Muslims, like their Jewish and Christian counterparts, are appalled and sickened by terrorism, and utterly repudiate the mass murder of innocent people.
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