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Second Life national anthem
15 years ago
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So Second Life has a national anthem now. Well, I do consider it to be a country of its own, as do the people who set this in motion, so sure! They're holding a contest to record the music to it at http://slanthem.com and have the lyrics available to the public. Here are the lyrics, followed by my thoughts on it:
Come avatars from near and far
to this magic shore.
Here you’re free to do and be;
Let your imagination soar.
The universe is God’s design.
This world is ours alone.
Let’s build a land much better than
the one we’ve ever known
In Second Life, In Second Life
our once and future home.
Rather short, gets the point across pretty well, but I do have issues with one line(can you guess which one?). While I'm okay with people saying that the universe is God's design, and I'm fine with you expressing your religion, but what percentage of the SL population actually agrees with "The universe is God's design"? This is supposed to represent the population of SL, after all. I'm part of a few atheist groups there(my title is "infidel"), and I'm sure there are lots of members of each major religion represented there. The fact that "God" is capitalized indicates the Jewish/Christian god specifically, too.
Now, I'm not going to ask them to change the lyrics(I'm sure plenty others will do that anyway), but I just feel that it's not representative of the SL population. I think if atheists demanded a re-wording, it would cause a huge stir and Christians would hold onto those lyrics very strongly anyway. If the lyrics stay the same, people of other faiths or no-faiths would either just not sing it or they'd sing their own versions. I think it's highly likely there will be a few submissions where the artist would sing a different line. I certainly wouldn't feel comfortable stating something I don't believe.
Come avatars from near and far
to this magic shore.
Here you’re free to do and be;
Let your imagination soar.
The universe is God’s design.
This world is ours alone.
Let’s build a land much better than
the one we’ve ever known
In Second Life, In Second Life
our once and future home.
Rather short, gets the point across pretty well, but I do have issues with one line(can you guess which one?). While I'm okay with people saying that the universe is God's design, and I'm fine with you expressing your religion, but what percentage of the SL population actually agrees with "The universe is God's design"? This is supposed to represent the population of SL, after all. I'm part of a few atheist groups there(my title is "infidel"), and I'm sure there are lots of members of each major religion represented there. The fact that "God" is capitalized indicates the Jewish/Christian god specifically, too.
Now, I'm not going to ask them to change the lyrics(I'm sure plenty others will do that anyway), but I just feel that it's not representative of the SL population. I think if atheists demanded a re-wording, it would cause a huge stir and Christians would hold onto those lyrics very strongly anyway. If the lyrics stay the same, people of other faiths or no-faiths would either just not sing it or they'd sing their own versions. I think it's highly likely there will be a few submissions where the artist would sing a different line. I certainly wouldn't feel comfortable stating something I don't believe.
