[paudio]

I am aware that NT doesn't have much reference on militaristic language. My point is that we will see a lot of military language, especially in the OT. If the presence of military language alone is enough ground for banning the National Anthem, like the quote says, they should also ban the OT.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Generally, pacifist (and many not so pacifist) Christian followings take spiritual metaphor and illustration from the Old Testament when seeing what it has to teach them, without necessarily denying a secondary literal meaning for a limited people group. When preaching verses out of the Old Testament to a congregation on Sunday, the preacher has ample time to explain his context. I don’t think they would want to have to follow The Star Spangled Banner with a cautionary exegesis every time they sing it.