I read that "Shout to the Lord" would be difficult for Brooke and David to sing as Mormons. Why?

As a Mormon, I would have no problem whatsoever singing that song -- if I could sing!

Actually, I sang songs very similar to that one a few weeks ago when visiting a non-LDS church and was happy to do so.

That particular song is obviously inspired by the Psalms (Psalm 8, perhaps), which is part of the LDS scriptures. And there really is nothing in there that's offensive to Mormons. I've read it through twice to make sure. It might interest you to know that about a third of the hymns in the LDS hymnal were written by Protestants. And many of them include praises to Jesus, and some are favorites of Mormons everywhere (such as "How Great Thou Art").

It is true that Mormons have some beliefs that are different than what other Christians have, and some of the differences are quite significant. But like other Christians, we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary, our Savior and our Redeemer. We worship Christ (along with our Heavenly Father), and singing praises to him and about him is a good thing.

It is true that we don't sing rock-type songs in our worship services, which are quite reserved. But it isn't unheard of in other venues. There's even a fairly well-known LDS choir led by Gladys Knight that performs concerts of contemporary Christian music as well as the style of music you'll hear in some African-American churches. And if you poke around the Internet, you can even find some LDS contemporary-Christian-music bands such as Jericho Road (check them out, they're not bad). And Donny Osmond, on one of his Christmas albums, also included some contemporary Christian tunes. Also, if you were to go to some of the larger LDS youth conferences, you also on occasion would hear quite a few songs that aren't traditional hymns.

All that said, the LDS church is a subculture in itself, and parts of it are very slow to change, so chances are you won't hear that song in an Mormon church service anytime soon (the services are very traditional). There are some in the church who wouldn't like singing to God or Jesus as a "you" instead of a "thee" (as is the custom in our worship servcies and prayers), and I'm sure there are some don't think we should sing anything other than hymns they were singing in the 19th century.

But in general, there's no problem with singing that song if you're Mormon. It isn't in the LDS style, but that doesn't make it objectionable.

I found it really interesting that on the first night they sang it, they changed the beginning to "My shepherd, my savior" instead of "My Jesus, my savior." Then tonight on the results show when they sang it again, they sang the original words, including the name Jesus. I wonder if people found it offensive that His name wasn't included the first time. I personally see both sides of it- by changing the lyrics, you're opening up the possibility of more people who aren't Christians enjoying the song and then looking into it more (and thus being exposed to Christianity). On the other hand, there's power in the name of Jesus, and to take that out of the song just doesn't seem right. I'm rambling.

I'd like to know what the Mormon person before me thinks about the original question. Would it be difficult for Mormons to sing that song based on the style of music? I realize the word "shout" is in it, but it's really a nice pretty normal-paced song. Or would there be another reason why it might be difficult to sing?

EDIT:PS I don't think it has anything to do with the mormons (altho I could be wrong, because if it did since mormon religion is so reverend they would have also change The "shout" part as well.

Also if you check out the youtube video were they sing the song again with the "my Jesus my savior" part, you will notice one of the mormon lift one of his arms to his waist temporaily, I wonder if he knows this is a form of worship???

mormon/LDS will change the lyrics liek say to an offensive song that has swear words or word about private parts so I have never heard of this, I guess to not offend mormons who worship silently.

ex-mormon, they do worship quietly. Its sad, when I first became a christian and saw everyone raising their hands and jumping and clapping, I was appauled, but I got use to it, and then the Lord began to talk to me during worship and I saw why their was all this ta-do, in worship, God never spoke to me during LDS worship, although it was very reverand, it just didn't get me into God.

I just wanted to say - on Sunday, yes we sing, we don't "shout" ... we are different in our praise than say, a baptist church where they go nuts - no disrespect, they are actually quite fun...

BUT, we do have quite a reverence when it comes to speaking of, singing about or praising the Lord. We don't "shout" it out, I don't think you have to be loudly praising. I think there is more respect in reverence...

Become snooty on Sunday? We may seem snooty because we are quiet and reverent, not because we think we are better than anyone else. I am sure though there are some who are more worried about their worldly appearance, that's not the church as a whole, that would be those individuals... remember, the gospel is perfect, the people trying to live it are not.

I feel somewhat uncomfortable when I hear Christian rock or "louder" music that is speaking of the Lord just because I don't feel like the spirit "rocks" like that... I feel like the spirit can be brought around by reverent music.

Anywho, that's just my opinion.

I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE MORMONS, IN FACT I HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM. I'VE EVEN VISITED CHURCH WITH THEM ONCE OR TWICE. MORMON CONGREGATIONS ARE VERY CALM. THEY DON'T SING OR WARSHIP FREELY. WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT MORMONS WOULD CONSIDER BEING POSSESSED OR SOMETHING. THEY BECOME A SNOOTY GROUP OF PEOPLE ON SUNDAY. MOST OF THEM ARE MORE INTERESTED IN HOW THEY LOOK IN THE EYES OF EARTHLY PEOPLE THAN IN THE EYES OF GOD. THAT'S WHY MOST MORMON FAMILIES ALWAYS LOOK PICTURE PERFECT. BROOKE AND DAVID HAVE PROBABLY NEVER SHOUTED TO THE LORD IN THEIR LIVES. AND TO DO SO WOULD BE EMBARRASSING, SO TO SPEAK. THEY HAVE MORE OF A MEDITATION WARSHIP. IN FACT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THEIR BIBLE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THE 3 IN 1. AND JESUS IS ACTUALLY JUST A VERY GODLY DISCIPLE.

i wonder too cuz even though you dont shout in the song, its basically saing that you should shout to the lord when praising.

wat would they think if someone started physically shouting cuz they felt the spirit in the audience. and it they don't like shouting what did they think of dolly partons kinda christian performance