Posted on 11/11/2006 1:23:05 PM PST by Bosco
The Bitch is Back
How bigoted of him.
Of course. He's just overtly expressing one of the more semi-covert items on the DEMOinC-RATS agenda.
I liked Elton John's songs. I lost respect for him when I read an article many years ago about when an friend sent him a birthday gift: a 15-yr old boy dressed only in a bowtie....
Of course he would. Giving that imp any more than a few seconds of thought makes no sense to me.
He says he would ban religion because it promotes hatred. Gee, isn't that kinda hateful? Maybe gays should be banned too.
What do you expect from a liberal homosexual?
That's like accusing a mirror of promoting ugliness. The "hatred," which is really nothing more than rejection, is the result of homosexuality's abhorrent practices, not any "promotion" on the part of religion. Yes, religions, including Christianity, tend to reject homosexuality, but because it is a sin, not out of sadism.
And in the end (!), if the pressure against homosexuality causes a person to reassess his commitment to that abominable lifestyle and seek redemption, then the pressure saved him from the fruits of his sin.
And that is the ultimate in compassion, not the enabling mentality that permits a person to destroy himself.
Has anybody asked Leo Sayer or that guy who sang the Pina Colada song for their thoughts on religion?
Possibly, what Sir Elton is so upset about is the amount of hatred and death done in the name of religion (i.e. current Islamic extremists, Spanish Inquisition, Crusades, Cromwell and William of Orange's campaigns in Ireland)
I would think that all people that choose to live a life that will guarantee them a reservation at the Eternal Lake of Burning Hellfire all feel that way.
Jesus said that Christians would be hated because of Him. Elton John hates the Creator because He's stepping on Elton's toes - Elton is his own god, and there's no room for two, right? The two perspectives will meet one day, won't they?
I might ask the same about the secular authorities. Or the leaders of the homosexual community for that matter.
Keep in mind, Elton, that the religious leaders of this world aren't tasked with solving earthly problems. Theirs is a more spiritual domain.
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