Posted on 02/18/2010 5:35:32 PM PST by MissesBush
JESUS was GAY - according to the gospel of SIR ELTON JOHN. The singer makes his controversial claim about the Lord in a new US interview that will enrage America's bible belt.
Elton, 62, declares as he pours out his heart to a magazine: "I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems."
He adds: "Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East - you're as good as dead."
He goes on in the same interview to describe how he and DAVID FURNISH, 47 - now his "husband" - first got together.
The pop veteran tells Parade magazine: "I was attracted to David immediately. He was very well dressed, very shy. The next night we had dinner.
"After it, we fell in love very quickly."
He said of previous lovers: "I'd always choose someone younger. I wanted to smother them with love. I'd take them around the world, try to educate them.
"One after another they got a Cartier watch, a Versace outfit, maybe a sports car.
"They didn't have jobs. They were reliant on me.
"In six months they were bored and hated my guts because I'd taken their lives and self-worth away. I hadn't intended to."
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2859895/Elton-John-claims-Jesus-was-gay.html#ixzz0fwQCzplq
I’m with Laura....”Shut up and Sing!”
Don’t ever believe anything said by a QUEER
Elton John does not believe in Hell.
If it doesn’t say it, it’s not necessarily safe to presume it.
Shows how little Elton knows about Jesus. Sad.
They used him, and the idiot is too dense to see that.
Logically speaking, that would be a perfectly reasonable presumption. Many, I'm sure, will take that statement as blasphemous in and of itself. But, given the social and religious conventions (Jesus was an observant Jew, a Rabbi in fact) of the time, it would have been highly unusual if he wasn't married, yet the conventional lore is that he wasn't; A mystery that will perhaps never be solved.
He would not have been listened to during that time period if he hadn’t been.
“Jesus was almost certainly married, as all men of adult age were expected to be, especially rabbis. Just because something is not in the Bible, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.”
“A mystery that will perhaps never be solved.”
I plan to ask him that question one day.
If you study the time period you will come to the exact same conclusion, whether that’s “good” or “bad” remains to be seen.
He wasn’t. Not by the religious leaders of the day.
It was the sinners and publicans of the day, and those He healed, demonstrating who he was.
Somewhat remember long ago reading that Elton John’s parents (Mom, esp.) were devout Christians and troubled that their son was gay. The Bible warns about the severity of sexual sin effects on distorting one’s soul.
Well, as far as I remember, the only people Jesus ever kisses in the Bible are men. And the never married thing is a bit odd for the time period and culture.
if you study anything you can come to all sorts of conclusions.
Thankfully the Church has had it's story straight from the start.
Pax.
In Middle Eastern culture a man doesn’t touch a woman, much less kiss her.
What’s your point?
Not among the Essenes. Judaism wasn't monolithic at the time. There were many different sects with different beliefs and ways of life.
Well Elton, you may think he was gay, and you may say he was gay, but you are wrong.
God condemned homosexuality under the law of the Patriarchs, under the law of Moses and under the law of Christ.
And He will condemn you at the Judgement Day unless you repent. That is not MY judgement. That is what God said.
Whatever you've got to tell yourself to make it through your miserable day, Reg.
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