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Raunchy Prince was actually a conservative Christian who reportedly opposed gay marriage
Washington Post ^ | 4/21/16 | Michelle Boorstein

Posted on 04/21/2016 7:58:42 PM PDT by Timpanagos1

With the death Thursday of Prince Rogers Nelson, you may see a strange mix on your Facebook feed of sex and religion.

That’s because perhaps one of the raunchiest, steamiest pop culture figures in the past quarter-century was a conservative Christian. Religious and spiritual themes ran through a huge amount of his work, including this tiny sampling of lyrics:

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KEYWORDS: formerlyknownas; jehovahswitness; princechristian; princeobit; princereligion
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To: dforest

Having myself played in less than perfect conditions, I was astounded at how he could have been at Carnegie Hall and it wouldn’t have been any different.


81 posted on 04/22/2016 5:53:00 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: tenger

I used to be off Lyman, now in Chaska, but work off Audubon and Lake Dr. :) It’s a great area and yes, a complete zoo and I suspect it will remain that way through the weekend.


82 posted on 04/22/2016 5:59:20 AM PDT by Solson (The citizen trumps the "party" every time - whether the party likes it or not!)
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To: AppyPappy

Didn’t he write and perform a tribute for Michael Brown and Freddie Gray?


83 posted on 04/22/2016 6:06:30 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: LS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NN3gsSf-Ys

watch

I hate dope, I hope it wasn’t that.


84 posted on 04/22/2016 6:50:14 AM PDT by dforest (Ted took your money and is laughing all the way to Goldman Sachs)
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To: caww

“Sure...he’s Hollywood.”

Yet many celebrity deaths related to drugs and/or alcohol have been reported.

Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson come to mind.


85 posted on 04/22/2016 7:39:54 AM PDT by truth_seeker (I think in some shopping centers etc.)
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To: Beowulf9

//Jehovah’s Witnesses follow the bible and believe in Jesus and the words he said as sacred.//

Umm...no they follow Charles Taze Russell, twist the Bible, demote Christ, preach works and legalism and are a cult.

I can go point by point if you wish. 20 years studying cults and 10 years so far in counter cult ministry.


86 posted on 04/22/2016 9:33:09 AM PDT by reaganaut (Bible Scholars, Theologians and Evangelicals for Trump)
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To: Timpanagos1

Jehovah’s Witness is not conservative Christian


87 posted on 04/22/2016 9:36:15 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Monterrosa-24; oprahstheantichrist

.//Jehova’s Witnesses even avoid caffeine.//

That’s the Mormons. JWs can have caffeine.


88 posted on 04/22/2016 9:38:55 AM PDT by reaganaut (Bible Scholars, Theologians and Evangelicals for Trump)
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To: Timpanagos1

He was very weird.


89 posted on 04/22/2016 11:18:43 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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