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Elton On "Jesus Was Gay" Controversy


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Elton John's comments to Parade Magazine that he believed Jesus was a "compassionate, super-intelligent gay man" caused a ton of controversy last week, with religious and conservative groups denouncing the singer.

Now, John has clarified those comments in an interview with WGN, saying that, to him, Jesus is gay.

"I think everybody's individual faith is their own business, and I do believe in Jesus and I believe he was a compassionate person, and from my point of view, and that's just my point of view, as a compassionate person — someone who was persecuted, someone who forgave people. And that's how I see him...I identify, in my own mind, as someone like that...I'm not saying to everyone that he definitely was gay. That's how I see him. That's my idea of faith."

 

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  • Name: bob
    Date posted: 2/22/2010 8:21:27 AM
    Hometown: Belmont, NH

    Comment:

    Those long robes, that hair...or course Jesus and his backup singers were gay.

  • Name: Scott
    Date posted: 2/22/2010 12:39:30 AM
    Hometown: Sydney

    Comment:

    According to Christians Jesus came to Earth to understand the human condition. That is the full human condition. Therefore it would make sense for Jesus to have sex with other men. After all it is part of the human condition. So there is no doubt on this. The whole ethos and basis of christianity confirms this fact. Just that Jesus would have been bisexual, not exclusively gay.

  • Name: Brad
    Date posted: 2/21/2010 11:16:36 PM
    Hometown: Vancouver

    Comment:

    On the other hand, it would totally explain the wine spritzers at The Last Supper.

  • Name: scott
    Date posted: 2/21/2010 10:55:49 PM
    Hometown: boise

    Comment:

    in a 'religion' that is acutally a splintered, fractured, rorscharch of judeo cults. one 'christian' getting to decide what makes aother 'christian' truly 'christian' is laughable. especially since to be 'christian' has nothing to do with religion or even believing in christ or accepting him as your savior. it has to do with being christ-like, a thing most christians (along with everyone else from every other religion-including the athiests) know very very little about.

  • Name: Brad
    Date posted: 2/21/2010 10:51:29 PM
    Hometown: Vancouver

    Comment:

    Good grief, get a grip. It's a myth. You're debating a fairy tale.

  • Name: Patricia Staples
    Date posted: 2/21/2010 6:56:59 PM
    Hometown: stockton

    Comment:

    In this world people have the right to their opinions, I'm a christian women and I don't believe that Jesus need our help to defined him in any way, those of you that beleive he was not gay so be it, and those of you who do so be it. We fight against the wrong things all the time, people are human and they are going to think the way they want and you can't beat it into them..those of you before you received Christ in your life what did you believe..did you like people throwing stone at your believes. If you want people to see Christ in your life you need to show then "LOVE" and pray for them I believe this is what JESUS would do anyways, he stopped the people in the bible days from stoning the women who had sinned, and stated those of you without sin cast the first stone...And I'm sorry to say christian you have that bad.

  • Name: SLMartin
    Date posted: 2/21/2010 6:39:12 PM
    Hometown: Chicago

    Comment:

    As long as he doesn't say he's gayer than Jesus.

  • Name: ChrisP
    Date posted: 2/21/2010 6:19:32 PM
    Hometown: London

    Comment:

    Elton isn't a Christian. Why does any non-Christian care about Jesus?

  • Name: DOUG
    Date posted: 2/21/2010 3:10:24 PM
    Hometown: VB

    Comment:

    some black people have pictures of Jesus as a black man- most christians have a Jesus who looks hellenistic- not jewish...so why can't gays have a gay Jesus...???

  • Name: Jake
    Date posted: 2/21/2010 12:59:48 PM
    Hometown: Ashland

    Comment:

    Elton shares his faith in Jesus and Christians rise up against him in the name of Jesus. In so doing, they take the Lord's name in vain. Reviling your fellow believers is not the least bit Christ-like.



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