In Elton John news this week, Jesus was gay. That’s the news according to the musician during an interview he gave to Parade magazine this week. Read about it below.
Elton John
Elton John is quoted in Parade magazine as declaring the Jesus Christ was gay. Needless to say, his statements have created quite a stir on the internet. John came out years go and has become an activist for gay rights over the years.
Here’s what he had to say about Christianity:
“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. 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.”
My reading of that is that Elton John is attempting to say something positive about Christianity and Jesus Christ. As he says himself, try being gay in the muslim world. You don’t live long in Iran if you are gay and can pretty much be assured you’ll be stoned to death or hung if you are gay in most of the muslim world.
The life of Christ was an example of love, tolerance, forgiveness and human kindness (among other things). He did implore his followers to be loving and forgiving. He told us that the way we treat the least among us is the way we treat him. I can fully agree with John on those points.
The only problem I have is why compassion, intelligence, empathy and love equate being gay. Can’t a person have those qualities and be heterosexual? Of course, the evolution of Christianity over the years has implied that Jesus basically asexual. Personally, I don’t think His sexuality is any of our business and doesn’t really have anything whatsoever to do with what He taught us.
Certainly, declaring that Jesus was gay is not based in fact and is a convenient justification for whatever lifestyle Elton John might want to lead. Many people project their own beliefs onto Jesus in order to justify themselves.
So Elton John gets a little buzz of publicity and extra news by making a dramatic declaration that ‘Jesus is gay’. Elton John is a brilliant song-writer and performer, but he’s not a theologian, so I put exactly zero credibility to his thoughts on that.
What he DID get right is that Jesus was about love. That’s the take-away message from the life of Christ. Love one another. If only we all would or could.
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Elton John saying Jesus was gay was the only way he could relate to him..This is where This person is at.. Even though I know that Jesus was not gay. I was not offenede by his comment.. I love Christ with all of my heart ..but truly God came for us all, and died for us all, he loved us in our sin .. he took it all upon the cross..He was the epitomy of love , If you want to know how to live your Life look at Jesus.. How he reacted..Read the Bible.. Especially the New Testament..It could straighten out the way a some people think.. Read it Prayerfully asking God to open your eyes to a new and different way of life