Posted on 11/12/2006 6:39:27 AM PST by SirLinksalot
Sir Elton John wants religion banned completely – because he believes it promotes hatred of gays.
Speaking to the Observer Music Monthly Magazine the singer said religion lacked compassion and turned people into “hateful lemmings".
The PRESS ASSOCIATION reports: In a candid interview for a dedicated Gay issue of the magazine he shared his views on topics as varied as being a pop icon to Tony Blair’s stance on the war in Iraq.
He said there was a lack of religious leadership, particularly in world politics, and complained that people do not take to the streets to protest any more.
Sir Elton said: “I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people. Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays.
“But there are so many people I know who are gay and love their religion. From my point of view I would ban religion completely.
“Organised religion doesn’t seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it’s not really compassionate.”
He added: “The world is near escalating to World War Three and where are the leaders of each religion? Why aren’t they having a conclave? Why aren’t they coming together?
“I said this after 9/11 and people thought I was nuts. Instead of more violence why isn’t there a meeting of religious leaders?
“It’s like the peace movement in the Sixties. Musicians got through to people by getting out there and doing peace concerts but we don’t seem to do them any more.
“If John Lennon were alive today he’d be leading it with a vengeance,” he said.
Sir Elton said people were too busy blogging on the internet to go out onto the streets to stand up for what they believed in.
“They seem to do their protesting online and that’s not good enough. You have to get out there and be seen to be vocal, and you’ve got to do it time and time again.
“There was a big march in London when Britain decided to join the war against Iraq and Tony Blair is on the record as saying ‘the people who march today will have blood on their hands’. That’s returned to bite him on the ass,” he said.
Sir Elton compared his place in British culture with that of the Queen Mother’s.
He said: “People come to me and I’m a bit like the Queen Mother. I never get those problems. I don’t know what it is with me, people treat me very reverently.
Referring to his “wedding” to long-term partner David Furnish, he said: “It was the same when Dave and I had our civil union - I was expecting the odd flour bomb and there wasn’t.
“Dave and I as a couple seem to be the acceptable face of gayness, and that’s great.”
He pledged to continue to campaign for gay rights saying: “I’m going to fight for them whether I do it silently behind the scenes or so vocally that I get locked up.
“I can’t just sit back; it’s not in my nature any more. I’m nearly 60-years-old after all. I can’t sit back and blindly ignore it and I won’t.”
You too.
Elton John - Doesn't he sing "Don't let your son go down on me"?
>>Without the Ten Commandments to keep people in fear of breaking God's laws there would be anarchy. Instead of hating the sin of homosexuality, they would probably kill the homosexual, either that or use them as the whores they are.<<<
Uhhh... wouldn't that just make the "users" homosexual too, just nonconsensual ones...?
Also, I'm not at all convinced where the fear comes in. The ten statements or decalogue contain no threat of punishment for transgression. If you look at Jesus' summary, again you don't get fear but instead a call to love.
>>"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind." This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like unto it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.<<
If you dont see where the fear comes in . Do as you like. You wont have to pay, its a freebie.
Speaking out against organized religion is basically the same as speaking out in favor of a single, unitarian religion...aka, the one-world religion of the New World Order.
>>If you dont see where the fear comes in . Do as you like. You wont have to pay, its a freebie.<<
I went back and double checked. There is no threat or punishment listed there or in Jesus's restatement. Where do you see the fear? I checked the KJV and NSV - is it a version difference?
And is fear the only reason you wish to please God and live and he says we should? I have found that loving the Lord and loving my fellow man has rewards - I feel happier and my life seems fuller
Good for you.
>>Good for you.<<
I guess you are being sarcastic but I was being serious.
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