You know….I do actually read the news once in a while:
Sir Elton John has claimed Jesus was a “super-intelligent gay man” in an interview with a US magazine.
If Jesus is gay, then who isn’t? Is that the “wisdom” that Sir Elton is trying to impart on us? I’m glad I’m not a Christian. I would be very offended.
However, BBC website says:
A spokesman for the Church of England said: “Sir Elton’s reflection that Jesus calls us all to love and forgive is one shared by all Christians.”
Wonderful. Remember the church’s outrage over the movie (The Last Temptation of Christ) in which Jesus was portrayed as being married to Maria Magdalena? So is Sir Elton’s line the church’s line?
All I can say is: Happy prayers, folks!
Actually, there’s nothing new here. Gay appropriation of Jesus is as old as clerical celibacy, which is why, in my Messiah painting, I have heterosexualised the Messiah.
Needless to say that, as usual, my critics avoid every kind of debate, pretending that they represent some kind of progressive moral majority, which is undisputed, in their view. If it is undisputed, it’s because anyone who touches their holy cows will invariably be slammed as a right-wing extremist, a fascist… oh yes…
I don’t accept being called a right-wing extremist if those that express such accusations arrogantly refuse to exercise the most basic of democratic duties: discussion. This refusal is a blatant demonstration of the moral bankruptcy of the self-proclaimed progressive “moral majority”, because it begs the question:
If the pro-gay movement is morally superior, then how come they refuse discussion? Is it perhaps because their views cannot stand the test of debate and they will rather rely on their antiquated assumption that they are The Youths Who Have The Future and therefore will get their way, with, or especially, without debate? This assumption, if you ask me, testifies of the unprecedented disconnect between the (aging) political elite and mainstream society. Can you spell Proposition Eight? Just to name something….
Progressive as they may claim to be, many of them have supported, or still are supporting the War on Terror, which is ruthless on the Islamic world and has compromised the American state of law.
So please folks…..do me a huge favour….either react to this message or take your political correctness to another planet. Opinions that are based on interests only, and not tested by discussion, are inevitably doomed. Especially in this fast moving world of internet connectivity.
I’m sure Elton John will agree…..cuz he’s a super-intelligent gay man.
On a different note:
My site science-education.info needed updating, following conversations with a research student, who pointed out that relativity is not relative at the same place, but is at different places. I’m already bashing my brains out making music (and painting, which is more relaxed), so I just removed the pages that needed updating. I can’t do more than two things at the same time.
To cheer up my critics: my new song can be downloaded from http://paintings.name/sub/media/audio/time-goes-on.mp3.













