Elton John has a few things to say

This morning my web browers took me to msn.com (it should take me there because it's my home page) and what did I see? A headline that said "Religion Encourages Hatred". These words came from one of the Top their singer/song writers of our generation.

Here are some other things he had to say . . . .

"I think religion has always tried to turn hatred toward gay people," John said in the Observer newspaper's Music Monthly Magazine. "Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays."

"From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. Organized religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate."

So is this all he had to say . . .well after digging a little, I discovered that the Associated Press grabbed just a few of the more juicy lines from the whole interview. Yes the three quotas above are what he said, but let me show you something else he said . . .

"From my point of view I would ban religion completely, even though there are some wonderful things about it. I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I collected all the little stickers and put them in my book. But the reality is that organized religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate.

Let me say a few things . . .

First of all, it's intesting to note that John did go to some kind of "organized religion" to receive the wonderful stories of Christ. His words, "I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school . . ." So one hand, he was benefited from Organized religion.

But John doesn't stop there. He turns the table and says now organized religion doesn't seem to work. IT turns people into hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate. Now John, do you really think that all people are lemmings walking mindlessly to a life full of hatred? I don't believe that. The same beautiful stories that you love are lived out in many wonderful people. So, John, just because you link your self to a church "organized religion" doesn't always end up in hatred.

Have an awesome day

David