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Conservative televangelist Joel Osteen on Thursday asserted that homosexuality was a sin and not Gods best but at the same time, he said had not chosen to be straight.
During an interview on CNN, host Soledad OBrien asked Osteen how he could claim to be uplifting LGBT people while also telling them they were sinners.
It seems like in Christianity, sometimes we categorize sin, Osteen explained. I mean pride is a sin, being critical is a sin, being negative is a sin.
Those are all things you can change, OBrien noted.
I dont think its Gods best, the evangelist insited.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/20/joel-osteen-tells-soledad-obrien-lgbt-people-arent-gods-best/
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)'one of the good ones'. What he is saying is that God failed, and gay people are his failure, which is such a fucked up and arrogant bit of hate speech that I find myself shocked even now in reading such atavistic, hubristic, venomous crap.
Osteen, God's Quality Control Department. God makes them, Joel rejects them as inferior to himself, what a fucking asshole, and his faith is the faith of money, money, money.
amb123
(1,581 posts)ananda
(28,856 posts)His church is one of the most egregious examples of bad taste I've ever seen.
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)Does anyone else get creeped out by his smile?
johnlucas
(1,250 posts)When it does I wonder if he'll pull the ol' Jimmy Swaggart.
*tears down face* "I have sinned against you mah lorrrrd!"
NEVER trust a televangelist. If in doubt ask WWF's Brother Love.
John Lucas
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)say about the WEALTHY. I don't think Jesus would be favorably impressed with televangelists who live in mansions. The Olsteens recently moved into a $10.5 million 17,000 square foot home.
http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/07-04-10-after-move-to-river-oaks-joel-osteen-wants-to-sell-tanglewood-land-for-11-million/
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)The "Prosperity Gospel" BS is FRAUD.
DinahMoeHum
(21,783 posts)and as previously said, G*d doesn't make mistakes.
Fuck Osteen and his fake G*d of self-entitlement.
spanone
(135,815 posts)Initech
(100,059 posts)The empressof all
(29,098 posts)When they think about gay people all they see is sex...Not the Love. Close minded and blind and yet still think they should lead the flock
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Same deal, pie-in-the-sky bullshit.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Why does the news media trip over themselves giving these so-called "men of god" primetime interview spots? Especially the ones with their OWN media empires??
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Hubris and greed are also sins, you asshole.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)SDjack
(1,448 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)His opinions mean NOTHING to me.