Sports Rock.

They sell their souls for fame and fortune and a rock star reception.

And they'll sell you down the river.

They poison your mind and curse your soul.

And they want you to burn in hell forever.

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Salvation.

Why does God allow people to do bad things?

Why does God allow people to do evil?

Why does God allow people to persecute His saints?

Even Jesus was not spared a humiliating death on the cross.

Why?

The answer, in the end, is simple:

God does not condemn or punish anyone.

There are reasons why people do bad things.

There are reasons why people do evil.

Ultimately their motivation is fear.

And it was fear that motivated the Pharisees and the Romans to crucify Jesus.

"'Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.'"  Luke 23:34 (NRSV)

These were Jesus' words on the cross.

He forgave his killers.

God did not save Jesus from death.

And this is because it is God's Will that they be saved also.

No one will perish.

Even the most heinous of sinners will be saved.

Ultimately He will enlighten them.

So God's chosen ones, His saints and prophets, may experience persecutions, even torture and death, that their persecutors, their torturers and even their killers, may be saved.

So love your enemies and pray for those who abuse you that they also may be saved and experience the overwhelming Love of God.      

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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A New Song.

Love.

Peace.

Non-Violence.

Justice.

Truth.

Equality.

Freedom.

Sobriety.

Redistribution of Wealth.

Positive attitude to sex.

Acceptance of homosexuality.

Universal Brotherhood.

Forgiveness.

Mercy.

But most of all:

Love.

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Trouble.

People wonder why I continue to be sexually active when my gay sexuality causes so much trouble.

They seem to think I should just give up sex and be satisfied with that.

But that would be to tear myself in two.

I cannot just deny my sexuality.

And if I do then the homophobes have won.

So I continue to practise my homosexuality in the most positive way I can.

And know that I am blessed by God.

And that I will take my place in Heaven when I die.

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Noble Love.

Homosexuality is the noble love of the Greek heroes.

It was the love of the most masculine and most courageous of men.

And it was sanctioned in the andron and the gymnasium which were the exclusive domains of men.

Homosexuality was not just tolerated.

It was celebrated and honored in a way that we can only imagine.

It is my dream that this beautiful love be lifted once again to the heights of moral aspiration.

And sanctioned as the intoxicating love of God Himself. 

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The Heart of Aquarius.

The Egyptian hieroglyph of a jar (ab) means the heart.

The Water Jar of Aquarius is your heart.

And the water is love.

So pour out your love over your beloved.

And you will find that the source of love in your heart is infinite.

The more love you give the more love there is to give.

This is the secret of the enigmatic symbols of Aquarius.

And the new revelations coming into the world now.

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The Closet.

Fundamentalist objections to homosexuality are often a sign of closeted gays.

They protest too much, I think.

And this is based on fear.

Fear of society's disapproval and fear of damnation by God.

And they project these fears onto people who are openly gay.

But there is no fear in love.

And God is Love.

They are living a lie and their marriages are shams.

But there is no lie in God's Kingdom.

And no fear.

So coming out of the closet will help to diminish the homophobia and prejudice that gay people experience.

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