This commentary is in specific response to the song "I Can Only Imagine" by MercyMe. Now, perhaps I am in such a cultural backwater that this ditty is rarely played elsewhere. I truly hope so! If that's the case, please allow me to reproduce here the pertinent lyrics:
I can only imagine
What it will be like
When I walk
By Your side
I can only imagine
What my eyes will see
When Your face
Is before me
I can only imagine
{Chorus}:
Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel
Will I dance for You Jesus or in awe of You be still
Will I stand in Your presence or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine
I can only imagine
When that day comes
And I find myself
Standing in the Son
I can only imagine
When all I will do
Is forever
Forever worship You
I can only imagine
Okay now, I do not wish to denigrate anyone of any particular "gender inclination" or assorted state, but, oh gosh, does it not seem a bit, well, queer - that is, gay - to be singing such a love song to a man? Truly, I don't want to offend anyone, but this song - and the passion and emotion contained therein - seem a tad homoerotic, to say the least. I hope such frankness will not get me blacklisted with the Berkeley crowd. But, can we please be a bit more politically correct and culturally dignified here? Should not heterosexual men be interested in "the Goddess," rather than effeminate rabblerousing males, with or without long hair?
I can only imagine a time when men were men and women were, well, stimulated.
23 comments:
Makes you sick doesn't it? Being very hetrosexual, it does me. I could go on, but Christians attitude about heaven -- how boring.
A little off topic but the line "Standing in the SON" is a bit of a giveaway! :)
Now back to the "Godly" ....
Subject: Marriage, according to the bible and Government's
Draft of a Constitutional Amendment to Defend Biblical Marriage
As certain politicians work diligently to prevent marriage
between two people of the same sex, others have been busy
drafting a Constitutional Amendment codifying all marriages
entirely on Biblical principles. After all, God wouldn't want
us to "pick and choose" which of the Scriptures we elevate
to civil law and which we choose to ignore:
Draft of a Constitutional Amendment to Defend
Biblical Marriage:
*1 Marriage in the United States of America
shall consist of a union between one man and one
or more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5.)
*2 Marriage shall not impede a man's right to
take concubines in addition to his wife or wives.
(II Sam 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron 11:21)
*3 A marriage shall be considered valid only
if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a
virgin, she shall be executed.(Deut 22:13-21)
*4 Marriage of a believer and a non-believer
shall be forbidden. (Gen 24:3; Num 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12;
Neh 10:30, 2Cor 6:14)
*5 Since marriage is for life, neither the
US Constitution nor any state law shall permit
divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark 10:9-12)
*6 If a married man dies without children, his
brother must marry the widow. If the brother refuses
to marry the widow, or deliberately does not give her
children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe and be
otherwise punished in a manner to be determined
by law. (Gen. 38:6-10; Deut 25:5-10)
*7 In lieu of marriage (if there are no acceptable
men to be found), a woman shall get her father drunk
and have sex with him. (Gen 19:31-36)
*8 Coitus interruptus, amd/or onanism shall
be punishable by death. (Gen 38: 8-10)
I hope this helps to clarify the finer details
of the Government's righteous struggle against the
infidels and heathens among us.
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Logical conclusion:
Back to the Bible! might as well go all the way back
to Genesis where God says - I have given you every herb
of the field for your use .... (we wouldn't want to pick
and choose, would we?) which brings us full circle back
to ... Bush's "Christian" Blood Cult??!
I've never understood the holy trinity. God AND Jesus existing at the same time? As far as the homoerotic connotation goes, I see it as more a 'perverse' relationship some xians 'think' they have with their god. Yucky! But no more so than drinking the blood and eating the body...
ROFLMAO
(rolling on floor, laughing my ass off)
Never quite thought of it like that before.
I knew there were a lot of closet homos in the church, but this is truly a REVELATION...
Yet another contradiction in christian "teaching".
Xian teaching? I love that. As if Xians ever really learn anything. Like the Hitler youth were all seeking "education."
What a wonderful idea with this blog. It is because of wonderful intelligent, witty, free thinking sexual women like you that makes me glad to be a man so I can enjoy and live everyday to the max.
You know, I kind of had this thought in the back of my mind as this song was drilled unwillingly into my brain on the radio at work. The love to blast a station which can play Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and then this song. It gets under my skin and I have to wish my existence to another plane while its on. But I did get a hilarious picture in my head of some dweeb pole-dancing in front of Jay-zus in heaven. Doesn't make it any less annoying.
YOU ALL CAN ONLY IMAGINE >GOD ..ANY GOD.. THATS WHY YOU ALL CALL IT FAITH!
Will I stand in Your presence or to my "KNEES WILL I FALL"? Will I sing hallelujah (After falling on your knees in his presence, I GUESS?), ......I can only imagine
Yes. I can only Imagine...LOL!!!!
Will I stand in Your presence or to my "KNEES WILL I FALL"? Will I sing hallelujah (After falling on your knees in his presence, I GUESS?), ......I can only imagine
Yes. I can only Imagine...LOL!!!!
Ha ha ha! I'm laughing on the outside but the suggestion that women are not being stimulated has me crying on the inside.
Seriously, the Christian Bible seems filled with what we would call homoerotic references. I don't think its any surprise that so many priests turn out to be gay (why they turn out to be child molesters is another matter). The priesthood and Christianity is almost designed as a refuge for repressed homosexuals. The obsession Republicans, "the party of god", have with gay sex even though Jesus, the "bridegroom of the church" who was tempted with everything but a woman if I recall correctly, never mentions it, I think proves the point.
Their obsession is almost as intense as their desire to make women state controlled incubators even as they choke off access to contraceptives.
Waiiit a minute. Maybe the plan is to make men so afraid to have sex with women they'll turn to...”Republicans” for comfort.
Hmmmm. Crafty.
~Ee
Acharya,
Sorry, but as a fan I'm disappointed in you for this posting. Did you intend to appeal to the homophobic (and juvenile) element among your readers? One post says that gays 'make you sick' - do you agree? Another says the song is 'perverse' and 'yucky' and another talks about the 'closet homos'. I doubt that you intended to encourage these stupid remarks. It shows that atheists and non-Christians can be just as intolerant as the bible thumpers. Why does it bother you that the singer is attracted to the man he is singing about? So what? There are worse things than a love song to complain about. By the way, gay people everywhere, not only in Berkeley, don't like to put down and ridiculed (do you?).
Thanks.
Sorry you feel that way, but the point remains well taken - why are all these supposedly heterosexual men pining for a male god? Why aren't they focused on the female? How about a goddess? Something is askew here, and it doesn't make for a healthy humanity. One look at the sad behavior of Ted Haggard should show you that. Do I think that's healthy? No, I do not.
I do believe a little lightening up is in order here. I for one have a sense of humor, and I intend to continue using it to show the folly of humanity.
Thanks for your reply. Ted ("Satan made me do it!") Haggard is definitely not psychologically healthy! IMO, he is a sexually repressed and confused man. Not surprising, since his pathetic excuse for a religion tells him he's sick and perverse. I'm still not getting your point though... Christians, especailly Catholics, have worshipped a goddess-like figure for centuries - Mary. But Catholics aren't exactly enlightened on social issues that affect women, like birth control or women priests. Isn't the problem really the male-dominated patriarchal church? It seems they devalue all that's female, including men who have feminine qualities. (Except that the Pope gets to wear a dress!) The way I see it, the source of homophobia is really the hatred of the feminine qualities (like love, tenderness, nurturing - those awful things) that men try to repress in themselves. Yes, I really would like to lighten up too! But it's hard to laugh when some moron is calling you 'perverse' and 'sick' - don't ya think? I guess I hoped for a 'higher' level of discussion on this blog, but *some* of the bloggers on this topic reminded me of junior high school. :-)
I don't think there was any intention as such by commentators on this site to assail homosexuality per se, "simply" the lack of recognition of homoeroticism of Christianity in particular - that's what is sickening.
One of the main points of my rant is the sexism inherent in modern religious doctrine. Regardless of the female figures such as Mary, the three major monoliths that are affecting us - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - are backwardly sexist, like a bunch of knuckledraggers. Those who created these religions are so misogynistic that they are unhealthy - and their misogyny is often accompanied by latent homosexuality, regardless of the source of it, that is denied and repressed to the point of imbalance and, yes, perversion. The classic example of this repression=obsession=perversion is the raping of children, male and female, by Catholic priests. To call this child-rape anything but perversion is to toss morality to the wind.
So, there are several issues under discussion here.
Thanks again for responding with your thoughts. You are so right that misogyny is perverse and that it's rampant in the history of the Big 3 monotheistic religions. So keep on ranting!! If Mary the "Mother of Christ" reappeared on earth today, she wouldn't be allowed to hold a position of religious leadership in the Catholic church! It's bizarre that 1 billion Catholics still accept this. Islam seems to be even more misogynistic and homophobic. Last year Iran executed two teenage boys, 18 and 17, by hanging, simply for being gay. That is sickening to me and I'm sure to you as well. Could the hatred in the Iranian executioners be due to their latent repressed homosexuality? I doubt it, but I guess it's possible. The vast majority of closeted gays are just hurting their own happiness, not molesting or killing anyone. What are your views on the other religions? Are they any better? Thailand is a Buddhist country known for the exploitation of young people in the prostitution industry. Has Buddhism or Hinduism promoted misogyny too?
I agree that it is vile to take someone's life simply because they are gay. One of my dear supporters was mercilessly beaten, sustaining long-term nerve and brain damage, because he dared to be a gay bar.
Yes, I consider Buddhism to be sexist, and certainly the sexploitation in Buddhist countries is as appalling as it is anywhere. Hinduism can be very chauvinistic as well.
lol...yeah the only reason christians have wives in the first place is so they can have children to brainwash into thinking that there's some god person who will send them to a lake of fire if they don't lick his boots, worship, praise, and honor his silly son. religions of all kind are nothing but the imagination at work!
It has been hypothesized that the personage commonly known as Jesus of Nazareth may have been gay. If one considers the words: "Take and eat; this is my body." it's not hard(pun unintentional) to see why some think this.
And don't forget that 144,000 all male BALLless Sorry, I mean castrated choir.
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