I’ve been getting into a really bad habit lately of dropping books as soon as I think they’re boring, badly written, disingenuous, have too much of an axe to grind, or they write and cover a topic in a way I already agree with.
I’m about to take on Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus, made perhaps more famous (infamous?) than it deserves (remains to be seen) by this outrageous interview of the author Reza Aslan on Fox News by Lauren Green.
I’ll get back to you with a review of sorts in a few weeks’ time (I’m a slow reader) to see if all the hullabaloo is justified.
EDIT 10-14-15: Yeah, so I read the book and I thought it was OK. Just wanted to add that Reza Aslan may have overstated his scholarly credentials. I thought perhaps he doth protested too much.
God is good, God is great,
I think that he might be gay.
Not saying God is gay,
Not saying that at all.
But if Jesus Christ was God and God created all.
Then Jesus Christ created the homosexual.
There might be a little fag in us all.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Homosexual
Homosexual
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Homosexual
Homosexual
They say that God hates Fags,
They walk around so pissed.
Disguise their hate as love,
But have they thought of this.
He made us in his image,
Now listen to what I say.
Then it’s a possibility that Jesus Christ was gay.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Homosexual
Homosexual
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Homosexual
Homosexual
Not saying God is gay,
Not saying that at all.
But if Jesus Christ was God and God created all.
Then Jesus Christ created the homosexual.
There might be a little fag in us all.
He made us in his image,
Now listen to what I say.
Then it’s a possibility that Jesus Christ was gay.
Not saying that it’s good,
Not saying that it’s right,
But could the Virgin Mary have been a hermaphorodite?
She was with a child without having a man?
And that’s not the only thing that I don’t understand.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Homosexual
Homosexual
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Homosexual
Homosexual