I watched the January interview but missed the most recent version – Joel Osteen is exactly the opposite of what I think of when I think of the word Christian. He preaches Rock Star Christianity and he’s made a fortune out of it. In the video below, Osteen calls homosexuality a sin. Piers Morgan interview was a promotional puff piece. He challenged nothing.
Bible Scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman published an open letter challenging Morgan. He called Morgan’s effort, “promoting bigotry and helping to perpetuate a fraud”.
Hoffman writes:
It’s both an important point and an easy one to settle. You could have asked Pastor Osteen for the chapter and verse that he thinks calls homosexuality a sin. What you would have found is that he couldn’t provide it, because Pastor Osteen was expressing his personal opinion, not quoting the Bible. The Bible doesn’t say that homosexuality is a sin.
Source: Bible Scholar Accuses Piers Morgan Of Promoting Bigotry
Seriously folks… the truth is the truth and mediocrity helps spread hatred and bigotry. Do your job Piers Morgan. Ask the hard questions. Be a real reported.
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nolongeruseredhunky 23p · 676 weeks ago
I much prefer the Christian who says, The Bible says, than the Christian who reinterprets it or revises it to fit popular public opinion. When a fundamentalist speaks there is no doubt about what try believe. The liberal? Like nailing Jello to the wall.
You say the truth is the truth. So which truth is the truth? Both views run to the Bible to "prove" their viewpoint. That is what is so neat about the Bible....it can be made to say anything.
I despise Osteens AND Hoffman's view. The Bible is the problem regardless of how it is interpreted.
reasonbeing 90p · 676 weeks ago
That said, it is refreshing, in some small sense to see a Christian (Hoffman) come out against the bigotry of Osteen (and others). While I may not agree with the way in which he chose to do it, I will take it as a very small step forward from a very backwards place.