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5 years ago  ::  Sep 16, 2008 - 11:31PM #1
hopeforus
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Boltz shocks Christian community with homosexuality admission
Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 9/15/2008 6:55:00 AM

There is shock and sadness in the Christian community over word that famed Christian music singer Ray Boltz has publicly announced he’s living a homosexual lifestyle.







"If this is the way God made me, then this is the way I’m going to live...I really feel closer to God because I no longer hate myself." Those were the words of Ray Boltz in an interview with the Washington Blade about his decision to engage in homosexuality. Boltz, a father of four who was married for 33 years before officially divorcing his wife this year, is well-known for his widely acclaimed songs "Thank You" and "I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb.
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The disclosure by Boltz was stunning news to former homosexual Greg Quinlan who is now with the New Jersey Family Policy Council.



"I’m absolutely shocked. I've got some of his CDs and cassette tapes –- tells you how long it's been around. When he says he's born that way, we know now for a fact that that's false. In fact, just last year in March, the director of the Human Genome Project, Dr. Francis Collins, said this: homosexuality is not hardwired. There is no gay gene. We mapped the human genome. We now know there is no genetic cause for homosexuality.
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When asked about Boltz's homosexuality, The Gospel Music Association -- the group which gives out the Dove Awards -- told the Blade, "We do not comment on the lifestyle choices of people in our community.
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According to Quinlan, by making such a statement the GMA seems to be "enabling a behavior that is totally inconsistent, incongruent with the message of the gospel.
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5 years ago  ::  Sep 16, 2008 - 11:39PM #2
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Well, good for him,,,,I think that's wonderful,,,Holly
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5 years ago  ::  Sep 16, 2008 - 11:48PM #3
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ItsAllALie wrote:

Well, good for him,,,,I think that's wonderful,,,Holly



I agree!

Now - how fast will this thread be moved?

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5 years ago  ::  Sep 16, 2008 - 11:54PM #4
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I grew up on Ray Boltz, both of my parents had long been fans of his and his music was, along with Twila Paris, Michael W. Smith and Wayne Watson constantly playing in our house or car.

Now if you all sit perfectly still, and listen really quietly, you can hear the sound of 30,000,000 people shun the man all in perfect choreographic unison.

Not gonna take long for the boycotts to start rolling in.

-Jon
"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." - Dom Hélder Câmara
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5 years ago  ::  Sep 16, 2008 - 11:55PM #5
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Please read the last line of my post... I posted this in the wrong forum. So if you want to use this a subject for your debates, leave me and my comments, and any comments concerning me, out of it.
                     Respectfully,
                             Hopeforus
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5 years ago  ::  Sep 16, 2008 - 11:57PM #6
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ItsAllALie wrote:

Well, good for him,,,,I think that's wonderful,,,Holly



clyde5001 wrote:

I agree!


Ditto!


clyde5001 wrote:

Now - how fast will this thread be moved?


Pretty damn quick, I'm sure.


Xristocharis wrote:

I grew up on Ray Boltz, both of my parents had long been fans of his and his music was, along with Twila Paris, Michael W. Smith and Wayne Watson constantly playing in our house or car.

Now if you all sit perfectly still, and listen really quietly, you can hear the sound of 30,000,000 people shun the man all in perfect choreographic unison.

Not gonna take long for the boycotts to start rolling in.


Again, agreed. 

Sad, aint it.....

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5 years ago  ::  Sep 16, 2008 - 11:59PM #7
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hopeforus wrote:

Please read the last line of my post... I posted this in the wrong forum. So if you want to use this a subject for your debates, leave me and my comments, and any comments concerning me, out of it.
Respectfully,
Hopeforus


So, what hope is there for Mr Ray, Mr Hope....?

Seems he's done damned himself to hell as far as many a Christian is concerned. And I'm sure many of them are never going to let him forget it........

"How many broken promises until we get the message, that until we know the equal we will never feel the free?" ~ Jon Anderson
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5 years ago  ::  Sep 17, 2008 - 12:05AM #8
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hopeforus wrote:

Please read the last line of my post... I posted this in the wrong forum. So if you want to use this a subject for your debates, leave me and my comments, and any comments concerning me, out of it.
Respectfully,
Hopeforus



You wanted it to be in what forum then?

I'll tell you what statement SHOULD be in line with the gospel,,,but I doubt the poor guy will hear it,,,

"Take the log out of your own eye before taking the speck out of another's"

But that's jmo,

Holly

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5 years ago  ::  Sep 17, 2008 - 12:07AM #9
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Well I guess people on this forum can't or don't know how to read. So I will add this and again wonder if all the things I have read here about posters wanting respect, and expecting the same from others is true or just talk. If you want others to respect your views, no matter what they may be, you should also respect theirs. I Also did not post this as a subject to use to bash Christians, and will not dignify this thread with any more response from me. This is about human beings, not homosexuals, or anything else, there are a lot more people involved in this issue than Ray Boltz, like his family and children. So I will Hope that the posters here are mature and respectfull enough of them, and read the rules of conduct before they respond.

Again this was posted on the wrong thread.
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5 years ago  ::  Sep 17, 2008 - 12:08AM #10
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[QUOTE]Again, agreed.

Sad, aint it.....[/QUOTE]

Tragic is more like it. Because the opportunity exists here for Evangelicals and other Christians to love and support one of their own who, no doubt, IS going to experience lots of pain, rejection and a whole hell of a lot more.

But experience dictates that this is not going to be the case, rather, instead, will come the condemnations, the threats of damnation, boycotts, venom and various forms of hate speech toward someone whose only "crime" will be loving the "wrong" gender.

It doesn't matter that for almost twenty years he's spoken about Jesus, sang about Jesus. The last twenty years will suddenly mean nothing.

"...and the love of many will grow cold..." (Matthew 24:12b)

-Jon
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