Joel Osteen Tells Soledad O’Brien: LGBT People Aren’t ‘God’s Best’

[Purveyor]

Conservative televangelist Joel Osteen on Thursday asserted that homosexuality was a sin and not “God’s best” — but at the same time, he said had not chosen to be straight.

During an interview on CNN, host Soledad O’Brien asked Osteen how he could claim to be uplifting LGBT people while also telling them they were sinners.

“It seems like in Christianity, sometimes we categorize sin,” Osteen explained. “I mean pride is a sin, being critical is a sin, being negative is a sin.”

“Those are all things you can change,” O’Brien noted.

“I don’t think it’s God’s best,” the evangelist insited.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/20/joel-osteen-tells-soledad-obrien-lgbt-people-arent-gods-best/

[Bluenorthwest]

1. This bigot claiming to speak for God is one of the 'ministers' many offer up as

'one of the good ones'. What he is saying is that God failed, and gay people are his failure, which is such a fucked up and arrogant bit of hate speech that I find myself shocked even now in reading such atavistic, hubristic, venomous crap.
Osteen, God's Quality Control Department. God makes them, Joel rejects them as inferior to himself, what a fucking asshole, and his faith is the faith of money, money, money.

[amb123]

2. I've got news for you, Joel. God CREATED the Homosexual.

AND GOD DOESN'T MAKE MISTAKES!

[ananda]

3. As if Joel would have any sort of clue what God's best even is.

His church is one of the most egregious examples of bad taste I've ever seen.

[4th law of robotics]

4. Who is?

Does anyone else get creeped out by his smile?

[johnlucas]

5. I bet a sex scandal's gonna come out about this guy after a few years

When it does I wonder if he'll pull the ol' Jimmy Swaggart.

*tears down face* "I have sinned against you mah lorrrrd!"
NEVER trust a televangelist. If in doubt ask WWF's Brother Love.
John Lucas

[PA Democrat]

6. I think he should go back and check his bible to see what Jesus had to

say about the WEALTHY. I don't think Jesus would be favorably impressed with televangelists who live in mansions. The Olsteens recently moved into a $10.5 million 17,000 square foot home.

http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/07-04-10-after-move-to-river-oaks-joel-osteen-wants-to-sell-tanglewood-land-for-11-million/

[Odin2005]

7. This grifter should be in jail.

The "Prosperity Gospel" BS is FRAUD.

[DinahMoeHum]

8. If G*d didn't create LGBTs, there wouldn't be any.

and as previously said, G*d doesn't make mistakes.

Fuck Osteen and his fake G*d of self-entitlement.

[spanone]

9. teevee preachers who prey on folks faith should rot in hell

[Initech]

10. The only god Osteen worships is the almighty dollar.

[The empressof all]

11. People like this have dirty creepy minds

When they think about gay people all they see is sex...Not the Love. Close minded and blind and yet still think they should lead the flock

[Ikonoklast]

12. If there was no money to be made in the Gawud Bidness, Osteen would be selling time-shares.

Same deal, pie-in-the-sky bullshit.

[Blue_Tires]

13. WHY? We already know what these assclowns are gonna say

Why does the news media trip over themselves giving these so-called "men of god" primetime interview spots? Especially the ones with their OWN media empires??

[Zoeisright]

14. Joel Osteen can go fuck himself.

Hubris and greed are also sins, you asshole.

[WinkyDink]

15. So, according to Joel, his God makes mistakes!

[Dawson Leery]

16. Then his God is flawed, therefore is not "all mighty".

[SDjack]

17. Joel Osteen is not one of God's best. nt

[onecent]

18. Why DOES ANYONE listen to him. It scares me and he NUTZ...

His opinions mean NOTHING to me.

[slampoet]

19. Neil Patrick Harris and Martina Navratilova are God's idea of Slacking?