astonishing.

A lot of people are talking about Donnie Davies, whose video for a song he calls "The Bible Says" (although the chorus of it consists pretty much of "God hates fags/ and if you're a fag / he hates you too"). I first saw it via Salon.com's "Video Dog" column, but I see that now StandFirm has picked it up as well, with some mostly solid advice for Davies' career.

I'll add to what StandFirm has said by cautioning them that when they advise him, "under no circumstances give up your day job," they neglect to note that if this guy is telling the truth, his day job is that HE'S A YOUTH MINISTER. That I believe he ought to quit, pending his receiving intensive psychotherapy at length (and, of course, the biblical education that StandFirm advocates for him as well).

I'd also like to note this bit of wisdom from Davies' page of information on "C.H.O.P.S." ("Changing Homosexuals into Ordinary People") program, which he's offering to the world so that people like me can become more like him:

"Oscar Wilde, my hero, was a reformed homosexual. He went to prison for his sins. Once he was alone with his thouhgts, in jail, he saw the errors of his ways and repented. He died as a Christian. While I'm not advocating jailing all Homosexuals, I do think it would benefit them greatly. It would be for their own good. When a person is forced to think they will generally be able to see their problems and solve them by themselves."

Yes, he's serious. He really thinks that Oscar Wilde is a "Reformed Homosexual," as his "ministry's" (or is that "record label's" -- he calls it both) homepage makes clear.

God made us all and loves us all, even though some of us manage to get really, really messed up.