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King David and Jonathon were not homosexual

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"David and Jonathan," by Rembrandt. Jonathan is the figure in the turban. Hermitage News (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan (1:17–27) IN THE EVENT that any reader could conceivably doubt David’s sincerity in mourning for Saul and Jonathan, the text now moves to an elegy in which David’s deepest emotional responses are expressed lyrically. Old Testament tradition assumes that David was a man especially gifted in music and song (1 Sam. 16:18, 23; 18:10; 2 Sam. 23:1; Amos 6:5; often in the Psalms, where seventy-two individual psalms are associated with his name).  Many have noted that at various levels this poem implies that David himself is the composer, and the burden of proof lies with anyone denying this assertion. The poetry has a lofty quality; “only a rare spirit deeply moved by an event of great moment is likely to have produced a little masterpiece like this.”10 In one of the most emotional and moving scenes of the Bible, David

The Kings Speech, friends or homosexual?

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Image via Wikipedia The King's Speech  artfully captures an extraordinary friendship between a king and a commoner. This movie, which won the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice award, tells the story of the relationship between Britain's King George VI (who is also Prince Albert, Duke of York ) and Lionel Logue , an uncredentialed speech therapist who tries to help the prince/king overcome his stammering.  In the context of this most unlikely relationship, the two men develop a deep, lasting friendship, in spite of the cultural forces that would disallow such mutual affection and commitment. What does this have to do with the homosexuality of King David ? A few days ago, on January 9, 2011, BBC radio in England featured a program that was supposed to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible .  In the context of this program, the playwright, Howard Brenton , who said this about King David: "David is in love with Sau