You know the lyrics.

It doesn’t matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M
Just put your paws up
’cause you were Born This Way, Baby

Lady Gaga’s number-one smash-hit “Born This Way” sold over one million copies the first week following its May 2011 release. It’s the chorus of our age.

I’m beautiful in my way’
Cause God makes no mistakes
I’m on the right track, baby
I was born this way

It sounds so right. “God makes no mistakes!” That’s a line from Pastor Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Life. Certainly, we should love ourselves as we are, just as God created us.

The lyrics, I contend, are incoherent at best, and cruel at worst. Continue reading →