When I started wrg my new book, God and the Gay Christian, I was well aware that Christians who oppose same-sex marriage the church have long ed the Bible to fend their pot of view. As a gay Christian om an evangelil church Kansas, that stat quo has had a damagg impact on my life, which is one reason I'm settg out to change the flty perspective. Here are 10 reasons why God accepts gay Christians.
Contents:
- 7 REASONS J WAS GAY
- 20 GAY GREEK GODS
- IS GOD GAY
- WAS J GAY? PROBABLY
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- GREATER NW PRI: IS GOD GAY?
7 REASONS J WAS GAY
NO -- of urse, nobody actually knows how God feels about most thgs. We jt make gus based on The Bible, or what other relig lears have said. But there's actually not much about homosexualy The Bible. God apparently pays a great al more attentn to treatg people -- even strangers -- fairly and and more relig lears are sayg that homosexualy is a normal part of human sexualy, and sce we were created by God, God mt have created some of as gay, lbian, etc. If your particular fah owns on homosexual behavr, remember that there's a difference between what a person do, and what a person Word of God, the Bible, is que clear begng Genis, that a man is to be wh a woman - or rema sgle and not engagg any sexual activy. The Scripture tells for the most part, exactly how God thks and feels via His Law and the multiple stori of Israel fallg down and gettg punished.Regardls of what other humans may thk or say, is God who is supreme and only He will judge all mankd. His will not ours. His Law and not ours. The creature don't tell the Creator what is right and wrong. * is gd gay *
That’s right, the man who died for your ss may very well have been a homosexual. This is somethg that gay men are notor for.
A gay cupbearer on Mount Olymp? While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn's advancement, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be boasted wh today's world religns. The LGBT Greek gods and migods prove gay culture is no morn ventn.
While Homer never explicly stat a gay relatnship between Achill and sikick Patrocl, many scholars read a romantic nnectn between the two, as only Patrocl ever drew out a passnate si to the famoly arrogant warrr. Rearcher Johanna Hypatia-Cybelaia wr that lbian and gay vote worshipped her as Artemis Orthia, and that lbian port Pamphilia referred to the godss hymn as Artemis Pergaea.
20 GAY GREEK GODS
The Bible vers aren't about nmng homosexuals, gays, lbians, or transgenr people. Rather, read God's lovg warng and grace for those who have strayed om His will for sex * is gd gay *
Above: Athena, center, a mural by John Sger SargentAphrodeWhile the godss of love is not intified promently as lbian herself, the Greek poet Sappho (as sapphic) of Lbos (y, as lbian) told many homoerotic tal and named Aphrode as the greatt patron and ally of lbians and homosexuals wh the Greek pantheon of gods.
IS GOD GAY
<p><strong>Pl Otreicher:</strong> I preached on Good Friday that J's timacy wh John suggted he was gay as I felt eply had to be addrsed</p> * is gd gay *
Above: Enrique Simo, El Juic Paris (1904)ErosWhile the bt-known myths of Eros pict the son of Aphrode as a fertily god -- the versn that proved spiratnal to the popularized Roman god Cupid -- later Greek myths portrayed Eros as one of several wged erot, and the one regard as a protector of homosexual culture, acrdg to rearch the scholarly book Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic the Ancient World. Begng the mid-1990s, the level of ntroversy and bate creased, partly bee of the work of transgenr, tersex, and gay and lbian social movements but also bee of criqu ma wh the medil and mental health profsns both by dividuals and by lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) profsnal anizatns.
Rearch on children diagnosed wh GD suggts that they will most likely grow up to be gay or bisexual.
WAS J GAY? PROBABLY
* is gd gay *
But there's actually not much about homosexualy The Bible. God apparently pays a great al more attentn to treatg people -- even strangers -- fairly and and more relig lears are sayg that homosexualy is a normal part of human sexualy, and sce we were created by God, God mt have created some of as gay, lbian, etc. If your particular fah owns on homosexual behavr, remember that there's a difference between what a person do, and what a person Word of God, the Bible, is que clear begng Genis, that a man is to be wh a woman - or rema sgle and not engagg any sexual activy.
At the heart of the claim that the Bible is clear "that homosexualy is forbidn by God" is poor biblil scholarship and a cultural bias read to the Bible.
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
What Do The Bible Say About Homosexualy? Although s unlikely that the biblil thors had any notn of sexual orientatn (for example, the term homosexual wasn't even ed until the late 19th century) for many people of fah, the Bible is looked to for timels guidance on what means to honor God wh our liv; and this most certaly clus our sexualy. ” In askg, “What do the Bible say about homosexualy” (or more appropriately stated, “what do the Bible say about attractn to someone of the same sex, ”) our task is to explore what the relevant biblil passag on the topic meant their origal ntext and what they mean for today.
God and The Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships (Convergent Books, 2014)Jam V. A mon argument for the acceptance of homosexualy and same-sex marriage is that, if God is love, He would not nmn the love of others.
The world and maybe even our own sensivi might say that allowg others to live a homosexual relatnship is to see to their well-beg. Romans 1:26 says homosexualy is disgraceful and dishonorg.
GREATER NW PRI: IS GOD GAY?
First Corthians 6:18 says that sexual immoraly, cludg homosexualy, is a s agast one’s own body. If homosexualy rults a dishonorg, harmful separatn om God’s blsg, then the lovg thg to do is to stay away om . That beg said, those wh homosexual attractns are sperate need of love.
Even if they agree wh the Bible that homosexualy is a s and rolve not to seek fulfillment of their sexual sir, they mt still fd love other relatnships—the self-sacrificg love of agape and the iendly pannship of phileo. The need for love is no different for sgle heterosexuals than is for those wh homosexual attractn.
If God is love, why do He nmn homosexualy?