Jesus' Sexuality, What Was It?

[ponderingturtle]

On the slight chance that he existed (this is not to say he was the son of god) then he was human. Sexuality is part of the human experience.

Not nessacarily some people are asexual.

 

[Darat]

Quoted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus'_sexuality



Isn't this where Catholics get priest celibacy?

No - that was an entirely practical issue of property and inheritance - but as usual dressed up in RC theology.

 

[Darat]

Several years ago there was a thread discussing this. It was prompted by a poster called Vinnie who, as I recall, appeared to have as solid a grasp of New Testament scholarship as almost anyone else on this forum. Vinnie had written a very clever essay the thesis of which was that the historical Jesus was likely a homosexual.

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Full article can be found here: http://web.archive.org/web/20050907061142/http://www.after-hourz.net/ri/wasjesusgay.html

 

[Stitch]

Sadly, the website where Vinnie had published the essay appears no longer to exist, and I can't find his essay anywhere else.

If you know the URL it used to be at, you could try http://www.archive.org/index.php

 

[Stitch]

Full article can be found here: http://web.archive.org/web/20050907061142/http://www.after-hourz.net/ri/wasjesusgay.html

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Read the whole thread before posting
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Doh!!