I see it as perfectly possible that Jesus was gay, but also don’t really think it matters. Religious rules are often designed to address some societal problem. I believe that the problem being addressed when Christianity was being formed was men having too much sex with men. The reasons for religion “preferring” heterosexual sex are obvious – it is needed for procreation. The reasons for homosexual sex are equally obvious – it is intensely pleasurable. I have no doubt that men were sucking and fucking each other long before religion became a dominant force in growing societies. And when societies started to organize around work and productivity, men having sex with each other all day became a problem. I believe that if you took religion out of societies, homosexuality would be very widely practiced. Once AI takes all the jobs, maybe men will be freed up for homosexual sex once again! – Phalluster
Drifts toward homosexual sex occur at different stages of life, and in different times in varied cultures. There was a period at the French court when homosexual partnership were recognized as a way of securing loyal allies in a social scene full of treachery and deception. There was a period in Vienna when dating, courtship and eventual marriage were so full of difficulty and expense that young men had lots of sex–with each other. So much that the municipal fathers had to issue discouraging edicts. Homo-tourism became a feature of the time, as gays from elsewhere in closeted Europe travelled there to pursue “the arts”. Of course the Greeks thought that a relationship based on pederasty was an excellent format for bringing youth into manhood. When migration to cities during the Industrial Revolution threatened family stability, the church and others doubled down on marriage fidelity (which nobody cared too much about back in the village), and homosexuality was invented and added to the list of major sins. Now the family does ok without a male breadwinner. Men are being released from the pressures of heterosexual monogamy, and as their careers are secure and children grow up, they feel free to “experiment” with their sexual desires, and those desires gravitate toward the immense pleasure of sex with other men. Jack M
I have spent many a year wrestling with the subject anyway I found this lady who explains all the cultural differences that have influenced writings & beliefs, some a lot more recent than we may think. It is a long video but if your bothered about being gay and Christian it might help, if the link doesn’t work then Google up Kathy Baldock
Drifts toward homosexual sex occur at different stages of life, and in different times in varied cultures. There was a period at the French court when homosexual partnership were recognized as a way of securing loyal allies in a social scene full of treachery and deception. There was a period in Vienna when dating, courtship and eventual marriage were so full of difficulty and expense that young men had lots of sex–with each other. So much that the municipal fathers had to issue discouraging edicts. Homo-tourism became a feature of the time, as gays from elsewhere in closeted Europe travelled there to pursue “the arts”.
Of course the Greeks thought that a relationship based on pederasty was an excellent format for bringing youth into manhood.
When migration to cities during the Industrial Revolution threatened family stability, the church and others doubled down on marriage fidelity (which nobody cared too much about back in the village), and homosexuality was invented and added to the list of major sins. Now the family does ok without a male breadwinner. Men are being released from the pressures of heterosexual monogamy, and as their careers are secure and children grow up, they feel free to “experiment” with their sexual desires, and those desires gravitate toward the immense pleasure of sex with other men.
Thank You Jack M