Do you think Jesus could have been gay?

Question

I mean he never married, he was chaste, he hung out with a bunch of guys all the time . . .

I don't really mind either way, he sounds like a great guy, just wondering your thoughts.

[Boy I can't wait to see the flameballs that are hurled over this one!]

Answer 1

Well, he could have been tempted that way, but he was not a practicing homosexual. The bible says he was perfect, and never sinned.

We tend to think that being gay is a new thing. It isn't, and was extremely common in biblical times. I've even heard that men in that time were considered weird if they DIDN'T have male lovers. Jesus was tempted with sin, so it makes sense that he would be tempted with a very common practice.

Answer 2

No, but I believe Paul was in total denial about his homosexuality.

Below is an excerpt from http://www.beliefnet.com/story/142/story_14299_1.html

"Paul has been perceived as basically negative toward women. He did write that "it is well for a man not to touch a woman" (1 Cor. 7:1). The passion that burned so deeply in Paul did not seem to be related to the desire for union with a woman. Why would that desire create such negativity in Paul, anyway? Marriage, married love, and married sexual desire were not thought to be evil or loathsome. Paul's sexual passions do not fit comfortably into this explanatory pattern. But what does?

"Obviously there is no way to know for certain the cause of Paul's anxiety prior to that moment of final revelation in the Kingdom of Heaven. But that does not stop speculation. The value of speculation in this case comes when a theory is tested by assuming for a moment that it is correct and then reading Paul in the light of that theory. Sometimes one finds in this way the key that unlocks the hidden messages that are present in the text. Once unlocked, these messages not only cease to be hidden but they become obvious, glaring at the reader, who wonders why such obvious meanings had not been seen before.

"Some have suggested that that Paul was plagued by homosexual fears. This is not a new idea, and yet until recent years, when homosexuality began to shed some of its negative connotations, it was an idea so repulsive to Christian people that it could not be breathed in official circles. This is not to say that our cultural homophobia has disappeared. It is still lethal and dwells in high places in the life of the Christian church, and it is a subject about which ecclesiastical figures are deeply dishonest, saying one thing publicly and acting another way privately. The prejudice, however, is fading slowly but surely. With the softening of that homophobic stance we might consider the hypothesis that Paul may have been a gay male. We might test that theory by assuming it for a moment as we read Paul. When I did this for the first time, I was startled to see how much of Paul was unlocked and how deeply I could understand ..."

More to read, if you're interested, at the link above.

Answer 3

NO HE WAS NOT GAY!! read the Bible and read all about Jesus and you will never hear about him being gay. he hung out with guys the same way guys hang out with their guy friends. He never married because what is the point of getting married when you know that you are going to die for every single person in the world.

Answer 4

>>>I mean he never married<<<

There are lots of men who never marry. The vast majority of them are heterosexual.

>>>he was chaste<<<

This makes you think He might have been gay? I don't know about back then -- but nowadays, gay men are statistically the most promiscuous around!

Besides, lots of men and women have lived lives of celibacy -- and most of them have been heterosexual.

>>>he hung out with a bunch of guys all the time<<<

So does my younger cousin, and he's not gay!

Besides, it's not true that Jesus spent time with guys "all the time." The Gospels are clear that He had women around Him too -- Martha, her sister Mary, Mary Magdalene ...

Answer 5

AS A PERSON MAYBE YES AND NO BUT AS A GOD HE IS EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE NOTHING COMES IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT A PURPOSE EVERYTHING HAS A MEANING AND A PURPOSE EVEN SILENCE IS NOT MEANINGLESS SO ANY FORM OF HUMAN BONDING CANNOT BE LOOKED DOWN UPON JUST BCOZ IT GOES AGAINST THE NATURAL OR RATHER THE ACCEPTED NORMS AND THOUGH I DONT BELIEVE JESUS WAS GAY BUT SINCE GOD IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BE ALL END ALL OF EVERYTHING AND EVERY RELATION ON THIS EARTH MAYBE HE DID EXPERIENCE IT HIMSELF OR EVEN IF HE DIDNT SUCH RELATIONSHIPS MUST BE HAVING HIS TACIT SUPPORT AND WELL THERE WAS A GIRL AMONGST THE BUNCH OF GUYS TOO MATE

Answer 6

I guess it's possible that he was tempted in that way. The bible says that Jesus was tempted in every way that we are and certainly some people are tempted to be homosexual.

But the important point is that Jesus never gave in to temptation and he never let it get a hold of him. Jesus was on a mission from God so he did not let sexual attraction to anybody distract him from what he was born to do: to save the human race from sin and death by dying on the cross in our place.

Answer 7

Not likely. Jesus was a Rabbi and in Jewish culture, as I understand it, you have to be married in order to be a Rabbi. Historically speaking it is likely that if he existed, he was a married man.

Answer 8

A lot of people batted for both teams back then. It's entirely possible he was a switch hitter.

Answer 9

No, anyway He hung out with women aswell

Answer 10

I'm not married, I hang out with girls, I'm still a virgin. Does that make me a lesbian? NOOO!! I am straight as straight can be.