2006-07-06 15:42:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, it seems clear from the Gospel of John that Jesus was homosexual - it says in a few places in John that he loved one male disciple more than the others. Add to that the fact that he wasn't married at such a late age (for the time) and hung out with 12 guys and that early Christianity is full of misogyny and the big secret becomes obvious....
2006-07-06 15:50:20 · answer #1 · answered by kurtness 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If we can unring a bell for a few minutes, and forget that we've ever heard about "The DaVinci Code", and "The Last Temptation Of Christ", then we are simply using the Bible as a reference, it may be a possibility. It's true that Jesus hung around with a group of 12 guys, and I'm sure they did everything together. Jesus had a "special" friend named Lazarus, and he was the only person that Jesus brought back from the dead.
Think for a moment if you had that power, whom and how many would you bring back?
I guess that I've always assumed that because Jesus and the deciples were on a religious mission, that sex was not on their minds.
As for female priests, the same reason that there are no male nuns. Within the confines of the Catholic religion, priests are men, and nuns are women. Other religions have women as their pastors. I don't think that Catholicism not having women priests has anything to do with who Jesus and the deciples had sex with, if they had sex at all.
Thank you for posing such an interesting question...
2006-07-06 23:21:10 · answer #2 · answered by taterliquor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus and all his desciples were not homosexual, at least not Jesus or the thirteenth desciple who was likely his wife!
Why does everyone forget about Mary?
Those peole who decided on the bible 300 yrs after Jesus' death left out a LOT of stuff. There were antifeminesm tactics used in order to convert the pagans! SO anything to do with women being powerful was removed- thats why you hear nothing of it! There are no women priests because some men are terrified of the sacred feminine!
2006-07-06 22:49:53 · answer #3 · answered by Intuit Birth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to stop for a second and clarify some terms. Jesus had many many disciples - these were all of his followers. In fact, if you read the crucifiction accounts, you'll find more mention of women disciples at the cross with him than men. The "chosen" or "the twelve" where Jesus' apostles. And yes, according to scripture, they were men. (I'm not going to go the Da Vinci Code route here.)
Back to the question - In the early church, women were just as likely to lead what we would now call "communion services" as men were. At this period in time, however, women were not granted much autonomy or power of any sort. It would be very hard for a woman to travel alone to share the gospel without being robbed at best, raped and murdered at worst. As the formal structure of the Christian Church was established, it fell in line with cultural norms, which had very specific roles for each gender.
Remember, Jesus did not intend to establish Christianity. He was a Jewish man of his time who asked people to do God's will not only by the letter of the [Hebrew] law, but by its spirit.
2006-07-06 23:12:36 · answer #4 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I worked for some years with a man I think of as a Catholic intellectual. He has read a lot of the history of his church. He said in the early days, the Catholic Church did indeed have female priests, but the women were not really good at accepting the sort of discipline the church expects. So, they decided not to have them any more, though they gave PC reasons for that decision, um, Jesus was a man, etc., which is not the real reason.
2006-07-06 22:51:08 · answer #5 · answered by retiredslashescaped1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enjoy while you can!
Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Gal 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
God still Loves you even when you don't love Him. Joh 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Its your choice .
In Christ in Love,
TJ57
2006-07-06 23:17:06 · answer #6 · answered by TJ 57 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say - No I can not see where this statement / question has anything to back it up. However I was not there so I can not judge you. All I can do is follow my own heart and say I choose not to accept your opinion and believe they were not. sorry
2006-07-06 22:52:03 · answer #7 · answered by Savage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, that is the stupidest resoning i have ever heard. Jesus was agaisnt sin, homoseuality is a sin. he wouldnt have been able to die for our sins if he had sinned himself.
2006-07-06 22:47:43 · answer #8 · answered by mxlj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell no!!! Don't you call jesus a homo, that makes us gays look bad dude. Besides he was probably impotent.
2006-07-06 22:59:58 · answer #9 · answered by Erik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope women were just second class citizens and not worthy of speaking to god
2006-07-06 22:49:41 · answer #10 · answered by Magi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋