#gay theology

[mr-schmoo]

Cocooning

I'm so proud of this essay. My first essay up at a lit journal! On queerness, sound, grace, the narrative shapes of life, coming out, and the music of Perfume Genius.

[chelledoggo]

REBLOG THIS IF YOU ARE AN LGBTQIA+ AFFIRMING CHRISTIAN!! 🌈✝

and i DON'T mean in a "love the sinner not the sin" way or in a "side b" way. ❌

i mean if you believe that LGBTQIA+ folks are just the way God made them and that they are loved by God unconditionally and don't need to change or hide who they are to receive God's grace 🌈✝

🛑QUEERPHOBES / FUNDIES / TERFS / MAGA DNI! /SRS🛑

[beloved-of-john]

I'm scared as a queer Christian :( any sources you know?

I'm sorry you're scared :( I understand why, but you have nothing to be afraid of. God loves you exactly the way He made you. ❤️

Here's a good source breaking down the Bible passages commonly used against LGBTQ people, which can help you understand that the Bible isn't against you.

And this is a page full of generally helpful resources by Queer Theology, who also have a very long running podcast.

I hope these are helpful! God bless! 🕊️

[briefblueseason]

Rosary intentions for the LGBTQ rosary by Fr. Don Greene. Originally posted on my Instagram: @/evangeliigaudiumetsy

Buy my handmade rosaries:

https://EvangeliiGaudium.etsy.com

[queerism1969]

We have so many religious people so invested in going to heaven that they are willing to create hell on earth.

[gayleviticus]

lgbt affirming Christians tend to appeal to a kind of 'the Law is summed up in love your neighbour' ethic, whereas non affirming ones appeal to a 'carry your cross and be different from the world' one, and I think it's interesting how both these ideas do both exist alongside each other in the new testament.

the life of Jesus (and of Paul) shows that suffering isn't to be foreign to Christians, that it's not meant to be a life of ease, and Paul's letters especially do emphasise a need to be holy (which literally means 'separate; put apart') and held to a different standard.

on the other hand, it's also a huge theme in Acts and Paul of freedom from adherence to a Law that quenches the Spirit and excludes, rather than liberates people. and with Jesus too there's a principle of looking for the spirit behind a law rather than just blind obedience.

I think there's been ample ink spilled on both sides about exegetical analysis of clobber passages, and I think conservatives do tend to attack the affirming 'the Law is fulfilled in love your neighbour' as insufficient or myopic.

but I feel like the affirming side doesn't tend to do the same to 'carry your cross', and if it does it tends to be more on secular grounds. and that's fine, but I think there would genuinely be untapped theological ground in an affirming theology that tries to undermine this weaponising of carrying your cross against lgbt people.

what should a Christian life look like? what does it mean to carry your cross? should christian ethics differ in some way from secular ones, even for politically left Christians? are they founded on the same assumptions? non affirming Xtians accuse affirming ones of conforming to the world, but what about the centuries when the way of the world was homophobia? is there room for a more robust Christian affirming case than just 'well the Bible is ambiguous about gayness and it's not hurting anyone'?

[victusinveritas]

[jorrated]

whenever people in real ass life ask if i have any specific topics im really knowledgeable about i feel like this

[cath-lick]

[orthopunkfox]

I am no longer accepting the belief that Our Lord and Saint John the Beloved DID NOT have an extremely intimate relationship that went beyond teacher/disciple or even platonic friendship. There are three main reasons for this:

1. He's LITERALLY called Saint John the Beloved. In his gospel, he refers to himself as "the disciple Jesus loved" and makes it a point to tell us that he beat Saint Peter to Jesus's tomb after the resurrection. If that's not the behavior of a completely extra gay man idk what is. In all seriousness, Saint John was one of three people at the foot of the cross along with the Theotokos and Saint Mary Magdalene (don't get me started on HER relationship with Jesus). He was obviously considered extremely close to Our Lord. Not only this but Jesus left his mother the Theotokos in the care of Saint John from the cross. While as an Orthodox Christian I believe that Mary was a perpetual virgin and had no other biological children, scripture does reference other male relatives of Jesus. Whether they were his step brothers or cousins is unclear but the reality is that if John was just a friend, Mary's care would've passed to the closest male relative. Jesus wanted to make sure that John specifically took care of her, unless Jesus was married in which case his mother would've been cared for by the spouse of Jesus. It is well-known in the tradition of the Orthodox Church that the Theotokos, Mary Magdalene, and Saint John all lived together after Jesus's ascension. Indeed after the repose of the Theotokos, Saint John and Saint Mary Magdalene traveled to Ephesus where Mary Magdalene reposed peacefully. It is also worth noting that these three: Mary the Theotokos, Saint John, and Saint Mary Magdalene were the only of Christ's disciples who did not die as martyrs, John being the only one of the 12 not to meet a violent end. While there are theological reasons for this, it's clear that these people meant a great deal to Our Lord.

2. Reading Saint John's Gospel, it's incredibly clear that he understands Christ on an EXTREMELY intimate level. The other authors of the synoptic gospels record Jesus's life as man in the flesh on Earth. Each also puts his individual stamp on his account. Matthew the tax collector, the accountant, begins his gospel by listing the entirety of Jesus's lineage from Abraham forward. Luke the Physician records that in Gethsemane, Jesus's body was in such physical stress that he sweat blood. Mark, the law student gives a concise yet detailed accounting of Jesus's ministry beginning with the statement "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." Saint John however begins with who Christ is, who He truly is "in the beginning was the LOGOS!" He seems to be the only apostle who truly, deeply, intimately understood that Jesus existed since the literal beginning of Time that He was the Word, the very Power that brought the world into being with the Father. While I don't doubt that the other apostles knew these things to be true, I think John actually understood it, which may have been why he was granted the vision of the Apocalypse, the fullness of the Divine Liturgy in Paradise for Eternity. Did he have this understanding because he had intimate knowledge of Jesus? Perhaps all that extra time spent close to Our Lord afforded him a deeper understanding than others. He definitely seems to understand Our Lord on a whole other level than the rest of the apostles. It's almost like when you meet your friend's partner and they reveal all of these things you didn't know about your friend before because they are afforded a level of intimacy you don't have.

3. THIS ART! LOOKS AT IT! The man is nuzzling into Jesus's lap in front of all the other disciples. Just..that's just gay. I really don't know what else to say about it. Clearly the medieval illuminators picked up on the affection vibes as well when they drew these.

I'd like to add a bit of a disclaimer here and say that Jesus having romantic or even sexual relationships during His ministry on Earth in no way invalidates who He was, why He came, what He accomplished or who He continues to be. Whether He partnered with Saint John or Saint Mary Magdalene or both, what we know and teach and hold about Him remains unchanged except that scripture is, once again, far more queer than mainline Christianity wants to admit.

[many-sparrows]

Blessed pride!!!!! To all of my queer Christians, especially the ones who are struggling, God really does love you just as you are. You are holy and cherished and there's nothing that can take that away. For me, pride is also about how no one can isolate me from Christ's love, no matter how hard they try. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside our Father's care! Don't be afraid!! You're worth more than many sparrows!!

[gayagendacommapangenda]

Chanting

“No Law but God”

To myself, in a skirt,

To remember what I owe the World

[beloved-of-john]

(I like and follow from @spocks-got-a-glock)

So I made a sideblog for Christianity stuff.

My religious journey is relatively new and I need a space to talk about it, share my thoughts and potentially reach out to others. I don't think my followers on my main blog are a demographic that would be particularly interested though, so it all goes here from now on. There'll probably be a fair bit of content here about my experience as a trans + gay Christian but I will talk about more general things as well.

Please DNI if:

- you're homophobic/transphobic or align with anything other than Side A of the homosexuality + Christianity debate (I accept side B as a personal choice for LGBT people, though I don't agree with the reasoning, just don't tell others how to live their lives)

- you want to have a debate about my faith or about the existence of God; I'm out of steam

- you're antisemitic or islamophobic, or attack other religions unnecessarily. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

Please DO interact if:

- you're a trans/gay/queer Christian, or an LGBT affirming/progressive Christian

- you want to have deep meaningful conversations about theology (while staring into each other's eyes with homoerotic subtext)

- you want to share your favourite Christian music/books/art/films/TV shows. Tell me more!

- you're just curious or want to chat. I'm friendly :)

[briefblueseason]

Look not at our sins, O Lord, but at the faith of your queers.

[queerism1969]

[maayan00sh]

I have been wondering about the harrowing of hell.

It seems to be a fairly mainstream Christian belief that after the crucifixion, Jesus descends into hell to free the souls of the righteous that had been caught there until then.

Now, this seems like it would have been a pretty pivotal moment in the histories of heaven and hell, respectively. Yet we so far have no reference to it whatsoever.

Except... except maybe, in s1e3, eight years after the crucifixion, Aziraphale sees Crowley for the first time again, and he asks him a question that seems odd. Still a demon, then? Crowley scoffs, What else am I going to be, an aardvark?

Maybe Aziraphale's question isn't so stupid, though. Maybe when he heard about the righteous being released from hell... maybe he wonders if it isn't just the humans. If there's a chance that a certain demon might have been given a second chance, too.