RE: What do christians have against gay people
January 9, 2011 at 8:33 am
(This post was last modified: January 9, 2011 at 8:36 am by Justtristo.)
DeistPaladin Wrote:I'm not sure the early Christians were repressed-gay self-loathers. They had a lot of contempt for hetero sex as well. Paul suggested that his lifestyle of celibacy was superior, with marriage being for those who "could not contain". Jesus at one point suggests self-castration to get into Heaven.
Matthew 19:12
Quote:For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.
One early "church father" by the name Origen was said to have castrated himself after reading this passage of scripture.
Although Matthew 19:12 contradicts Deuteronomy 23:1 which says "“No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.". :-s
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