EUNUCHS
HOMOSEXUALS
This letter is in no way meant to condone or condemn
anything. I am simply trying to clarify the Biblical issue
of Jesus and homosexuals.
I realize that other writers in the Bible take a different
approach to homosexuality.
I am only concentrating here
on what Jesus is quoted as saying about the subject.
DOES THE GAY LIFE STYLE OFFEND YOU ?
If you are offended by gays and their life style, that is your business and you
have every right to express yourself as you desire within the law.
THE CHRISTIAN POINT OF VIEW
My concern however is with the comments I see from Christians. They stand
on the Bible and declare that the gay life style is sin etc. etc.
Well the truth is, if you are a follower of
Jesus Christ, you will have to change your opinion
on the subject , because Jesus obviously had no problem with gays.
WHAT IS A EUNUCH ?
To understand this,
you must first consider the nature of the word Eunuch.
A Eunuch to most people is a castrated male.
Eunuchs were very important
in Biblical times and in fact, many Eunuchs rose to great stature in ancient
social structures.
THERE WERE TWO KINDS OF EUNUCHS
But here is the point that one must understand.
There were two kinds
of Eunuchs described in ancient writings.
There was the natural
Eunuch and the mutilated
Eunuch.
A NATURAL EUNUCH AND A MUTILATED EUNUCH
In ancient Roman Law it is laid
out by the Roman
jurist Ulpian in a document known as Lex Julia et Papia, Book 1 (Digest
50.16.128), that "Eunuch is a general designation: the term includes those who
are eunuchs by nature, as well as those who are mutilated.
In stature he
places the natural eunuchs first. "
The mutilated Eunuch was designated as one diseased and the natural Eunuch was
designated as one not diseased.
The law (D 28.2.6) says that someone who cannot easily procreate is nonetheless entitled to institute a posthumous heir, but it gives no concrete examples of such a man.
In the same context, it states that the "eunuch" holds this right as well, while "castrated men" expressly do not.
Ulpian makes a
distinction between the non castrated Eunuch and the castrated Eunuch.
Whole eunuchs who were freemen, unlike mutilated eunuchs, were eligible for marriage and for adopting children (D 23.3.39.1, 28.2.6).
In fact, anatomically whole eunuchs had all the rights and duties of ordinary men.
NATURAL EUNUCHS ARE WHAT WE REFER TO TODAY AS GAYS
The point of all this is that ancient law differentiated between natural Eunuchs
and mutilated Eunuchs.
Natural
Eunuchs were homosexual men of that time and had all rights and duties of
ordinary men.
ANCIENT CHRISTIANS AND CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA
Clement of Alexandria warned
Christians against the evils of eunuch servants being placed in charge of women,
because they will act as pimps for the women, and moreover,
"the true eunuch is not unable, but [merely?]
unwilling to have sex."
It is important to see that this Catholic Saint makes it abundantly clear that the true eunuch is one who is capable of sexual activity. In other words, the true eunuch is not a castrated male.
This is very important to remember when considering the words of Jesus.
THE WORDS OF JOSEPHUS
Josephus, in Jewish Antiquities IV 8,40, indicated that in the case of some,
since "it is evident that their soul has become effeminate, they have transfused
that effeminacy to their body also."
Here Josephus is saying that the persons soul is effeminate.
In other words it is within
them, their very spirit or identity which thus is also reflected in their body.
THE MOST FAMOUS JEWISH HISTORIAN PLINY THE ELDER
Pliny the Elder assigned
eunuchs and hermaphrodites to the "third gender called half-male,"
THE QUR'AN
Although the Qur'an never
uses the word khasy, it recognizes that not all persons are male or female and
that there are some people who are aqim, or "ineffectual,"109
and some men who "lack the primary skills of males.
SUETONIUS ABOUT THE EMPEROR TITUS
Suetonius said of the
emperor Titus that "he was suspected of excess; and likewise of lust because of
his crowds of catamites and eunuchs."91
Apuleius, tells of a band of "half-men" [semiviri], 1 who call each other "girls" [puellae] and have sex with young men, both as active and as passive partners.2
They also act as cultic priests of the Mother Goddess, a traditional role for eunuchs.3
WHAT DOES JESUS SAY ABOUT NATURAL EUNUCHS
Now what does Jesus say
about those natural Eunuchs and about mutilated Eunuchs. Keeping in mind that
the natural Eunuchs were the gays or homosexuals of the time.
KJV Matthew 19:12
12. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's
womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be
eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He
that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Jesus mentions the natural Eunuchs (the true Eunuchs-the homosexuals), born from their mothers womb,
He also mentions the mutilated eunuchs (made by men), These are the castrated Eunuchs.
He also mentions those who simply abandon sex for the sake of spirituality. (Made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heavens sake.
As you can see in his statement above, Jesus also was not getting a 100% response. Notice the comment about, he that is able to receive it, let him receive it. Some obviously could not.
But Jesus said, that's the way it is.
How about you, can you receive it?
HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO
CHOOSE WHOM TO ACCEPT
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
OR
JESUS CHRIST
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG DIFFERENCE
You can be anti Gay if you
wish.
That is your right.
However, you cannot be anti
gay and claim to be a follower of
Jesus Christ.
As you can see. He did not feel that way.
So if you feel that way you are out of step with Jesus.
Take your choice, follow Jesus or follow Jerry.
You certainly have a right to disapprove of the Gay life style.
But when you approach it from a Christian standpoint you are on shaky ground.
If Jesus says that some are born that way from their mothers womb
And if you say that those within the womb are creations of God
That means that those whom you may not approve of are creations of God.
So tell him .
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