Was Jesus Heterosexual?

[Jerry-Jet]

Mary was born without without the effects of original sin–she had no inclination towards sin and was sinless.

I am guessing that Mary was heterosexual being that she was betrothed to Jospeh and became his wife.

If that is the case then Mary’s heterosexuality in no way conflicted with her being virgin, chaste, sinless, and without any inclination towards sin.

That being the case can the same be said about Jesus?

Was Jesus in His humanity heterosexual?

 

[Geremia]

Was Jesus in His humanity heterosexual?

Everyone in their humanity is heterosexual. Homosexuality results from sins of idolatry:

Wherefore, God gave them up to the desires of their heart, unto uncleanness: to dishonour their own bodies among themselves. Who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause, God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts, one towards another: men with men, working that which is filthy and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error. And as they liked not to have God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate sense, to do those things which are not convenient. Being filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness: full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, malignity: whisperers, detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, foolish, dissolute: without affection, without fidelity, without mercy. Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death: and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them. (Romans 1:24-32)

Since Jesus Christ is free of sin, he is a heterosexual.

 

[cthulhubryan]

Everyone in their humanity is heterosexual. Homosexuality results from sins of idolatry:Since Jesus Christ is free of sin, he is a heterosexual.

Wow! What a great explanation. I will apologize now for shamelessly using your explanation in talking with my teenager!

 

[cpayne]

I definitely do not want to derail the thread, but I have to ask: Since you claim to be a heretic and your posting name is CTHULHU-Bryan-----um------what exactly do you worship? Or am I in danger of being eaten for even asking?

 

[bpbasilphx]

Everyone in their humanity is heterosexual. Homosexuality results from sins of idolatry:

I know plenty of homosexuals who are devout Christians in all churches and NEVER committed idolatry.

 

[Chaldean_Rite]

Everyone in their humanity is heterosexual. Homosexuality results from sins of idolatry:

I know plenty of homosexuals who are devout Christians in all churches and NEVER committed idolatry.

Idolatry has taken many different forms today. Further, I don’t think anyone is in a position to make that call for another person.

 

[Syele]

I suppose it could come from Idolatry BUT I know from personal experience thatmany problems with SSA come from demoniacally induced confusion and Im not one to lightly blame stuff on demons.

 

[Soutane]

Mary was born without without the effects of original sin–she had no inclination towards sin and was sinless.

I am guessing that Mary was heterosexual being that she was betrothed to Jospeh and became his wife.

If that is the case then Mary’s heterosexuality in no way conflicted with her being virgin, chaste, sinless, and without any inclination towards sin.

That being the case can the same be said about Jesus?

Was Jesus in His humanity heterosexual?

Jesus is fully God and fully man in a hypostatic union.Being fully man he would of course be heterosexual as he would be without sin or the inclination to sin.

 

[Jerry-Jet]

Should chaste same sex attracted people imitate Christ’s heterosexuality?

 

[Blade_and_Blood]

Considering the Secret Gospel of Mark (a banned book), some people think he may have been bi or something.

But I personally think he was asexual. He doesn’t seem the type to necessarily “fall in love” with a significant other or even be sexually attracted to anyone.

Ironically Yours, Blade and Blood

 

[thistle]

Everyone in their humanity is heterosexual. Homosexuality results from sins of idolatry:

I know plenty of homosexuals who are devout Christians in all churches and NEVER committed idolatry.

Nobody who practices homosexuality is a devout Christian.

 

[thistle]

Everyone in their humanity is heterosexual. Homosexuality results from sins of idolatry:

I know plenty of homosexuals who are devout Christians in all churches and NEVER committed idolatry.

Nobody who practices homosexuality is a devout Christian.
It is an affront to God.

 

[Syele]

Being tempted to Homosexuality is not the same as acting on it. Many Devout Christians struggle with Attraction to the same sex (SSA).

 

[jfoges]

Mary was born without without the effects of original sin–she had no inclination towards sin and was sinless.

I am guessing that Mary was heterosexual being that she was betrothed to Jospeh and became his wife.

If that is the case then Mary’s heterosexuality in no way conflicted with her being virgin, chaste, sinless, and without any inclination towards sin.

That being the case can the same be said about Jesus?

Was Jesus in His humanity heterosexual?

I don’t know if the terms homosexual and heterosexual really mean anything.

 

[yellowbicycle]

I heard a similar question on catholic radio.
I’ll do my best to paraphrase.
Assuming that we are not sinning, we have attractions that are appropriate to our nature. For example, a man would be attracted to a woman, but, again, he’s a man who isn’t sinning, so he would be attracted to his wife only, not another man’s wife.
He may find another woman to be attractive looking, but he would not hold lustful sentiments towards her.
Okay, now on to Jesus. He did not come here to get a wife. That was not his nature. So, though he probably thought there were many beautiful women, he was not attracted to them in a sexual sense.
Think of how a father looks at his daughter - he thinks she is the most beautiful person in the world, but he is not attracted to her. Since we are all God’s children, those are the eyes that Jesus saw men AND women through.

 

[Soutane]

Should chaste same sex attracted people imitate Christ’s heterosexuality?

As long as they’re chaste their same sex attraction affliction does not interfere with their salvation.For example,I am single and heterosexual.I am also chaste as I am not married.As my parish priest says nobody ever died from not having sex.They should imitate Christ’s chastity.

 

[daeve]

Nobody who practices homosexuality is a devout Christian.
It is an affront to God.

You already said that, and the person you are quoting didn’t say anything about practicing…only that he or she knew people who were both homosexual and devout Christians.

 

[daeve]

As long as they’re chaste their same sex attraction affliction does not interfere with their salvation.For example,I am single and heterosexual.I am also chaste as I am not married.As my parish priest says nobody ever died from not having sex.They should imitate Christ’s chastity.

An excellent point. We should all look to Christ as an example of chastity. Many of us tend to assume too much about what another person does.

 

[notsmart]

As Jesus was not here to procreate I would say he was asexual.
His love surpasses that type of expression of love, but human sexual love expressed the way God willed for us to participate in, is not a bad thing, it is good.

 

[Kevin42]

To me it’s obvious that Jesus would not have been homosexual. I think it would be more interesting to discuss if he was asexual. (Asexual in this case meaning not sexually attracted to either sex.) Is asexuality considered natural by the Church? If so, is it a possibility for our Lord?

[Edited]
I see someone beat me to this idea .