Was the Apostle Paul Gay?
Was the Apostle Paul Gay? What accounts for Paul’s self-judging rhetoric, his negative feeling toward his own body?
Queering the Church, The Influence of Paul
Queering the Church, The Influence of Paul. Queering the Church described a few days ago as a “preferential option for the queer“.
Gossipy Gay of the Gaps Question Was Paul Gay?
Gossipy Gay of the Gaps Question Was Paul Gay? Not that there’s anything wrong with it, but could it be that the apostle Paul was gay?
Paul Had Sexual Hang-Ups
Paul Had Sexual Hang-Ups. Paul had sexual hang-ups. Perhaps the reason for this can be found in early writings. The early Jewish-Christians, called the Ebonite’s, wrote that Paul was not a Jew by birth. This belief is found in the writing of Epiphanius in the 4th century, which states;
“They declare that Paul was raised in a pagan household. He went up to Jerusalem and when he had spent some time there, was seized with passion to marry the daughter of the high priest; and this was the reason he became a proselyte (Jew) and went through the Jewish ritual of circumcision. But when the lady rejected him, he flew into a rage and wrote against circumcision and against the Sabbath and the Jewish Law” (Pamarion 30.16.6).
Paul Was A Homosexual
Paul Was A Homosexual. Struggle against his own homosexual desires in an intolerant society may have inspired Paul the Apostle to write sublime Biblical teachings on unconditional love and inclusivity — and also a few “clobber passages” used by anti-LGBTQ bigots.
Both Paul’s sense of unworthiness and his appreciation for God’s grace may have the same unexpected cause: Some scholars believe that Paul was a celibate homosexual man trying to reconcile faith and sexuality in a culture that condemned same-sex attraction. This may have been the “thorn in the flesh” that God refused to remove despite his prayers.