I have a personal grievance with Harriet Harman, because I wrote to the MOJ many times while I was going through 7 years of being persecuted bullied and threatened (Richard Gardners "Threat Therapy) in the Secret Family Courts, and she is one of the people who the MOJ referred to wtite back to me.
I had discovered that what was being used against me in the secret family courts was PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME, and that had been invented by an American paedophile called Richard Gardner.
Harman and others from the MOJ lied to me, she told me that Parental Alienation Syndrome is not used in the UK, when she knew it was being used all over the UK, in secret family courts all over the UK. At the time, I had no idea of Harriet Harmans involvement with the Paedophile Information Exchange or the NCCL.
Harriet Harman did know not only that syndromes that had been invented by American paedophiles were being used all over the UK, she also knew that in 2005 200 women had been put into jail because of beng accused in secret courts of "Contempt of Court" and that is the charge PAS accused women are put in jail on when the judge uses Gardners "Threat Therapy" on them.
I hope Harriet Harman reads this post and decides to try to sue me, as I am a very angry women and would relish the prospect of a proper fight in a court of law, and this time it wouldnt be a secret one either. Harriet Harman and her creepy skulking crafty friends have blighted my life, and she knows it. Hearing people like Emily Thornberry praise Harriet Harman as some sort of advocate for womens rights is like hearing Thatcher praised as a champion of women, absolutly sickening. Not only did Harriet Harman and her colleagues in Parliament and the BBC make the UK a dangerous place to be a mother, they have turned the UK into a paedophiles paradise.
I also want to know why my son and his friends from a school for disabled students was taken to prison for PE lessons. Bill Cash and Jeremy Lefroy know all about that, so does Ian Parry, and I'm sure Harriet Harman is also fully aware of that sort of thing going on because all pigs feed from the same trough!
I've just realised that Emily Thornberry is Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury, so surely she herself must also be aware of the massive cover up of the abuse of childrens home children in Islington? But these people would rather all rally round one another defending the undefendable than lifting even the tip of their little finger to try to defend little children from the determined as hell paedophiles that prey on them!
Friday, 28 February 2014
Monday, 24 February 2014
TAKING DISABLED CHILDREN FROM A SPECIAL SCHOOL TO A PRISON TO DO GYM
Disabled children shouldn't be taken to a prison to do gym, and especially without the parents permission or knowledge.
How were we supposed to know if they were being put in the care of someone like Thomas Hamilton when they do things like that?
How were we supposed to know if they were being put in the care of someone like Thomas Hamilton when they do things like that?
Saturday, 22 February 2014
TIME FOR CHANGE ARE STALKING ME ON TWITTER
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=time%20to%20change%20government%20funding&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CEMQFjAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2F20-million-to-knock-down-mental-health-stigma&ei=TJwIU9P-Fu2e7AaKi4CIDg&usg=AFQjCNFASVV1zvwW5w0auYH443rWoygaLA&sig2=dCVwdpp0KE9mQJBAXe41fA&bvm=bv.61725948,d.bGQ
I HAVE ASKED TIME FOR CHANGE TO STOP STALKING ME ON TWITTER, I DON'T WANT ANYTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH COMIC RELIEF, TIME FOR CHANGE, MIND OR RETHINK MENTAL ILLNESS OR ANY OTHER DODGY CHARITY WHICH TAKES GOVERNMENT MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE AND DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE INSTEAD.
MIND WERE GOOD AT ONE TIME, BUT THEY ARE RUBBISH NOW, AND I DON'T WANT ANYTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH ANY OF THESE DODGY ORGANISATIONS, AND CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT THEM STALKING ME ON TWITTER!
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The government is joining forces with Comic Relief to help tackle mental health stigma, with funding of up to £20 million
The government is joining forces with Comic Relief to help tackle mental health stigma, with funding of up to £20 million for Time to Change, the leading stigma and anti-discrimination campaign, run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness.
This is the first time that the long-standing campaign has received government funding: up to £16 million over the next four years. It will also receive £4million from Comic Relief - the second time the charity has awarded its largest UK grant to Time to Change.
Time to Change runs events and campaigns as varied as getting young men and women into the boxing gym where they can meet people, pick up new skills and improve their mental health and confidence; and campaigning to change public behaviour towards people with mental health problems. The new funding will allow Time to Change to reach 29 million members of the public and increase the confidence of 100,000 people with mental health problems to challenge stigma and discrimination.
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow this week visited Duke McKenzie’s fitness centre in Crystal Palace, where Time to Change has sent scores of young men and women with mental health problems.
Speaking at Duke’s, Paul Burstow said:
“
One in four of us will experience some form of mental health problem during our lives. Unfortunately, people often have to cope with stigma and discrimination alongside their condition, in their families, their classrooms and their work places.
“
Time to Change is already making a big difference. Many of the young people who go to Duke’s went with low confidence having never had the chance to talk to others in an open environment. Its helped boost self-confidence; and the people at the gym get to see that people with mental health problems are no different to the rest of us.
“
Coping with a mental health condition is difficult enough without the added burden of overcoming discrimination too. That’s why I am committing up to £16 million over the next three and a half years to Time to Change to help fight the negative attitudes people have towards mental health conditions.”
Comic Relief Chief Executive, Kevin Cahill, said:
“
Comic Relief has a long standing commitment to helping people with mental health problems across the UK and has been working on this particular campaign since 2007. Four years on, we’re really starting to see some positive results - but we understand change takes time, and this next phase of the campaign will build on the success to date and the important lessons we have learned so far.
“
All too often people with mental health problems are blighted by the prejudice, ignorance and fear that surround it and Comic Relief is committed to working with Time to Change to overcome this.”
Time to Change Director, Sue Baker, said:
“
Stigma and discrimination ruin lives, and prevent people with mental health problems using their full potential and playing an active part in society. We have worked hard over the last four years to secure the beginnings of change in society, and have seen robust evidence of a reduction in discrimination. But it takes more than four years to overturn decades of prejudice - this is the work of a generation. Mind and Rethink Mental Illness are grateful for this new funding which will make a difference to the lives of millions of people - those with mental health problems and those around them.”
The funding will help Time to Change continue its work until March 2015 and help change attitudes and behaviours on a mass scale, empowering individuals to tackle discrimination across all sectors and communities.
It will fund the next phase of this highly successful campaign, including testing new approaches to tackling mental health stigma and discrimination amongst children and young people, and starting with some specific work with the African Caribbean community.
ENDS
Additional supportive comments
Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind said:
“
For generations we have swept mental illness under the carpet as a society. We’ve been afraid to talk about it and afraid to understand it.
“
The consequences for those experiencing mental health problems has been devastating. Stigma and discrimination has stopped people working, socialising and living life to the full. Over the last few years, Time to Change has made real progress in changing societal attitudes but we won’t give up until the job is done. We thank the Government and Comic Relief for their support and look forward to a future when anyone with a mental health problem has the opportunity to realise their ambitions.”
Paul Jenkins, Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness said:
“
This is a fantastic opportunity to improve the lives of the thousands of people affected by mental illness and Rethink Mental Illness is proud to be playing its part in this movement for change.
“
It means in particular new focus on the stigma faced by children, young people and people from African Caribbean communities, offering hope to a new generation that they can grow up without the fear of discrimination blighting their lives.
“
The funding is an acknowledgement of both the importance of continuing to tackle stigma around mental illness and also the excellent results Time to Change has achieved so far.”
Notes to Editors
1) Visit the Time to Change website for more information.
2) Time to Change is a programme run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, set up in 2007, that tackles mental health stigma and discrimination. It works closely with people with mental health problems to build their confidence and leadership skills to address stigma.
As a result of this campaign, so far there has been a four per cent reduction in the discrimination that people with mental health problems report, as well as improvements to public attitudes. According to data from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, the reduction in discrimination equates to 23,500 more people living lives completely free from discrimination compared to at the start of the campaign and 71,540 fewer people experiencing discrimination when looking for work.
3) The source of statistics in this press release: Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Great Britain, Office of National Statistics, 2005.
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I HAVE ASKED TIME FOR CHANGE TO STOP STALKING ME ON TWITTER, I DON'T WANT ANYTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH COMIC RELIEF, TIME FOR CHANGE, MIND OR RETHINK MENTAL ILLNESS OR ANY OTHER DODGY CHARITY WHICH TAKES GOVERNMENT MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE AND DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE INSTEAD.
MIND WERE GOOD AT ONE TIME, BUT THEY ARE RUBBISH NOW, AND I DON'T WANT ANYTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH ANY OF THESE DODGY ORGANISATIONS, AND CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT THEM STALKING ME ON TWITTER!
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£20 million to knock down mental health stigma
Organisation:
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Page history:Published 10 October 2011 Minister:Paul Burstow MP . ..
The government is joining forces with Comic Relief to help tackle mental health stigma, with funding of up to £20 million
The government is joining forces with Comic Relief to help tackle mental health stigma, with funding of up to £20 million for Time to Change, the leading stigma and anti-discrimination campaign, run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness.
This is the first time that the long-standing campaign has received government funding: up to £16 million over the next four years. It will also receive £4million from Comic Relief - the second time the charity has awarded its largest UK grant to Time to Change.
Time to Change runs events and campaigns as varied as getting young men and women into the boxing gym where they can meet people, pick up new skills and improve their mental health and confidence; and campaigning to change public behaviour towards people with mental health problems. The new funding will allow Time to Change to reach 29 million members of the public and increase the confidence of 100,000 people with mental health problems to challenge stigma and discrimination.
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow this week visited Duke McKenzie’s fitness centre in Crystal Palace, where Time to Change has sent scores of young men and women with mental health problems.
Speaking at Duke’s, Paul Burstow said:
“
One in four of us will experience some form of mental health problem during our lives. Unfortunately, people often have to cope with stigma and discrimination alongside their condition, in their families, their classrooms and their work places.
“
Time to Change is already making a big difference. Many of the young people who go to Duke’s went with low confidence having never had the chance to talk to others in an open environment. Its helped boost self-confidence; and the people at the gym get to see that people with mental health problems are no different to the rest of us.
“
Coping with a mental health condition is difficult enough without the added burden of overcoming discrimination too. That’s why I am committing up to £16 million over the next three and a half years to Time to Change to help fight the negative attitudes people have towards mental health conditions.”
Comic Relief Chief Executive, Kevin Cahill, said:
“
Comic Relief has a long standing commitment to helping people with mental health problems across the UK and has been working on this particular campaign since 2007. Four years on, we’re really starting to see some positive results - but we understand change takes time, and this next phase of the campaign will build on the success to date and the important lessons we have learned so far.
“
All too often people with mental health problems are blighted by the prejudice, ignorance and fear that surround it and Comic Relief is committed to working with Time to Change to overcome this.”
Time to Change Director, Sue Baker, said:
“
Stigma and discrimination ruin lives, and prevent people with mental health problems using their full potential and playing an active part in society. We have worked hard over the last four years to secure the beginnings of change in society, and have seen robust evidence of a reduction in discrimination. But it takes more than four years to overturn decades of prejudice - this is the work of a generation. Mind and Rethink Mental Illness are grateful for this new funding which will make a difference to the lives of millions of people - those with mental health problems and those around them.”
The funding will help Time to Change continue its work until March 2015 and help change attitudes and behaviours on a mass scale, empowering individuals to tackle discrimination across all sectors and communities.
It will fund the next phase of this highly successful campaign, including testing new approaches to tackling mental health stigma and discrimination amongst children and young people, and starting with some specific work with the African Caribbean community.
ENDS
Additional supportive comments
Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind said:
“
For generations we have swept mental illness under the carpet as a society. We’ve been afraid to talk about it and afraid to understand it.
“
The consequences for those experiencing mental health problems has been devastating. Stigma and discrimination has stopped people working, socialising and living life to the full. Over the last few years, Time to Change has made real progress in changing societal attitudes but we won’t give up until the job is done. We thank the Government and Comic Relief for their support and look forward to a future when anyone with a mental health problem has the opportunity to realise their ambitions.”
Paul Jenkins, Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness said:
“
This is a fantastic opportunity to improve the lives of the thousands of people affected by mental illness and Rethink Mental Illness is proud to be playing its part in this movement for change.
“
It means in particular new focus on the stigma faced by children, young people and people from African Caribbean communities, offering hope to a new generation that they can grow up without the fear of discrimination blighting their lives.
“
The funding is an acknowledgement of both the importance of continuing to tackle stigma around mental illness and also the excellent results Time to Change has achieved so far.”
Notes to Editors
1) Visit the Time to Change website for more information.
2) Time to Change is a programme run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, set up in 2007, that tackles mental health stigma and discrimination. It works closely with people with mental health problems to build their confidence and leadership skills to address stigma.
As a result of this campaign, so far there has been a four per cent reduction in the discrimination that people with mental health problems report, as well as improvements to public attitudes. According to data from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, the reduction in discrimination equates to 23,500 more people living lives completely free from discrimination compared to at the start of the campaign and 71,540 fewer people experiencing discrimination when looking for work.
3) The source of statistics in this press release: Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Great Britain, Office of National Statistics, 2005.
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Monday, 17 February 2014
JOB'S COMPLAINTS
I want to know why God is letting wicked people and demons persecute me.
Job asked the same question.
Why does God allow children and babies be abused? Why does God let murderers get away with it?
Why am I sitting here sick, and why do I get ill so much?
Why are paedophiles employed by MI5 allowed to spy and harass child abuse victims?
Why is every politician in the UK allowing this to happen?
Why is God allowing it to happen?
I'm asking God these questions, and I expect there will be creepy people coming here pretending to be God answering them, but I already know what God's voice sounds like, so God help me not to be tricked!
Job asked the same question.
Why does God allow children and babies be abused? Why does God let murderers get away with it?
Why am I sitting here sick, and why do I get ill so much?
Why are paedophiles employed by MI5 allowed to spy and harass child abuse victims?
Why is every politician in the UK allowing this to happen?
Why is God allowing it to happen?
I'm asking God these questions, and I expect there will be creepy people coming here pretending to be God answering them, but I already know what God's voice sounds like, so God help me not to be tricked!
Saturday, 15 February 2014
HOLINESS
I am reading Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, the reason I am reading this book is because I have had anonymous people come onto my blog trying to tell me that Hitler was a much misunderstood man, and that he has been unfairly portayed as a monster historically.
So I thought the best way to find out the truth would be by reading what Hitler actually wrote himself, in the book he published, Mein Kampf, which means My Struggle, which he wrote while he was in prison in 1923.
I haven't finished reading it yet, but so far what I have read has made me feel that there is a lot of truth in what the anonymous people are saying. However, I still think that what Hitler did was evil.
Hitler seems to have been genuinly motivated by a desire for godliness. He talks about the disgusting films and books that were being produced in his lifetime, and we can see for ourselves what he was talking about.
He said he didn't hate the Jews until he went to live in Vienna, and that his father didn't hate Jewish people and didnt bring him up to hate them. He said that he was influenced by a Christian Socialist lawyer called Dr Karl Lueger.
It's really difficult to get to the truth of who did what and who was good and who was evil, and I haven't even finished reading Adolf Hitlers book yet let alone done more than glance at who Karl Lueger was, but one thing I will say is that no-one has the right to murder or order to be murdered by someone else another human being, although I can well understand the feelings of people who have been treated in a foul way by child abusers and gangsters, I know that feeling very well indeed!
But the Lord Jesus Christ forbade us for taking the law into our own hands, and called every single one of us to follow him into blamelessness and holiness. Adolf Hitler may have had his reasons for the awful things that he did, but what he did was still wrong, and I for one will not make a hero out of him.
As for the Jews, looking at how Woody Allan and other Jews are being protected by their fellow wealthy Jews, it makes me so amazed that they are doing that. How on earth can a man who slept with and eventually married his own daughter not be denounced and excommunicated by the people whose faith he blackens the very name of? It seems to me that the Jews need to put their own house in order, just as the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the chosen race, God's persecuted messenger, persecuted by his own people, for telling the truth.
So I thought the best way to find out the truth would be by reading what Hitler actually wrote himself, in the book he published, Mein Kampf, which means My Struggle, which he wrote while he was in prison in 1923.
I haven't finished reading it yet, but so far what I have read has made me feel that there is a lot of truth in what the anonymous people are saying. However, I still think that what Hitler did was evil.
Hitler seems to have been genuinly motivated by a desire for godliness. He talks about the disgusting films and books that were being produced in his lifetime, and we can see for ourselves what he was talking about.
He said he didn't hate the Jews until he went to live in Vienna, and that his father didn't hate Jewish people and didnt bring him up to hate them. He said that he was influenced by a Christian Socialist lawyer called Dr Karl Lueger.
It's really difficult to get to the truth of who did what and who was good and who was evil, and I haven't even finished reading Adolf Hitlers book yet let alone done more than glance at who Karl Lueger was, but one thing I will say is that no-one has the right to murder or order to be murdered by someone else another human being, although I can well understand the feelings of people who have been treated in a foul way by child abusers and gangsters, I know that feeling very well indeed!
But the Lord Jesus Christ forbade us for taking the law into our own hands, and called every single one of us to follow him into blamelessness and holiness. Adolf Hitler may have had his reasons for the awful things that he did, but what he did was still wrong, and I for one will not make a hero out of him.
As for the Jews, looking at how Woody Allan and other Jews are being protected by their fellow wealthy Jews, it makes me so amazed that they are doing that. How on earth can a man who slept with and eventually married his own daughter not be denounced and excommunicated by the people whose faith he blackens the very name of? It seems to me that the Jews need to put their own house in order, just as the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the chosen race, God's persecuted messenger, persecuted by his own people, for telling the truth.
Thursday, 13 February 2014
KEVIN RAWLINGSON and TWITTER
Kevin Rawlingson is a freelance journalist, at least that is how he describes himself.
But I think he is a funny sort of journalist who isn't actually interested in reporting a story that should be front page news.
A woman called Eve Thomas referred me to him in a private message she sent me on Twitter.
Now the funny thing about Eve Thomas is that Twitter is saying that I follow her on Twitter, and that is not true.
Also, Twitter have taken away my block function, so now I am unable to block the paedophiles who maliciously stalk me on these, leaving mke vulnerable to attacks from them.
There are some funny goings on on Twitter.
But I think he is a funny sort of journalist who isn't actually interested in reporting a story that should be front page news.
A woman called Eve Thomas referred me to him in a private message she sent me on Twitter.
Now the funny thing about Eve Thomas is that Twitter is saying that I follow her on Twitter, and that is not true.
Also, Twitter have taken away my block function, so now I am unable to block the paedophiles who maliciously stalk me on these, leaving mke vulnerable to attacks from them.
There are some funny goings on on Twitter.
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
PETER TATCHELL BLASPHEMER
I MISSED THIS ONE - THIS IS OUT AND OUT BLASPHEMY!
JESUS WAS NOT NOT ABSOLUTLY NOT GAY!!!
THIS IS MADE UP NONSENSE, SAME AS THE RIDICULOUS STUPID STONE AGE BOOK THEY SAID THEY'D FOUND!
AS IS THE STAFFORDSHIRE FRAUD!
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/jesus.htm
Was Jesus Gay?
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The sexuality of Jesus Christ is queried.
Was Jesus queer? We don't know. But it is a possibility that cannot be ruled out. One version of St. Mark's gospel - which is still the subject of academic dispute - alludes to Jesus having a homosexual relationship with a youth he raised from the dead.
According to the US Biblical scholar, Morton Smith, of Columbia University, a fragment of manuscript he found at the Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem in 1958, showed that the full text of St. Mark chapter 10 (between verses 34 and 35 in the standard version of the Bible) includes the passage:
"And the youth, looking upon him (Jesus), loved him and beseeched that he might remain with him. And going out of the tomb, they went into the house of the youth, for he was rich. And after six days, Jesus instructed him and, at evening, the youth came to him wearing a linen cloth over his naked body. And he remained with him that night, for Jesus taught him the mystery of the Kingdom of God".
The veracity of this manuscript is hotly contested by other Biblical scholars. This comes as no surprise. The revelation of a gay Jesus would undermine some of the most fundamental tenets of orthodox Christianity, including its rampant homophobia.
But even if the text is genuine, does this ambiguous, elliptical passage offer evidence of Jesus's homosexuality? It is hard to say. The precise nature of the relationship between Christ and the youth is not spelled out. Sexual relations are suggested but not explicitly stated.
The Morton Smith document is, in fact, irrelevant to the vexed issue of Christ's sexual orientation. What we can say for certain is that the standard, accepted Biblical narrative gives us no information at all about Jesus's sexuality.
This absence of firm information does not, of course, mean that we can take it for granted that Christ was heterosexual. Far from it! The lack of information about his erotic inclinations begs more questions than it answers.
The truth is that we simply don't know whether Jesus was straight, gay, bisexual or celibate. There is certainly no evidence for the Church's unspoken presumption that he was either heterosexual or devoid of carnal desires. Since nothing in the Bible points to Christ having erotic feelings for women, or relationships with the female sex, the possibility of him being gay cannot be discounted.
In the absence of any evidence - let alone proof - that Jesus was heterosexual, the theological basis of Church homophobia is all the more shaky and indefensible. How can established religion dare denounce homosexuality when the founder of its faith was himself a man of mysterious, unknown sexuality who could, for all we know, have been homosexual?
The Bible tells us that Jesus was born a man and therefore presumably had male sexual feelings. It would have been more or less impossible, biologically, for him not to have an element of erotic arousal - even if only having the normal male response of waking with an erection.
JESUS WAS NOT NOT ABSOLUTLY NOT GAY!!!
THIS IS MADE UP NONSENSE, SAME AS THE RIDICULOUS STUPID STONE AGE BOOK THEY SAID THEY'D FOUND!
AS IS THE STAFFORDSHIRE FRAUD!
http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/jesus.htm
Was Jesus Gay?
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The sexuality of Jesus Christ is queried.
Was Jesus queer? We don't know. But it is a possibility that cannot be ruled out. One version of St. Mark's gospel - which is still the subject of academic dispute - alludes to Jesus having a homosexual relationship with a youth he raised from the dead.
According to the US Biblical scholar, Morton Smith, of Columbia University, a fragment of manuscript he found at the Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem in 1958, showed that the full text of St. Mark chapter 10 (between verses 34 and 35 in the standard version of the Bible) includes the passage:
"And the youth, looking upon him (Jesus), loved him and beseeched that he might remain with him. And going out of the tomb, they went into the house of the youth, for he was rich. And after six days, Jesus instructed him and, at evening, the youth came to him wearing a linen cloth over his naked body. And he remained with him that night, for Jesus taught him the mystery of the Kingdom of God".
The veracity of this manuscript is hotly contested by other Biblical scholars. This comes as no surprise. The revelation of a gay Jesus would undermine some of the most fundamental tenets of orthodox Christianity, including its rampant homophobia.
But even if the text is genuine, does this ambiguous, elliptical passage offer evidence of Jesus's homosexuality? It is hard to say. The precise nature of the relationship between Christ and the youth is not spelled out. Sexual relations are suggested but not explicitly stated.
The Morton Smith document is, in fact, irrelevant to the vexed issue of Christ's sexual orientation. What we can say for certain is that the standard, accepted Biblical narrative gives us no information at all about Jesus's sexuality.
This absence of firm information does not, of course, mean that we can take it for granted that Christ was heterosexual. Far from it! The lack of information about his erotic inclinations begs more questions than it answers.
The truth is that we simply don't know whether Jesus was straight, gay, bisexual or celibate. There is certainly no evidence for the Church's unspoken presumption that he was either heterosexual or devoid of carnal desires. Since nothing in the Bible points to Christ having erotic feelings for women, or relationships with the female sex, the possibility of him being gay cannot be discounted.
In the absence of any evidence - let alone proof - that Jesus was heterosexual, the theological basis of Church homophobia is all the more shaky and indefensible. How can established religion dare denounce homosexuality when the founder of its faith was himself a man of mysterious, unknown sexuality who could, for all we know, have been homosexual?
The Bible tells us that Jesus was born a man and therefore presumably had male sexual feelings. It would have been more or less impossible, biologically, for him not to have an element of erotic arousal - even if only having the normal male response of waking with an erection.
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