Comments on: Jesus Christ Had a Homosexual Relationship?

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:02:06 +0000

P.P.S. As an American living overseas (in Berlin) these past 35 years, I can’t help but notice how vilified atheists still are in the U.S., whereas in Western Europe, religious beliefs AND one’s sexuality are usually treated at one’s workplace as a strictly private matter and no one’s business but one’s own (until one oneself decides to make it an issue, that is). When is America going to finally follow Europe’s lead, grow up and learn to embrace diversity (reality)? My few extra Euro cents worth.

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:50:21 +0000

P.S. As an atheist AND a gay man, why should I have to be “friendly” (read: toady to people who refuse to think or empathize with others, are deliberately offensive and/or who are actively working for my downfall, see e.g. Prop. 8 and DOMA) when I am rightly pissed off at the injustice we as gay men and lesbians still face in this day and age? My few Euro-cents worth.

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:23:01 +0000

If I, as a 54-year-old gay man, were to count how many times I have not only “felt”, but deliberately BEEN offended by dumb-ass, heterosexist, religious folk, I’d still be counting…
This, by the way, was MEANT to be offensive to all those heterosexual supremacists (no less asshole jerks than white supremacists) out there who think they’re superior (by “virtue” of where they happen to place their dick or mouth and which political and ecclesiastic organizations that conduct happens to please) to gay or lesbian people.

By: News From Around The Blogosphere 8.23.08 « Skepacabra

News From Around The Blogosphere 8.23.08 « Skepacabra — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:49:39 +0000

[...] Jesus’ Sermon on the Brokeback Mount? Most Christians have never heard of the Secret Gospel of Mark, which was found inscribed in a letter by Greek historian Clement of Alexandria . . . One text from the letter hints that the Bible’s account of Mark’s gospel originally told the tale of Jesus raising a man from the dead and then having an intimate relationship with him, said Aaron Weaver, a senior at LCCC and president of the college atheist club. [...]

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:07:25 +0000

I dislike the poster because it is appealing to homophobia more than anything.

By: SarahH

SarahH — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:16:17 +0000

I don’t think that people have a right to be protected from things they find offensive, and I don’t think that sane people would commit crimes over posters of this nature.

As already expressed here though, it’s a really stupid poster. I mean, nice picture, but between the complete lack of coherent point and the well-known (if these college students had simply done their homework or asked a religious studies prof…) hoax, it just makes their group look asinine.

I do think the idea of Jesus as a sexual person (like almost all humans) is interesting and oddly taboo. He wasn’t a product of sex, he didn’t have any sex, he was a proponent of a religious dogma that has tons of rules about sex… “Sex and Jesus” could have been an interesting discussion title, and homosexuality could certainly be brought up.

The poster, though, really blows.

By: Tao Jones

Tao Jones — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:16:10 +0000

That poster is all sizzle and no steak.

No reference at all was given to the “Secret Gospel of Mark” so why would critics even know to attempt to discredit the “Secret Gospel?”

This poster isn’t going to make anyone think. If that truly was the goal of the poster, the execution was horrible. If the intent was merely to shock, mission accomplished.

Even if I was a student on that campus, I wouldn’t be inclined to join their group. They have an extremely poor communications strategy and I very highly doubt that my goals of advocating atheism would match theirs.

By: bif

bif — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:08:28 +0000

your all thinking too much about this, the only thing this poster was ment to do was offend. it was meant to offend in order to show how censorship is still happening on college campuses. the poster was taken down by a student, given to security officers, and never put back up. but the college is saying that their freedom of speech was not violated.

By: sean

sean — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:46:55 +0000

A little bit of perspective from the poor, repressed Christians would be nice. They believe that those of us who don’t share their delusions are going to endure an eternity of torment and torture, involving fire and lots of pointy-things. Just how offensive is that, and yet i feel no desire to reach for my pitch-fork when they feel the need to share God’s-love.

By: J. J. Ramsey

J. J. Ramsey — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:44:27 +0000

“The smarter thing to do would be to point out why the Secret Gospel is false and should not be taken seriously (if that’s the case).”

I’m surprised that the reaction wasn’t along the lines of this:

http://lorenrosson.blogspot.com/search?q=gospel+hoax

As far as I’ve seen, the Secret Gospel of Mark was a hoax from Morton Smith.