After continued conversation of the matter it has been decided by myself and a few other internet cronies that God is in fact not Gay after all. No, in fact God most likely has no sexuality at all or even gender for that matter. As it turns out, after much debate, gender and sexuality is something meant for humans alone to grapple with. Not without God’s involvement of course. We have also decided that it is alright to refer to God as He or Him as well, as we have to give God some pronoun. In the same breathe one wouldn’t be in error if referring to God as She or Her though it may confuse some people. What is important however is that we don’t allow our pronouns to create an Image of God as a He or She to the point where we may miss the other aspects of God that most specifically aren’t male. In our beloved western society for example the Male attributes of God are worshiped without a doubt, in my mind, to a much greater extent. Though there may be a change in the air.
The other thought that this subject brings up to my mind is that since God is not sexual in of Godself perhaps the rigid line of correct sexual practice within Christianity today is not as much holy as it is cultural. While there are many arguments against and for such ideas, I can not help notice that sexuality in the Bible changes with culture and that the voice of God seems to avoid many of such “sexual practices”. Instead God’s voice in the Bible focuses on other seemingly more important items. The best example I can think of is Solomon who is obviously sleeping with many women and even has what we would call today sex slaves. Yet God doesn’t address the fact that he has broken the “sacred institution of marriage”, instead God’s beef is that these women are bringing in their own gods. God’s focus is on what brings separation from God. The problem with the greater churches view on sex today is that we focus on the letter of the law, and I do not believe that I am in any way taking this verse out of context. The spirit of the law is this: separation from God brings death. It is erroneous religion to demand precise sexual practice as our demands are causing greater gaps between people and God. I would argue that instead it is appropriate (when there is a deep enough relationship with a friend who invites you into conversation about sexuality) to search out with the person what God is calling the individual too. And let the plumb line be this: what change or non-change brings you to a greater level of laying down your life for your neighbor. Because this is ultimately what brings us closer to God.
