Newton's Cat

That's my opinion.

The guy who invented the CULT which became Christianity was a EUNUCH.

Think about it - is there any evidence for this in the New Testament?

fattychunks

well very possible, but your argument is not very well documented har har
=P

christianity was founded by the canonical compilation of the new testament by a bunch of old guys, sure. and maybe they were EUNUCHs but i doubt it
=P

Desty Nova

Makes some sense to me. After all, maybe this could help explain why christians somehow find SEX so offensive and taboo. There are other allusions to be considered, as well if one really thinks about it for a moment.

I don't know about the NT, but there certainly could be evidence in the world around us right now...

-Desty Nova

Julian

Er, no. Not very likely. This is as close as you get in the bible:

Matthew 19:13For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

fromdownunder

First you need to answer this question:

Who invented Christianity?

It was not Jesus, even if you accept the full text of the Gospels.

It, at least arguably, may have been Saul of Tarsus, but in many of the letters attributed to him, he appears to be addressing Christian churches, or at least the early Church. It is less arguable that it is Paul who invented Christainity as we know it today.

Was it the disciples, who reportedly went out and witnessed the world after the events described in Acts?

How about you rephrase the question?

Norm

FatherMithras

Seriously though, I really want to know why religionshave such a thing about sex. I'm guessing it's a natural response to being cheated on, and wanting to ensure sexual impurity doesn't result. But seriously, what's wrong with sex when you're in love? I find it pretty nice, and the only time I'm really completely content. How can people hate it so much?

Clivedurdle

The warm wet fuzzy mutual feelings from great sex and loving (allusions to Eric Berne Sex in Human Loving) do mean that one's body mind soul and spirit are not thinking about heavenly things like loving god with all your heart soul mind etc.

Arguably this is the blasphemy against the holy spirit - we will work it out ourselves thank you, we are not intrinsically evil, ( maybe we are intrinsically good?) we are able to love each other without god looking over our shoulder or us having to submit to or worship this imaginary thing.

I would not say eunuchs were anti sex - Zheng He for example.

Is it not about power? You need me because I have a hotline to god - look I can prove it I do all these fantastic rituals. spend your time in church and thinking about church, much better for you than Sunday mornings in bed!

The Bishop

Didn't anybody else think that this was just all the wrong way around? First he says, "That's my opinion", then he states the opinion, then he asks everybody else if there's any evidence for it!

Nice touches of pretensiousness, there, Clivedurdle - casual references to two obscure writers as if they're, I dunno, Dickens and Shakespeare. :Cheeky:
"I would not say eunuchs were anti sex - Zheng He for example."
"Zheng Who?"
"No, Zheng Hu was a different guy."