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Here's a [link](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IWEY8DK/ref=dp(-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) to the book on Amazon. Dunno if that's allowed.
Edit:. I found it to be an interesting read by an author that knows how to use the words.
A couple of books I've read recently that have had an impact for me are Unclobber and Changing our Mind
The problem with the scripural basis is there is research that is showing we might be misusing those verses. Here's one such book. https://www.amazon.com/UnClobber-Rethinking-Misuse-Bible-Homosexuality-ebook/dp/B01LZ0HHKM
I worry our church which claims to be all about accurate understanding of the scripture won't even consider things like this because it goes against the tradtional understanding.
What does the COVID vaccine have to do with anything?
Also, I have a book recommendation on the subject of pornography that may soften your self-condemning attitude. Check out Samuel Perry's Addicted to Lust: Pornography in the Lives of Conservative Protestants. The book is written strictly from a sociological perspective (i.e., it's not a religious book), which I actually found insightful, revealing, and refreshing. The book includes non-judgmental interviews with many people struggling with your very situation and you may get some useful insight into what you're thinking and feeling and what to do about it. And DEFINITELY read it before you start getting into Christian anti-porn literature.
If you don't want to spring for the book, I can share my electronic copy, too. I highly recommend it.
"Heavenly Mother" is a rabbit hole topic unto itself.
Mormons believe that everyone has a spirit, which spirit is a child of Heavenly parents, male and female. One of their hymns states:
In the heav’ns are parents single?
No, the thought makes reason stare!
Truth is reason; truth eternal
Tells me I’ve a mother there.
The primary purpose of the LDS temples are to perform marriages in which parents are "sealed" for eternity as husband and wife with the express purpose to eventually become gods in the afterlife, just like "our heavenly parents".
What LDS Mormons don't tell you is that they believe in eternal polygamy in which a husband can be sealed to more than one wife for the afterlife. Up until the early 1900's, LDS Mormons practiced polygamy in real life and in the afterlife. Now, polygamy only happens in the afterlife, for instance, a widower sealed in the temple to a first wife who died can be sealed to a second wife in the temple. The widower, being sealed/married to both women, is presumed to be a polygamist in the afterlife.
And if that's not enough, some Mormons believe that Heavenly Father is a polygamist and that there is more than one "heavenly mother" who has spirit children on this earth.
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy is one book that describes the controversy and advocates for a stop to the doctrine of eternal polygamy.
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It's a really great way to spice up your sexual life, even if you have problems or just wanna have fun.
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It depends on how they talk about it.
Mark Laaser talked about his inclination to look at a gay website in a way that was incredibly honoring and instrumental to understanding how sexual brokenness distorts godly desire.
Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B7RCM9B/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_6BVQMNCM8ZHCMF3PQW7E
I highly recommend Samuel Perry’s Addicted to Lust.
In his (and my) opinion, the addiction paradigm of porn viewing and masturbation does more harm than good. It leads to greater compulsivity and pathology. And isn’t really an orthodox attitude. We aren’t sexual exceptionalists. Passions are passions. We fight them together as something common to man and woman.
While people sometimes cite the deuteronomy verse as being about transgenderness, that is a wildly anachronositic reading. The Bible says nothing about transgenderness specifically, because that is not a concept that people even had in their heads to be able to write about. Really the closest analogue is probably the mention of eunuchs, but even that isn't particularly close.
Additionally, it being part of the Law of Moses means that it is not (by itself) a good argument for how Christians today should behave.
Anyone who tells you that the Bible is clearly against being transgender, or transition if you are transgender, is overlaying their own beliefs onto what they read in it. There are some arguments that people make which are more reasonable, but in order to be reasonable they must acknowledge that they are taking general principles from the Bible and applying them to new situations.
Personally I don't think any of the arguments against transgenderness hold water, because they basically all boil down to "being transgender isn't actually a real thing, it's just a delusion that some people have". As the evidence continues to show that it is a real thing, that makes those arguments fall flat.
As for gay marriage and relationships, the Bible does speak more about that. I also think that the most correct view is that there is nothing specifically about the gender of the participants that makes a relationship sinful or not. But I recognize that it's a much more nuanced conversation. If you want a brief overview of one person's reason for supporting gay relationships, I highly recommend this post about it, or the book Torn by the same author (which is basically an better and more thorough version of the same arguments).
There are a few key components.
- Being gay is an innate characteristic, not chosen.
- Sin is not arbitrary. It all results from a failure to love God or love your neighbor.
- The Biblical record about homosexuality is more complicated than you may think. This is partly because sexual orientation was not understood by the Biblical authors, and partly because Biblical ethics as a whole are more complicated than you may think. There are plenty of examples of the Biblical standard of ethics changing from one section of the Bible to another. This means that finding a specific rule in the Bible doesn't guarantee that that is an unchanging rule for everyone at all times and places.
Now, that is all an argument for why we should look at it carefully, rather than decide it's a simple closed case, but it's not sufficient for deciding that gay relationships are fine. For that, we need to actually take the close look. For a relatively short example of that, I recommend this short essay. If you want a more detailed take, that author has an updated and expanded version of his view published: Torn.
Then why did Carol Lynn Pearson feel compelled to write this?
Honestly recognizing you have many issues will likely make it easier to deal with your pornography addiction. Just read this book https://www.amazon.com/Unwanted-Sexual-Brokenness-Reveals-Healing-ebook/dp/B07B7RCM9B/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
And it deals with how our issues need to be dealt with to deal with sexual addiction.
Yeah that's a good point - it's frustrating when people sexualise everything. Perhaps it's a symptom of their own sexual repression, which they project onto other people. After all, if they are thinking about sex all the time, they assume other people are too! I do also think our culture has retained some Freudian ideas even if they are not scientifically valid... the idea that nearly everything people do is motivated by sex.
You make a great point about child abuse and sexual shame. Shame about sexuality is one of the primary tools that religion uses to keep people coming back, as most people experience sexual fantasies and thoughts fairly frequently, thus they feel guilty on a regular basis and have to repent continually. You might find this book interesting if you want to explore this topic further: Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality
But yeah I'm in a partnership with a woman now and sometimes it's frustrating feeling like our relationship gets sexualised. I feel like my relationship with her is primarily based on a foundation of friendship, first and foremost. We have gone long periods without sex for health reasons, so sex to us is really just a nice bonus - but not a necessity. However, people act like it's the only reason we're together.
If your girlfriend was brought up in a religious atmosphere you may want to read Darrel Ray - Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0073WNSV6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1
> Can you supply arguments?
In book length form.
But to be 100% honest this debate isn't interesting to me. As far as I'm concerned, only a blighted moron would consider the anonymous authors of the Epistles of "Paul" to be an authority on any topic.
I'd highly recommend Good Christian Sex by Bromleigh McCleneghan. She's a seminary-trained daughter of a pastor who writes one of the most refreshing Christian books on sexuality.
Not sure that this will help immediately, but it may give you some insight into what you've been through: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0073WNSV6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
He has a great podcast also.
I recently read this: http://www.amazon.com/God-Gay-Christian-Biblical-Relationships-ebook/dp/B00F1W0RD2/ref=tmm_kin_title_0? Which called me for a rather different interpretation to say the least. Some might never be persuaded, but I found historical context very relevant.
I recommend that you read a book called Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality by Darrel Ray. It can help you come to grips with your background and find a different (healthier) outlook on your sexuality. It could be a life changer for you. Best wishes.