Tuesday, 24 August 2010
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Can You Love Jesus Too Much?
In high school, I made the big transfer half way through my sophomore year from a large public high school, to a small Christian prep school.
I grew up in a Christian family, so I really didn't think it would be a huge deal. When I was transferring there was only one thing on my mind-- football. Since I was previously at the biggest high school in Iowa, I knew there would be a lot more playing time with one of the smallest teams. What I wasn't aware of was how many Christians have fallen off their rocker.
Some people appeared to love Jesus too much.
This school had students from preschool all the way through 12th grade, so there were some people in my graduating class who had been there 13 years and I would say they were over exposed to Christianity. From my point of view I just couldn't see it as a good thing. I don't have a problem with people having faith, but I feel like a lot of people forgot about the world around them. Most of the people I knew have straightened out since high school, but there are still some crazies (like a guy I know who prayed on his Facebook status that he would find the right furniture on Craigslist).
With all the extremes that some of these people believed in, I wondered if some people were sexually attracted to Jesus. If you think about it, it makes some sense. Jesus is usually portrayed by a good looking white man around age 30. He's not too young, and not too old. He's at a good age to appeal to everybody.
In the environment I was in, the belief was that any sexual thought was bad and lead to sin if you weren't married. Can you REALLY control your raging teenage horomones that easily, though?
I'm not going to say that I think this is something common. I just know there are a lot of different sexual thoughts out there.
My guess is that a lot of people find the physcial Jesus attractive in a Russell Crowe/Gerard Butler kind of way, and maybe some take this to the next level of sexual desire.
What do you think? If a Christian is raised in a world where masturbation and sex are considered a gateway to worse and worse sins, is it possible that their sexual thought is redirected toward Jesus?
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WOW lol. This post is totally lethal. Good job!!! Do I think people whack off to Jesus? No. Not anyone sane.
Even anyone overtly loving Jesus I don't think would really be a sexual attraction. Maybe moreso of an obsession with him, maybe the inability to separate religion and the real world, no ability to see how religion could apply to the real world. That's pretty insane, I'd say almost needing to be institutionalized. *shudder*
Ridiculous. No.
@iheartemo26@xanga - Agreed.
Why? For god sakes, why? This is quite demented.
I find it weird that this got posted in Datingish. Anyway, that... is kind of disturbing.
Well...actually, Jesus is described as being pretty ugly physically before the transformation, so...I do not believe it is possible to love Jesus too much, rather what these people display is a lack (rather than strength) of faith. Strong faith turns outward and reaches out to the world to love others regardless of their position in life, while a weak faith turns inward and focuses shallowly on the individual. There is nothing wrong with doing work on yourself, but I think that a lot of times the Christians like this that seem to forget about the world around them are engaged in a feel good faith. When things are good, they proclaim loudly that they are Christian and quote scripture, tell everyone how much they love Jesus. They get on a mountain top for God, and once something pushes them off their mountain top high, they do not have a deep enough relationship with God or others and it utterly destroys them, often to the point of losing their faith entirely or even suicide.
Uhm.. wow... no. I don't think you can love Jesus too much.. love and sexual attraction are two different things. Jesus is supposed to be like a father-figure, an inspiration, a role model..
Um, no.
@kinseydanielle@xanga - I should have written "love" into quotation marks.
Wow... um... sexual attraction? Unless you actually heard someone say that they are sexually attracted to Jesus, then don't even think of that. That's just dumb. And there is nothing wrong with praying on your Facebook status.
@kinseydanielle@xanga - Yup!
@fairiesmythsdragons@xanga - I also thought it was strange to go to datingish. I suppose if it were on any of the ish pages it would be this one. It definitely doesn't belong on revelife.
lol! Wow! I never thought of it that way, this is great. haha. I love it.
And I do believe it is very possible that people see Jesus in that light. I have no doubt in my mind.
Religious zealots have always disturbed me.
@Hinase@xanga - Demented? But that's the point!
Congrats, Gravy. :)
Read up on some of the early woman monastics...
@Wait_by_Moonlight@xanga - I guess so..O.o
@ItIsAllGravy@xanga - i know this could easily go to revelife, but i thought it was interesting, and because it dealt with sexual things, i sent it off to datingish because i'm one of the editors and i enjoyed it :)
don't have a problem with people having faith, but I feel like a lot of people forgot about the world around them.
Thats the thing. We christians are supposed to be "not of this world" Rebel against the world, and run to jesus.
I love jesus with all my heart and NO its not a sexual attraction That is a major insult.
@MiaJoyTheWriter@xanga - agree
Lol this must have been written as a joke
Can you "love" your wife, children or parents in the wrong way? Physical lust is a very broadminded primal urge. It will affix itself on any object, irrespective of kin, age, gender, or species.
I think that sexual repression might be refocused on JEsus, but I don't think anyone thinks of Jesus in a sexual way. I think more that the energy and focus has been turned to Him, perhaps to an unhealthy level. Still...I don't think that there are many people out there sexually attracted to Jesus, though they may take out the frustration and emotions in His name.
You are a sick person! A Christian does not need to redirect there sexual thoughts, rather stifle them and replace them with more profitable thoughts.
NO this is bullshit.
Somehow, I can't quite imagine people seeing Jesus in a sexual way, especially if they're taught that he's the one who doesn't want you thinking about sex.
Jesus wasn't a good looking guy, from what the Bible tells us. This post is creepy and completely out of line. Wow...