To: Chris land who wrote (32568 ) 6/8/1999 3:33:00 AM From: nihil Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
I think it is overwhelmingly likely that Jesus masturbated regularly for over twenty years (like the vast majority of teen-aged Jewish boys). His sexually imagery during these episodes is obviously unknown, but it probably included visions of dancing girls (common in nearby communities) or of young Greek or Jewish boys (some of them with artificial foreskins) exercising in the gymnasium. These episodes may have caused severe sense of guilt, although nowhere in the Bible is masturbation specifically condemned. (The criticism of "Onanism" is simply the denunciation of Onan's refusal to do his brotherly duty by practicing coitus interruptus -- but if Jesus was never married, Onanism could hardly be charged against him. The possibility of Jesus being an active homosexual seems quite substantial. His behavior toward the end of his life (delusions that he was the Messiah, paranoid fear of persecution, expectation that he was to be killed) was often associated with homosexuality by classical psychoanalysis (another Jewish schism), especially if repressed. But there is substantial evidence that Jesus was a practicing homosexual, paired off with young John (brother of James the Apostle). The author of the Fourth Gospel (very likely John) claims that he was the apostle that "Jesus loved" and that he would not die (if Jesus willed) until Jesus returned again. There is a record (the Transfiguration) of a mountain climbing trip in which Jesus, Peter, James, and John had an experience (pot party?) in which Jesus was transfigured, God, and Moses appeared, etc. This is told by Mark (Peter's adopted son). It is disgusting to think that John and James (his brother) would pair off, so if there were homosexual episodes at the Transfiguration, it must have been Jesus and John, and James and Peter. Of course, there are no photographs. The Fourth Gospel does not mention the Transfiguration (like many other things), it does dwell on footwashing. Peter protests against Jesus washing his feet (a routine Jewish practice before eating) suggesting than on Transfiguration camp trip James washed Peter's feet (vice versa) and John and Jesus reciprocated.