tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post7049925259820684997..comments2024-02-28T12:04:11.837-08:00Comments on Jesus in Love Blog: 2010’s top 7 LGBT spiritual arts stories namedKittredge Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-77733463467098144832011-02-19T18:14:07.746-08:002011-02-19T18:14:07.746-08:00Homoeroticism, like beauty, is in the eye of the b...Homoeroticism, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Rasika, you may be correct about the artist's intent of conveying play tonic friendship since this image is reproduced on many Hindu web sites and I have not yet been able to identify the artist. However, I believe that the stories about Christ and Krishna offer evidence that they each had an erotic dimension.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-19014925130904560242011-02-18T19:53:42.972-08:002011-02-18T19:53:42.972-08:00Sorry to rain on your parade, but this is not homo...Sorry to rain on your parade, but this is not homoerotic art at all. Surely you know that there are many cultures in which men hold hands without the slightest erotic intent. The image is in fact meant to express a mood of interfaith.<br /><br />This is an image of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Who is the master of every living entity in every universe, Who is the source of everything and Whose loving pastimes with the countless living entities who are not averse to Him are eternally manifest in the eternal Spiritual Sky. It also features one of His servants, Jesus Christ, who appeared on Earth to propagate His message according to the place and circumstances of the day.<br /><br />Both of these personalities are way beyond the bodily conception of "enjoying" sex in any way that you are likely to grasp.Ramapriya Ramanujahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01154234602606061940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-86442090234841071842011-02-15T18:16:56.078-08:002011-02-15T18:16:56.078-08:00“I must admit to being more than a bit wary of usi...“I must admit to being more than a bit wary of using "visions of an erotic Christ" to balance out the negatives….Why this need to sexualise Jesus and Our Lady?” asked somebody at Facebook when they read this post.<br /><br />Here's my reply:<br /> Jesus was fully human as well as fully divine, therefore he must have experienced all aspects of human feelings, including erotic longings. Gay-positive Christian images are needed now because conservatives are using religious rhetoric to ...justify discrimination against queer people. It is appropriate for Christians to explore Jesus’ same-sex attractions because in him God became flesh—a total, shocking identification with all people, including the sexually marginalized.<br /> Christ’s story is for everyone, but queer people often feel left out because conservatives use Christian rhetoric to justify hate and discrimination,<br /><br /> Every community presents Jesus in their own way. There’s black Jesus, Asian Jesus -- and now queer Jesus to heal the damage being done by homophobes in Christ’s name. Many, myself included, experience these images as a blessing that enhances Christian faith by embodying God’s wildly inclusive love for all.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-38487241390609226812011-02-09T12:44:37.182-08:002011-02-09T12:44:37.182-08:00I was surprised that the piece about Christ and Kr...I was surprised that the piece about Christ and Krishna was Number One. It seems to be attracting many visitors through Google searches, even though it is probably not the most popular among the regulars in the "Jesus in Love community." In fact, right before I posted the list of top stories, a longtime supporter sent me an e-mail criticizing the picture of Jesus and Krishna embracing as "idolatry" that appeals to "some of inter-faith persuasion."<br /><br />The erotic Christ piece from the LGBT theology series was probably a most popular among the regulars here.<br /><br /> It was fascinating to me to look back and see which posts were the most popular. This helps me decide what to blog about in the future.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-44232068438405639972011-02-09T05:14:36.334-08:002011-02-09T05:14:36.334-08:00Too bad the artist of this delightful painting is ...Too bad the artist of this delightful painting is "Unknown". I hope we will have many more artists in the future who will take the various religious traditions and interweave their richness in new visions that openly acknowledge the Divine Spirit of Eroticism. Thanks again for the various posts you have so beautifully summarized and classified for us at the beginning of 2011!Trudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866513608442388870noreply@blogger.com