Priest says angels in church mural look 'too gay'

[tolpuddlemartyr]

Jun 14, 2010 7:29:51 GMT -5 The_L said:

Jun 14, 2010 0:03:33 GMT -5 tolpuddlemartyr said:

Is there anything outside of the movie Dogma and other holywood sources that say that angels are literally sexless?

Common sense. If you don't have a physical body, you probably don't need genitals.

I dunno dude, the whole no physical body thing is probably a later development in Judaism. Anyways the Skeptics Annotated Bible has these little nuggets for you to ponder.

Do angels have sex?

It depends on who you ask. Let's see what the Bible says.

Yes, angels love sex (especially with pretty women).

The sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. ... The sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. -- Genesis 6:2, 4

(Many believers believe the "sons of God" to be regular, ordinary angels.)

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation ... giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh.... -- Jude 6-7

(And some men find angels sexually irresistible.)

And there came two angels to Sodom. ... And they turned in unto him, and entered into his house. ... The men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. -- Genesis 19:1-4

No, angels never have sex.

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. Mark 12:25

So angels like women-and "strange flesh" besides, oh and the folks in Sodom most definitely wanted to "know" them. That sounds kinda non empheral, non bodiless, horny as motherfuckers and so smoking hot that whole cities empty out on the street to "know" them, common sense be damned!

[Mlle Antéchrist]

Jun 14, 2010 16:29:17 GMT -5 Sigmaleph said:

Have a few pictures:

Is that baby Jesus with a limp wrist?

Seriously, though, the beings in that picture don't look any more homoerotic than these:

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(Maybe NSFW, if your boss is anal)

[The Lazy One]

I thought angels were fat little babies with diapers and wings... or at least that's what Valentine cards taught me!

[Thejebusfire]

A Christian angel is usually a beatiful man wearing nothing but white and with white wings.

What were they expecting?

[Mlle Antéchrist]

This?:

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Which still looks pretty damn gay, if you ask me.

[szaleniec]

Jun 13, 2010 15:57:11 GMT -5 Tiberius said:

Jun 13, 2010 13:23:21 GMT -5 Caitshidhe said:

Or fat babies.

Or are four faces, lion, ox, eagle, and man, and four wings.

And those were actually the angels that the fat babies are supposed to represent (the cherubim) to the extent that "cherub" has become slang for a sweet adorable child. No idea why.

[Thejebusfire]

Normally, when I hear the word "angel" I think of this guy:

[Tiberius]

Jun 18, 2010 19:39:20 GMT -5 szaleniec said:

Jun 13, 2010 15:57:11 GMT -5 Tiberius said:

Or are four faces, lion, ox, eagle, and man, and four wings.

And those were actually the angels that the fat babies are supposed to represent (the cherubim) to the extent that "cherub" has become slang for a sweet adorable child. No idea why.

Actually, what most people think of as Cherubs are Putti. The words became confused over the years.