Healthy sexuality is whatever is in line with it's created design and purpose. Put another way, whatever is within the bounds of how and why Christ established it as a core part of the human experience.
This means unhealthy sexuality is whatever deviates from Christ's good purposes for both individual sexuality and for sexual relationships.
As a Christian do you believe every other religion should have to obey the Bible? Which Bible?
As of 2024, there are approximately 45,000 Christian denominations worldwide.
What one defines as Christianity is vastly different even in their own religion. Humans should respect others based off their humanity alone & seek to find balance. Far too many have died in religious wars.
Denominations are a byproduct of time. The truth of the gospels transcends time and denominations.
The “church” was never intended to be recognized as a denomination.
Lots of different questions and statements in there, all good discussions points. Hard to give a response here that satiafies. But simply put: There is truth, and there is everything else. Truth is not relative. What is true is true regardless of whether most people believe it or not.
This is true: Christ is Lord. And any religion that denies Christ's lordship is a false religion.
That said, all people are made in God's image and therefore all are to be shown respect and dignity. I won't go into the religious war topic, partly due to the medium here, partly because it is a tired critique of Christianity.
As for the number of denominations question: There is one faith, one Lord, one baptism, one Church. The denominations are like different rooms in a house. They have their distinctions—some might be nicely furnished, some not, some welcoming, some cold, some new and some in disrepaire, but they are all in the same house. And Christ is the owner of the house.
Kind regards and excellent reply. Thanks 🙏 💜 Fair answer in regards to Christianity & I wish more Christians felt this way. There is a reason Jesus wept is the shortest verse in the Bible IMO.
Please understand while I disagree with you on some points : I respect this answer.
Far too many have been corrupted in churches which is NOT God.
That's a cool observation. I didn't know that was the shortest verse.
Church is difficult. I have to keep reminding myself that the bible was written symbolically and allegorically specifically so that they wouldn't understand. So... Church is for fellowship ; understanding is a private affair.
Midwest USA born and bread.
I think it’s punny. 🤣
Witnessed some wild things in my life.
Read various versions of almost every known holy book I could find. Lifelong sought to understand why humanity is. Grateful to have been given the resources to do so. Truly 💜🫂🫡
Honest question: why would the Bible be intentionally written in a way for no one to understand?
Ask Jesus, he said it, and didn't offer much explanation
There were times the prophets spoke to peoples whose hearts were hard and whose unwillingness and even inability to hear/understand led to judgement. And Jesus likewise spoke, at times, in parables so that certain peoples present would not understand. Is that what you are referring to?
If so, this was particular times and directed at particular people. And in all cases, the writers of each book provide context to the reader.
Often, when Jesus spoke in parables to the people, they did understand the meaning. When they did not, he would sometimes then speak plainly. He regulalry spoke plainly to his disciples, explaining what the parables mean.
The Bible is a rich library of literary genres. All of which are rooted in a literal telling of history, all of which is intelligible, and all of which makes one wise.
No, its more than the explicitly stated parables. The allegory and symbolism continue after the Gospels.
Matthew 13:10 and Luke 8:9
There's also a thing the Jews do with the Old Testament, where they use the numerical value of the Hebrew letters, as well as the pictographic form of the old Hebrew (modern Hebrew is only letters - old Hebrew was pictures used as letters) to tell a story or prophesy alongside the more readily apparent story. I am kicking myself for not saving a video I saw that explained it... There are other dimensions of hidden meaning too, but that's probably the easiest. Anything numbered is significant - the number always points to symbolic meaning.
Currently I'm looking into BHT translations - here's their website:
https://www.thymindoman.com/an-introduction-to-the-bryce-haymond-translation-bht/
I'm not saying its right - just looking into it. Tracking down Greek etymology takes a special frame of mind. Their translation of Matthew 13:10 is certainly intriguing
