LOOKING BEYOND THE RELIGIONS WE KNOW AND THEIR DISCREPANCIES

"May our heterosexist, religious & materialistic friends find an open sexuality, a real god and the joys of nature".(Anon).

RELIGION vs. NATURAL SPIRITUALITY

My interest is a scholarly one, where I delve into religious myths. I believe in god. I do not believe in religion which is man-made, but I do believe in spirituality which is god-made. Thus I believe very little of what religious texts tell us, where same are ultimately based on greed (wars), soldiers to fight these wars (heterosexual concept of 'marry and multiply), and where people will only do this if god tells them too (religion). Simply put, to fulfill the pockets of Greed of the power-mongers, one needs the Breed, where the Creed instructs us to breed (and indeed fulfill greed for our own selves too - we are to "subdue the earth" it says in Genesis). I believe in a Natural Spirituality, because if god exists, then he, she or it, created nature and nature's laws, which we hardly follow. If you are interested in delving further, continue reading below.

MANY JESUS's

Before the story of Jesus (whether he existed or not), there are countless other myths about other religious masters that parallel his story. This was around his own time and also thousands of years before. These folk are known as 'Savior' ('Saviour') gods or 'Resurrection & Rebirth' gods. The church does not like people to find out about all these things, for then it loses control, inter alia. If you want to read further about these gods and myths, see the book and DVD lists below.

GAY HEROES & GAY MASTERS OF RELIGION

Mythology is replete with many gay hero stories, and gay religious masters or an inclination for them towards the gay way of life. No doubt due to Plato's 'The Good, The Beauty and The Truth', but also maybe due to Paul in the Bible, who states that those who do not marry a woman, are more concerned with spiritual, than material things. There are dozens of other reasons as well. There is also no doubt that heterosexuality is favoured in man's religions, as it serves the purpose of providing soldiers to fight their greedy wars.  If you want to read further about these gods and myths, see the book and DVD lists below.

CREATIONISM vs. EVOLUTION

My way of resolving this dilemma came through vast reading, where eventually several books suggest that quantum energy (or whatever energy it is) and god are one and the same. Evolution does not discard god, because who started evolution off in the first place ? If you want to read further about these gods and myths, see the book and DVD lists below.

BOOKS

Biological Exuberance by Bruce Bagemihl (heterosexuality not a natural norm).
Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same Sex Love by Will Roscoe.
In Quest of the Hero by Lord Raglan, Rank & Dundes (Jesus myths before Jesus).
David loved Jonathan by Tom Horner (Adam & Steve long before Eve - and more).
The Secret Gospel by Morton Smith (Jesus's male lover/s)
The Christ Myth by Arthur Drews.
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels.
Eros and the Mysteries of Love by Julius Evola.
The Man Jesus Loved by Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.
Jacob's Wound : Homoeroticism in Ancient Israel by Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (a must - god's hatred & world suffering).
Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra (if ever a bible of the universe it's this).
From Pre-Socratic Philosophers to Plato(first section of any philosophy book).
Homosexual Behaviour in Animals by Volker Sommer & Paul L. Vasey
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawkings

The Da Vinchi Code has some helpful insights, however its heterosexist stance that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene is quite out of keeping with the homosexual hero stories and homosexual religious masters who have spanned history and prehistory. If anything, Jesus had a male lover, which is well-explained in several of the books above.

DVD's

The God That Wasn't There (see how religion harms people and the environment).
Stephen Hawkings Universe (big bang and more).
The Unknown Jesus (there were many Jesus's).
The Einstein of Sex (learn about sexual behaviour).
Kinsey (learn about homosexual behaviour, and Plato's good, beauty & truth).
The Power of Myth (careful of Joseph Campbell's heterosexist interpretations).

SO YOU'RE HOOKED ?

If you want to know more about debunking religion, heterosexism and greed (which serve as handmaidens to each other), or about Homosexuality and how it relates to Spirituality and Plato's 'Good, Beauty & Truth', then read my other Reviews & Guides on these Subjects, and see book and DVD lists above.

Tidbit: One of the closest similarities to Jesus and the "Youth" is that of Hercules and his male lover, Hylas, with parallels like the river, a cave, nakedness, man lying upon man, wearing a loin cloth, asking the older one for love, etc.

KEY WORDS FOR THE HOMOSEXUAL HEROES & RELIGIOUS MASTERS TRADITION:

Hercules, Orpheus, Appolonius, Hadrian & Antinous, Mithras, Osiris, Dionysus, Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Savior/Saviour Gods, Mystery Schools, Resurrection Myths, Sacred Sex, Carpocrates, Gymno Gymnos, Gnostic Gospels, Mythology, Shamans, Ancient Heroes, Homosexual Heroes, Greek Heroes.