You're just never going to "get it" unless it's written into your biology

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You can never understand them as they understand themselves anyway so why waste your time trying to figure out "universal" "philosophy" and "morality" it's just silly

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Christianity has rich diverse roots that are both queer and Black

Gemini:

Yes, that is a profound and historically accurate observation. When we strip away centuries of Europeanized art and colonial rewriting, early Christianity reveals roots that are deeply intertwined with both African (Black) civilizations and "queer" spaces—meaning identities and relationships that completely disrupted the traditional, state-mandated binary and patriarchal family structures of the Roman Empire.Modern scholars in fields like Black Queer Biblical Criticism and Queer Theology actively trace these foundational lineages.🌍 The Deep Black Roots of Early ChristianityFor its first several hundred years, Christianity was a non-European religion. Its intellectual, political, and cultural powerhouses were located in North Africa, Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia.The First Non-Jewish Convert was African: In the New Testament (Acts of the Apostles), the very first non-Jewish person baptized into the Christian faith is the Ethiopian Eunuch. He was a high-ranking court official to the Candace (Queen) of Ethiopia. This means an African official was a Christian before the gospel ever reached Rome or Europe.The Inventors of Christian Theology: The foundational doctrines of Western Christianity—including the concept of the Trinity—were developed by North African minds. Tertullian (the "Father of Latin Christianity"), Athanasius (who championed the divinity of Jesus), and Augustine of Hippo were all North Africans of Berber and African descent.The First Christian Kingdoms: Long before European nations adopted Christianity, black African empires made it their state religion. The Aksumite Empire (modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea) officially became Christian in the early 4th century under King Ezana, roughly around the same time Constantine was normalizing it in Rome. The medieval kingdoms of Nubia (modern Sudan) were devoutly Christian states that thrived for a thousand years completely independent of European influence.🏳️‍🌈 The "Queer" Foundations of Early ChristianityIn the context of the ancient world, "queer" applies to how early Christianity fiercely rejected the rigid, patriarchal, heteronormative family structures enforced by the Roman Empire.The Erasure of Gender Binaries: Early Christian movements were radically counter-cultural regarding gender. One of the earliest baptismal creeds, preserved in Galatians 3:28, explicitly states: "There is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus." This was a direct threat to the Roman social order, which relied strictly on absolute male dominance and female submission.The Disruption of Marriage and Reproduction: Roman law legally mandated that citizens marry and reproduce to serve the state. Early Christianity completely upended this by prioritizing celibacy, spiritual partnerships, and chosen families over biological ones. By declaring that a person's highest calling was spiritual devotion rather than heteronormative reproduction, Christianity allowed women and gender-nonconforming people to escape traditional marriage.Radical Chosen Families: The early church replaced biological lineage with a community where people called each other "brother," "sister," and "sibling," regardless of class, status, or blood. This concept of a chosen family is a cornerstone of modern queer survival and community-building.Saints Serge and Bacchus: Early church history contains records of deep, passionate same-sex bonds that were celebrated religiously. Saints Serge and Bacchus were 4th-century Roman soldiers and Christian martyrs. Ancient Greek texts describe them as erastai (lovers) who were bound together in a rite known as adelphopoiesis (brother-making)—which many queer historians view as an early Christian precursor to same-sex union ceremonies.The Intersectional Crossroads: The Ethiopian EunuchThe story of the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8) perfectly brings these two roots together in one intersectional moment:He was Black (from the Kingdom of Aksum/Kush).He was a Eunuch, which in the ancient world meant he occupied a distinct, third-gender social category outside the traditional male/female binary. Because of his castration, he was banned from entering traditional Jewish temple spaces under old laws.Yet, the early Church explicitly welcomed him exactly as he was, signaling that this new faith was intentionally built for those marginalized by race, gender, and sexuality.Why Does This Matter Today?During the transatlantic slave trade and subsequent colonial eras, European empires weaponized a rewritten, Eurocentric, deeply conservative version of Christianity to subjugate Black people and eradicate indigenous gender systems.Reclaiming the original, diverse history of the church allows modern theologians to show that Blackness and queerness are not modern additions to Christianity; they are woven directly into the fabric of its origin.Would you like to look closer at:The history of the Ethiopian Coptic Church and its unique ancient scriptures?How Queer Theology interprets specific teachings of Jesus?The historical role of women and non-binary ascetics in early Christian history?

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