Can someone be sexually attracted to God?

[xpower]

I was on yahoo answers and someone said they where sexually attracted to God and asked if it was normal. So i google searched the subject and it turns out a lot of people(believers) are sexually attracted to God.

Is this normal(or okay)?

 

[WolfGate]

Goodness, no. Never heard that one before and I can think of nothing that would support that being normal.

 

[Grafted In]

I can see that happening if it's a woman or a gay man who has a picture someone painted or shot to be the image of Jesus and they become attracted to the model used.

 

[xpower]

The person on yahoo answers was not talking about pictures. They said they become sexually aroused when they pray to God. When I searched the subject some other people(believers) were saying the same thing.

 

[Crowns&Laurels]

The first thing I thought of when seeing this thread is that minor controversy about whether or not they made Jesus from the movie "Son of God" too attractive
They probably might have inquired the same of "The Passion of the Christ" if that one wasn't so brutal and bloody.

Out of respect and adoration, people tend to craft a central figure of their religion as attractive. The Muslims do the same thing with Mohammad, even though they cannot visually represent him.

 

[grasping the after wind]

People are sexually attracted to all kinds of things and ideas they have about those they find sexually attractive. It does not surprise me that someone would have a sexual response to praying to God. For instance there ar many people that are sexually aroused by people with power. God surely would be well qualified on that score.

 

[Dionysiou]

The idea of limitless power, protection, love, the ultimate good, probably helps that along. The depiction of the western "sexy Jesus" is also to blame haha. Also no, i don't believe that is acceptable to nurture.

 

[xpower]

The idea of limitless power, protection, love, the ultimate good, probably helps that along. The depiction of the western "sexy Jesus" is also to blame haha. Also no, i don't believe that is acceptable to nurture.

Not talking about picture/images.

 

[Swan7]

I'll admit, this is pretty weird and I've never heard of that before.

 

[dms1972]

Its a spiritual problem and the person asking doesn't really know who God is.

A few times some of the mystics used metaphors to describe their ecstasies that might be taken by some people too literally, something they never intended.

However people sometimes confuse God's sort of love called agape, and eros which is the love between the sexes.

Eros when it meant spiritually is about climbing, assent, climbing up to God, however God in the Bible is one who descends to us. Eros and Agape therefore are not the same. Eros it has also been said is more godlike than the other loves such as friendship and family love, it is also more prone to become a 'demon' so to speak, when worshipped, so the answer is no, eros is possesive not self-giving in the way that agape is.

God is love, but his love is "more stern and splendid than mere kindness" it has been said. Firstly its a self-giving love between God the Father and God the Son that has always been from before Creation. There was love and communication on the high order of Trinity before time.

A misunderstanding might occur in regard to 'self-giving' - its not 'throwing oneself away' in a careless, or worthless manner, to be taken advantage of - that's nothing like what it means at all, just for clarity.

Augustine also of spoke of caritas (latin), meaning sharing within the christian commonwealth.

http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng330/caritas_vs_cupiditas.htm

It takes God's agape which comes to us through Jesus Christ to set our human loves in order. Dante said this long ago: "Set love in order, Thou who lovest me."