By Andrew Bunt2024-07-17T11:59:00
Writing during the Week of Visibility for Non-Monogamy, which aims to “normalise” relationships of three or more people, Andrew Bunt suggests three ways Christians can prepare to face new questions on sexual ethics
We’ve all got questions we dread being asked: “You say your God is love, but what about all the suffering in the world?”. “You say your God is love, but what about the Crusades?”. “You say your God is love, so why do you think it’s wrong for two people of the same sex to get married?”
These are real and important questions that we might get asked by people who aren’t yet followers of Jesus. And they’re good questions. We need to think them through and be equipped to answer them because they hit on some of the big barriers that keep people from considering the claims of Jesus.
I think it’s time we add another question to that list.
“You say your God is love, so what’s your problem with three or more people being in a loving sexual relationship?”
This is a question about polyamory. Polyamory is…
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