Category Archives: Devotional

A List of Posts on the Trial of the Gay Jew Jesus

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Ron Goetz

This is a list of what I have published on the trial of the Gay Jew Jesus. Quest for the Historical Jesus, or Discovery of an Unknown Trial? What are “Zakkai’s Formularies”? ySanhedrin 7:5 Massekhet Semahot 8:7 Mishnah Sanhedrin 1:2 … Continue reading →

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“Jesus was a Gay Jew. Evidence Please.”

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Ron Goetz

Recently someone left a simple, reasonable FB comment: “Jesus was a gay Jew. Evidence please.” In this post I am providing that evidence in one place. I will provide a brief introduction, as brief as possible. The evidence I found … Continue reading →

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The Guilty Species

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Ron Goetz

Christendom did not invent irrational guilt. I have my ideas about it’s evolutionary survival value, but we are “the guilty species.” Every successful ideology has embedded within it some element of guilt. Any elements of “what we owe to our … Continue reading →

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Sanhedrin 7.5

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Ron Goetz

The following passage is from the Talmud, and is attributed to Yohanan b. Zakkai (ca. 1-80 C.E., Galilee, Jerusalem, Yavneh). ___________________________ And so too, if a woman approaches any beast and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and … Continue reading →

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What Are “Zakkai’s Formularies”?

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Ron Goetz

Zakkai’s Formularies are what I call three legal documents in the Talmud that I am convinced were used by Yohanan b. Zakkai to prosecute gay and lesbian couples in first-century Galilee. According to this conjecture, two trials were adjudicated (judged) … Continue reading →

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Believing in Hell

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Ron Goetz

Before Xanax and Valium, before 12 years of compulsory desk-sitting, before stun guns, before “delayed gratification” awareness, scaring some primates into behaving with the threat of hell was an effective, if imperfect, herd management tool.

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Quest for the Historical Jesus, OR Discovery of th toe Unknown Trial

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Ron Goetz

Someone wrote that I was on the classic Quest for the Historical Jesus, and that my theory was based solely on the hazy meaning of Luke 17:34-35. He was not yet aware of some key facts about the Bethsaida Trial … Continue reading →

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Mishnah Sanhedrin 1:2

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Ron Goetz

Mishnah Sanhedrin 1:2 Antigonus the Prince asked Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai, “The ox will be stoned and the master also die (Ex. 21:29). Why?”He said to him, “The accomplice of a thief is like a thief.”When he went out, the … Continue reading →

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Gay Jew Jesus: Luke 17:34-35 was not Spoken BY Jesus, but is ABOUT Jesus

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Ron Goetz

The realization that Jesus was a gay Jew came to me at the end of a decade of research. A year ago I was forced to answer the question, “What do you really believe happened?” I’ve known for years that … Continue reading →

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Gay Jew Jesus: Adapting the Original Version

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Ron Goetz

After 10 years of blogging and digging and systematically reasoning based on the evidence, I have concluded that Jesus was gay. When I finally admitted this to myself, and realized that I would have to share this publicly, I responded … Continue reading →

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