Christopian Sex: A Treatise on Reclaiming Paradise Via Christian Sexual Ethics

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This new ground-breaking book by Tom Gruber grapples with the really tough ethical questions regarding sex, such as: What's right? What's wrong? And why? Most importantly, what's idyllic? But isn't this Sexual Ethics 101? Doesn't everybody already know what the Bible teaches about sex? Doesn't everybody already know that sex belongs exclusively within marriage between one husband and one wife? Doesn't everybody already know that fornication is the Biblical equivalent of premarital sex? Doesn't everybody already know that adultery is the Biblical equivalent of extramarital sex? Doesn't everybody already know that lust is the Biblical equivalent of thinking about either adultery or fornication? If you believe any of these things, though author Tom Gruber respectfully disagrees, he can relate. He used to feel the exact same way. But then, after a series of cataclysmic events, he was forced to question everything he believed about sex. After 25 long years of investigative research, he came to some radically different conclusions. Oh, he still believes the Bible is the reliable Word of God. He still believes fornication is wrong, he still believes adultery is wrong, and he still believes lust is wrong. But he has also come to conclude that adultery is NOT synonymous with extramarital sex, fornication is NOT synonymous with premarital sex, and lust is NOT synonymous with thinking about adultery or fornication. Furthermore, he believes that many of the sexual restrictions God placed on mankind were as a result of The Fall. Here are a few key questions this book addresses:* Since Jesus said love for God and love for neighbor are a summary of The Ten Commandments, if a sexual act is both loving and in the overall best interests of everyone concerned, how can it simultaneously be sinful?* Jesus said, "Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her in his heart has committed adultery with her already." But what does that mean?* What did Jesus mean by, "In the resurrection, they neither marry nor are given in marriage"?* If the Bible only approves of monogamy, why were so many godly men in the Bible polygamous without a peep of Divine disapproval?* Does the Bible condone homosexuality?* What went wrong in the Garden of Eden?* Did marriage come before or after The Fall?* Is there sex in the afterlife? Gruber grapples with these questions, and many more. He makes a compelling case for what he coins as "Christopian Sex," a non-conventional lifestyle similar to polyamory. Polyamory means "many loves." Of course, everyone agrees that Christians should have many loves. But to love more than one person romantically or sexually is somehow breaking all the rules. Gruber defines Christopian Sex as "the practice, desire, or acceptance by Christian adults of simultaneously having more than one responsible intimate heterosexual relationship [usually including sexual intercourse, though not necessarily] with the knowledge and consent of every Christian adult involved." The key word here is "responsible." Yes, Gruber believes there really is such a thing as "responsible non-monogamy." He believes something cannot be responsible and sinful simultaneously. Put another way, he believes something cannot be irresponsible without being sinful. Bottom line, Gruber believes that God does not make up willy-nilly rules without having good reasons for those rules. CHRISTOPIAN SEX: A Treatise on Reclaiming Paradise via Christian Sexual Ethics by Tom Gruber, though biblically sound, is very controversial. However, it is not controversial simply for the sake of being controversial. Gruber believes truth is important, controversial or not. He believes that marital monogamy and single celibacy are NOT all there is. In fact, he also believes neither are idyllic. Gruber calls believers everywhere to reclaim paradise via Christian Sexual Ethics and usher in CHRISTOPIA!

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