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You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Poly-friendly Churches. Thread starter Al99 Start date Sep 25, Al99 Well-known member. I recently wrote the following in response to a podcast that invited responses from Christian polyamorists.
I've touched on this subject in a couple of threads here already, but thought I might as well as share these more complete thoughts here as well. I was raised in an Evangelical-Fundamentalist church, and while I discarded most of that traditional theology early on, I did eventually find great meaning in the metaphysical esoteric understanding of New Thought Christianity eventually coming to a personal belief structure that might best be characterized as Platonic-Christian Gnosticism , and a spiritual practice based on love, kindness, forgiveness - and with tolerance and open-mindedness obviously being implicit in that.
From my perspective, that is, after all, the message that Jesus intended to offer to the world - even if the Church founded in his name all too often fails to demonstrate those values. The article led me to consider which churches would be genuinely welcoming to polyfolks and accepting of polyamory as a legitimate way of engaging in loving relationships. So, I did just a bit of research. I started by asking the pastor of the very liberal, very progressive mainstream church that my wife and I attend what he thought about polyamory.
Now, this fellow is as liberal as they come in main stream Christianity, and is an avid champion of gay marriage - yet he rejected the notion of polyamory out of hand without hesitation.
