Philosophy and Sexuality

The soul is the seat of being, not the body. The body participates in change, appetite, and form; the soul participates in truth, reason, and love. To confuse the two is to mistake shadow for substance.

In classical philosophy and theology, moral judgment concerns the orientation of the soul—what it loves, what it seeks, and whether it moves toward the good. The soul itself is neither male nor female, neither heterosexual nor homosexual. These distinctions belong to embodiment, not essence.

Sexual orientation is an accidental property of human life in matter. It describes the manner in which love is expressed through the body, not the moral worth of the soul that loves. A soul does not become disordered because the body loves differently; it becomes disordered only when love itself is twisted toward harm, domination, or falsehood.

If God is just, then divine judgment cannot be based on bodily configuration or biological desire, but on whether the soul is rightly ordered toward truth, compassion, and the dignity of others. Any theology that condemns persons for the form of their embodiment rather than the condition of their soul abandons reason in favor of fear.