Satan tempted Eve to rebel by convincing her that God’s rules were meant for her harm rather than for her good. He is still using this strategy today, telling us that God is a cosmic spoilsport who wants to prevent us from expressing the sexual love we feel, finding our true sexual identity, and being romantically fulfilled. The God of the Bible is presented as a tyrant who wants people to stay in unhappy marriages and endure decades of suppressing the sexual urges that He supposedly gave us. As a result, we think, How could God possibly be loving in light of these restrictions? Certainly, I’m
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