Father Flourish Klink
“God is nonbinary,” Klink said. “God was assigned a gender at birth, and later on it became clear that that gender wasn’t right,” Klink said. “The Bible doesn’t tell us why it is that Jesus’ best friends, his disciples, the people who had walked with him to the end of his life, the people who had buried him in the tomb when it was politically difficult, who were committed to him still didn’t recognise Jesus for a good long time,” Klink said. Klink acknowledged that the explanation was based on personal interpretation rather than certainty “Now I don’t know for sure, I wasn’t there,” Klink said. He pointed to his decision not to marry and his interactions with women, which Klink said differed from traditionally masculine behaviour. Another said: “What kind of nonsense is that?
A New York City Episcopal priest has sparked a debate after claiming that God is nonbinary and suggesting that Jesus Christ was transgender. Father Flourish Klink, who is nonbinary and transgender, made the remarks during a sermon at Christ & St Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. “But I’m going to go further than that, and I’m going to say God is actually also trans. Klink compared the experience of transgender people with the way Jesus was identified as a boy at birth. He argued that people are assigned a gender based on what others see when they are born, but may later realise that the assigned gender does not reflect who they are. Klink applied that argument to Jesus, saying Mary would have identified him as a boy when he was born. At the same time, God, in their interpretation, exists beyond the categories of male and female. He then pointed to accounts of Jesus after his resurrection, when his disciples did not immediately recognise him. “But based on everything else I know about God, I have an idea. I think Jesus was resurrected as Jesus’ true self, which is beyond male or female. I think Jesus was not only transfigured; I think Jesus transitioned. Klink also argued that Jesus did not follow what they described as the traditional life of a first-century man. The remarks drew criticism online, with commenters questioning the priest’s interpretation of Jesus and the church’s decision to allow the sermon. One commenter wrote: “Has Christianity become this useless that Christians would openly blaspheme against Jesus Christ like this & Christians would allow it, they’re not demanding that demon-possessed scammer be stripped of their title & position in the church? Try this with Islam & see what happens. Where are all the Christian priests and missionaries? Why are they silent? If someone tells such nonsense about Jesus, they should stand up and say clearly: That’s not our faith, but instead, you hear nothing. The Church is silent, and these people talk. You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.
A clip from the sermon was shared on X on Wednesday.