Health Minister Jens Spahn spoke about his attitude to faith against the background of his homosexuality.
In the pandemic, faith gives him confidence.
Berlin - Why do restaurants have to close and concerts missed, but church services are allowed in the
coronavirus pandemic
?
This question is discussed again and again during the Christmas season.
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU)
has now commented on the role
religion
plays for him.
"
Faith
gives me
stability," said the Catholic in an interview with
Focus that was
held in the St. Clemens Church in Berlin.
However
As
Minister of Health, he also
repeatedly
meets
people who have experienced difficult things.
Then the question arises why
God
allows this.
The reason: "We have sinned and are being punished" is too easy for him.
He doesn't believe in a punishing
God
.
According to
the CDU * politician
,
doubts about
religion
are
“part of being human.
there is never a satisfactory answer.
Just looking for it. "
Coronavirus: Minister Spahn does not believe in a pandemic as a "punishment"
That's why he quarreled
with
God
because of the
corona pandemic *
.
In any case, he is too busy with "worldly things" such as prevention, testing and treatment of the disease.
In contrast to
faith,
however, he is already in conflict
with the
church
- but because of a different topic: his homosexuality.
“What the
church
represents does not match what I
believe in
as a
Christian
or why I am a
Christian Democrat
,”
Focus
quotes
the
minister
.
“
Unfortunately,
as a gay man, you are
often in a conflict
with the
church
.” It does not fit his “religious self-image” if
sexuality is
taboo or given strict moral ideals.
Jens Spahn: Minister criticizes the church for taboos and moral ideals for sexuality
"
God
must have thought a little when I am who I am," said
Spahn *
.
He believes “in a
God
who“ takes you as you are. ”That is also his definition of
Christianity
.
“If the
church
does not accept that, then there is a lack of comfort, stability and security.
I feel it that way occasionally. "
In 2017,
Spahn
and husband Daniel Funke tried
to receive
a
church blessing
, but no one agreed to do so.
“After all, the
Church
also
blesses
motorbikes and hamsters.
It should actually be possible to bless two people who promise to be there for one another for life.
In the meantime we have found someone who will bless us, ”said the minister in an interview.
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