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==== Loving Jesus ==== "Loving Jesus" is a term TFI members use to describe their intimate, sexual relationship with [[Jesus]]. TFI describes its "Loving Jesus" teaching as a radical form of [[bridal theology]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefamily.org/dossier/statements/lj.htm |title=About The Family International |website=The Family International |access-date=2016-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429093717/http://www.thefamily.org/dossier/statements/lj.htm |archive-date=2009-04-29 }}</ref> They believe the church of followers is Christ's bride, called to love and serve him with wifely fervor; however, this bridal theology is taken further, encouraging members to imagine Jesus is joining them during [[sexual intercourse]] and [[masturbation]]. Male members are cautioned to visualize themselves as women, in order to avoid a homosexual relationship with Jesus. Many TFI publications, and spirit messages claimed to be from Jesus himself, elaborate this intimate, sexual relation they believe Jesus desires and needs. TFI imagines itself as his special "bride" in graphic poetry, guided visualizations, artwork,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xfamily.org/index.php?title=File:Tamar_558.jpg&filetimestamp=20050609225658 |title=File:Tamar 558.jpg β XFamily β Children of God |website=XFamily |access-date=2016-07-24 |archive-date=February 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214214255/http://www.xfamily.org/index.php?title=File:Tamar_558.jpg&filetimestamp=20050609225658 |url-status=live }}</ref> and songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Loving_Jesus_album |title=Loving Jesus album β XFamily β Children of God |website=XFamily |date=2008-06-11 |access-date=2016-07-24 |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026155628/http://xfamily.org/index.php/Loving_Jesus_album |url-status=live }}</ref> Some TFI literature is not brought into conservative countries for fear it may be classified at customs as pornography.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Love_words_to_Jesus |title=Love words to Jesus β XFamily β Children of God |website=XFamily |date=2008-09-12 |access-date=2016-07-24 |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026125532/http://xfamily.org/index.php/Love_words_to_Jesus |url-status=live }}</ref> The literature outlining this view of Jesus and his desire for a sexual relationship with believers was edited for younger teens,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Loving_Jesus#For_minors |title=Loving Jesus β XFamily β Children of God |website=XFamily |date=2012-03-16 |access-date=2016-07-24 |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204042746/http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Loving_Jesus#For_minors |url-status=live }}</ref> then further edited for children.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.xfamily.org/docs/fam/mlk/mlk_168.pdf |title=Mlk 168 |website=archive.xfamily.org |access-date=2016-07-24 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054606/http://archive.xfamily.org/docs/fam/mlk/mlk_168.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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