[ClancyJ]

See, already the "fiction" of the movie is getting intermingled with facts in religious discussions. It was fiction, Jesus was not married and all would be better off not tampering with what God told us in order to please what we think.

You know - it does not matter what we think - it only matters what God let us know He thinks. God is the one we follow - our little human view is merely whether we try and follow God or we waste time making up our own religion.

Do you really think God will follow what YOU tell him religion is? Or, did God create this world and man and set up a plan where we could be perfect enough to live in his presence for eternity? If He did, then He is the one determining what is required for eternity. Not what any of us ants think is required. We take it or leave it.

Which is why it is so dangerous to even pose theories about what might have been that was hidden, etc.

They mean absolutely nothing but can lead the ignorant along a path going no where.

[af_vet_rr]

See, already the "fiction" of the movie is getting intermingled with facts in religious discussions.

Huh? I think you have my post mixed up with somebody else's.

our little human view is merely whether we try and follow God or we waste time making up our own religion.

What made up religion are you talking about???? I don't consider Christianity or Judaism to be made up, and if you are talking about either of those, I would take offense to that, but that's for another thread.

Which is why it is so dangerous to even pose theories about what might have been that was hidden, etc.

My Jewish friend never made any claim about any "hidden" theories - his point was, that if we could go back to that time period, and if you pointed out a Rabbi walking by, that you wouldn't need to say "he's married", because I would know that automatically.

That's why he believes that only if Jesus wasn't married, would it have been mentioned. The people writing the Gospels would know that the people of their time that would be reading the Gospels, would understand Him to be married - there would be no need to say "oh, by the way, Jesus is married".

It's like the story from the Talmud about the young unmarried Rabbi being told by the older Rabbi to leave and not come back until he is married. That's the way things were back then - I know and understand it's hard for many today to comprehend how important marriage once was, but trust me, marriage was important - if you get a chance, buy a Bible or borrow one from a friend and read about what Jesus had to say about marriage between a man and a woman.

As I said, I don't know - as a well-respected Rabbi, it's certainly possible He could have been married. One way or another it does not change his divinity.