[dangus]

Actually, it would've... It'd make his willing death not only an abandonment of his earthly mother (which we all must do), but also of his wife.

(Of course, if you're Catholic or Orthodox, it would refute priestly celibacy.)

If you're familiar with the book, the whole thing is a mockery of Christianity which supposes that the early church was a bunch of evil, hate-filled, misogynistic men, and by extension, if we follow in their footsteps, we perpetuate the evil, hatred and misogyny.

[Dog Gone]

I'm not familiar with the book, and I doubt I ever will be. Everyone who loved Jesus felt utterly abandoned when he willingly died and I'm not sure a wife would have felt worse than, say, Peter.

Had Jesus been married, I'm sure much could have been made of how he also served as a role model in that regard. However, I suspect the reason that Jesus did not get married is that it would have created an enormous problem if he and his wife had produced children.

The theological consequences of that would have been interesting, but at some point any descendants would probably have been hunted down and killed.