[CCWoody]

Holy Blood, Holy Grail ~ The book's central hypothesis - that Jesus survived the Crucifixion and together with Mary Magdalene founded a bloodline that later became the Merovingians in France (protected by the Knights Templar and later by the Freemasons) amounts to a stunning amount of blasphemy. Is there anybody here who denies that this is the books central hypothesis?

[Xenalyte]

Is there anybody here who denies that this is the books central hypothesis?

Good Lord, man. If you were reading what I've written, you'd know that I am denying that vehemently.

(Or is that too big a word? I'm concerned about our lack of communication here.)

[Velveeta]

The book's central hypothesis - that Jesus survived the Crucifixion and together with Mary Magdalene founded a bloodline that later became the Merovingians in France

That's not exactly it....the authors did state that as a hypothesis, however the more *likely* hypothesis they stated was that Mary Magdalene escaped to France after the crucifiction, with child