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To: Ogmios
Why would Jesus being married cause problems for the Christian faith?

Conceptually it does not.

For all practical purposes, however, it is simply something that is not true. If it were, it would have been part of the story passed down from generation to generation. It is not.

That said, to suggest the the Church and the Bible just failed to mention Jesus' wife is problematic. First, if He was indeed married and had a family, why was He out wandering around Judea? Did He abandon His wife and kids? That hardly seems appropriate.

And on a much more basic level, Jesus was the Incarnation of the Living God. He lived a life without sin. Exactly how cosmically unfair would it be to have Jesus as your father? What child could ever live up to such a role?

SD

44 posted on 10/31/2003 10:23:29 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
I believe that the Church of Jesus Christ Latter day saints (Mormons) Believe he was married. What would make a better symbol to express his coming to the corrupt world to save it than redeeming and marring a whore?
48 posted on 10/31/2003 10:33:14 AM PST by Hollywoodghost (Let he who would be free strike the first blow)
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