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I hope that you understood that my post was a good-natured, tongue-in-cheek response to the whole business of the pursuit of this issue in a big way by CBS and FReepers alike.

The ancient life insurance company, Carpenters' Mutual, was a reference to the Savior's earthly trade that He practiced before His ministry, and said firm never existed, I'm sure.

The "beneficiaries" to which I referred are those who would have been entitled to survivor benefits, and my reference to the withdrawal of their fictional "claim" was "inspired" by the fact that He rose from the dead and therefore did not have the aforementioned "survivors." It would have been interesting to see an actual life insurance claims rep handle the case of an insured who was dead but soon after death no longer was dead.

I suppose I should seek reparations from Monty Python et al for the effects their outrageous works have had on my sense of humor, such as it is.

That said, the Scriptures have not addressed or referred to the question of whether the Savior was married or not.

All of this brouhaha about whether or not He had a wife or wives should not detract from the eternal import of His Atonement and His continuing and eternal reality as the Only Begotten Son of God. I stand all amazed at that which He did for me and for all of our Heavenly Father's children.

All the best, and I apologize if my yarn offended you in any way.....

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No not at a;;. I'm offended at ABC trying to take a heresy and try to turn it into an anti-Catholic diatribe about women in the Priesthood. Actually stating that Mary was a disciple, and that it was a conspiracy of a bunch of men to discredit her and elevate HIS Mother. Actually the more I think about this I get sick to my stomach at the lengths these liberal idiots will go to push their agenda. Frankly, I'm fed up with all of them, Peta, Libers, Dumocrats, Fascist enviro, etc etc etc.

Sorry for the rant. Don't apologize for posting. It's what makes FR.