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This book is now being passed from person to person in my home. I haven't read it but will likely try in the next week or so. I haven't seen any evidence that Jesus was married other than in fictional accounts. I suppose that would fly in the face of those whose agenda requires that Jesus was gay.

He was supposed to be fully human, so who knows (although I seriously doubt Leanardo heard any more about it than I have). Priests in Jesus' days were married. Catholic Church celibacy came later, and isn't practiced in the East. I don't know if it was important at the time of the Borgias, but certainly it wasn't practiced at the highest levels by a pope or two or three.

Jesus' wedding invitations never appeared in any of the testaments I have read including that of the cult leader Moses David in the early 1970's. I have't heard yet that it popped up in the Dead Sea Scrolls. So it sounds like a work of pure fiction and based on nothing historical other than the fact that some people existed around Jerusalem a couple thousand years ago.

Why the heck not. It's always great sport to ask "what ifs" of important historical figures. The message of Jesus was such that it really isn't crucial to the story whether he was married or not. I personally know of folks getting worked up over this book and this show and to different points of view. I think I'll worry about things more tangible.

26 posted on 11/03/2003 7:19:39 AM PST by stevem
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To: stevem
The message of Jesus was such that it really isn't crucial to the story whether he was married or not.

No more calls. We have a winner!

28 posted on 11/03/2003 7:22:57 AM PST by Snowy (Annoy a lib -> Work hard, earn money, and be happy!)
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To: stevem
"The message of Jesus was such that it really isn't crucial to the story whether he was married or not."

Except that it would invalidate some Old Testament prophesies concerning Him if he had been married.

36 posted on 11/03/2003 7:37:11 AM PST by nightdriver
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To: stevem
The message of Jesus was such that it really isn't crucial to the story whether he was married or not.

Only if you're into reducing the Savior of the world to a portable pocket Jesus for Ethical Living.

Christians preach "Christ crucified", not "Christ teaching". Christ's crucifixion, including his death, is the "message".

45 posted on 11/03/2003 7:53:20 AM PST by Romulus (Nothing really good ever happened after 1789.)
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