Was Jesus married?

[naomi24]

My apologies to Duncer for swiping this off his thread in Chatterbank - I hope he doesn't mind - but I thought perhaps R&Sers might find it interesting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...world-europe-19645273

[zazinombies1998]

No he was not married it never says he was in the Bible :)

[doctordb]

Where was the stag-do?

[birdie1971]

Your above link doesn't work. I'll give it a go...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...world-europe-19645273


I read that today too. If the texts prove to be genuine (which is exceedingly difficult to do) then it would rather undermine the church's misogynistic view of women and completely negate the perverse practice of celibacy within the clergy.

I suspect that the church will do what it always does when it is presented with any suggestion or evidence that its teachings are incorrect – it will simply ignore them even if they prove to be genuine.

[lightbulb247]

i have recently just read an article in the mail about this exact topic.

[Duncer]

For any apologies to be accepted a suitable (but not religious) penance will need to be paid Naomi?

[naomi24]

Duncer, Oh my! Now I've been and gone and dunnit! :o))

Sith, and your conclusions were..... ?

[Duncer]

"Duncer, Oh my! Now I've been and gone and dunnit! :o)) "

Not yet you haven't but you'll need to. :-)

[mrs_overall]

In the bible it doesn't say he was married, but then again it doesn't say he wasn't married.
Unless someone comes up with some photo's of Mary Magdalene in a white frock and veil or an ancient wedding/stag do invitation, we will never know.

[naomi24]

Duncer, haaaaa! Smacked legs!! :o)

[Duncer]

That's only the foreplay.......

[mrs_overall]

Smut in Religion & Spirituality? Tsk tsk

[Infomaniac]

It would have been strange if he wasn't married: he was a rabbi and they were obliged to be married. Just because the bible doesn't mentiion it doesn't mean a thing.

[Duncer]

"Smut in Religion & Spirituality? Tsk tsk"

Mrs O - Reminds me of Woody Allen's "Is sex dirty"?

"Only if it's done properly".

[naomi24]

Duncer, you’re incorrigible – but you make me laugh. Thank you – I need a laugh right now. :o)

Mrs O, oh, we do smut too, you know. ;o)

Infomaniac, quite right. There is some evidence that he may well have been married - or at least that he and Mary Magdalene were 'an item'. There is a rather plausible theory that the wedding at Cana may have actually been his wedding to Mary.

[Duncer]

If you saw me naked you'd laugh even more.

I can live with "incorrigible" though, it's a step up from "pervert".

[naomi24]

In that case if you switched the lights off - and didn't keep your socks on, maybe I could cope. :o)

[beso]

There is no contemporary evidence that Jesus even existed let alone was married.

The impossible acts attributed to the character by the Bible clearly suggests the whole story is a myth.

[naomi24]

I think he probably existed - but the impossible acts are something else entirely.

[douglas9401]

Surely he was "married to the job".