Was Jesus ever married (Jesus Christ, gospel, crucified, church, LDS)

[PetShopBoy88]

Originally Posted by author@ptgbook.org

For one thing, knowing that He was going to be crucified at a young age, it would not make sense for Jesus to marry a woman knowing He could not be a physical husband and provider after His death. That would not be an act of love. Would you marry someone if you knew you would die at about age 33?

33 was pretty old in that day. It would have been unusual for somebody that age to not be married. Heck, it's even unusual in this society.

[I Panicked! At the Disco]

I personally don't believe that Jesus was married because the Bible never says so. However, even if He was, it would not make a differance in my faith, so it does not really matter to me.

[Snowbear]

Originally Posted by Djamila

But allowing women to assume the roles that they apparently held during Jesus' time would destroy the whole structure of the modern Christian churches. They'll no longer be the safe way for homosexual men to be accepted in deeply religious, Christian societies but an accurate reflection of what it appears God intended.

Quite a skewed view you have there, Djamila. What do you base this 'knowledge' on?

[Snowbear]

Originally Posted by Djamila

I certainly believe Marija Magdalena was anything but what the Christian churches have made her out to be in the years since.

Which churches? Biblically, as you noted, she was an evangelist and devoted to Jesus' mission...

[Djamila]

I don't understand the question? In Europe, at least, it was common for homosexual men to join the church up until fairly recently, by historical standards. It was a way to be accepted into European society for them. I assume it was the same in America, given all the controversies lately.

As for the role of women... if Marija Magdalena was indeed a preacher, and tipped to be the first Pope - then, obviously, a woman's rule in the modern-day church has been diminished. There are countless churches with internal conflicts regarding women. I've seen specials about women preachers at some churches in the United States. So who knows.

But I still don't understand your question, all I've said is fairly common knowledge as far I'm aware?

[Djamila]

Originally Posted by Snowbear

Which churches? Biblically, as you noted, she was an evangelist and devoted to Jesus' mission...

All the churches I assume? In religious studies, we learned how beginning in the medieval era there was quite a successful effort to paint Marija Magdalena as a (I can't type it, or it'll be censored, so I'll sexually promiscuous) and immoral woman.

[Snowbear]

Originally Posted by Djamila

But I still don't understand your question, all I've said is fairly common knowledge as far I'm aware?

Is your 'common knowledge' based on the Catholic Church in Europe? There is really very little in common btween the Catholic/Orthodox church 'structure' and that of the evangelical, protestant and reformation type of churches. At least here in the US....

[Djamila]

Yes, I don't know how the structure of these American denominations works. I've never heard of them existing in Europe. But the Roman Catholic Church in America had some of the most infamous sex scandals of the Roman Catholic world, and the... Anglican Church? Has that split because of the gay bishop. I forget the rest.

Do I sound like I'm being condescending? I make people so defensive and I really don't mean to.

[Snowbear]

Originally Posted by Djamila

All the churches I assume? In religious studies, we learned how beginning in the medieval era there was quite a successful effort to paint Marija Magdalena as a (I can't type it, or it'll be censored, so I'll sexually promiscuous) and immoral woman.

Not all Christian churches teach the same thing.
Not all of them even teach from the bible
In the case of the churches who actually teach from the Word of God (aka the Bible), she is not painted as a prostitute.

[Djamila]

Originally Posted by Snowbear

Not all Christian churches teach the same thing.
Not all of them even teach from the bible
In the case of the churches who actually teach from the Word of God (aka the Bible), she is not painted as a prostitute.

Oh good! That makes me...? Proud? LOL Not the right word, but along those lines.