"The Davinci Code", any basis in fact?

oldbadger said:

I think that Jesus loved Magdalene, yes.
I reckon that the person at Da Vinci's last supper is Magdalene and not John.

The Oral Tradition that Magdalene got away to Gaulle is posible/probable, and Jesus may not have been crucified, OR was taken down, saved and got away with Pilate's blessing.

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Ellen Brown said:

So much of religious history and belief seems based on questionable 'facts'. It is disappointing really. The 'nail in the coffin' of fundamentalist Christianity for me was the sad fact that it did not seem to change us; make us better humans. I still hold on to belief in the Creator, but anything beyond that is questionable.

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Ellen Brown said:

It's a Tom Brown fiction book, but the romantic in me insists it is true. Should I trust the likely majority of the Christian community which says it is not? Was Jesus likely married?

Pondering and wishing.

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paarsurrey said:

In all probability Jesus was married and had children. I quote a verse of Quran:

Arabic

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَذُرِّيَّةً وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِيَ بِآيَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ
Transliteration

Walaqad arsalna rusulan min qablika wajaAAalna lahum azwajan wathurriyyatan wama kana lirasoolin an ya/tiya bi-ayatin illa bi-ithni Allahi likulli ajalin kitabun
Literal
(Word by Word) And certainly, We sent Messengers before you and We made for them wives and offspring. And not was for a Messenger that he comes with a sign except by the leave (of) Allah. For everything (is) a time prescribed.
Sher Ali

And, indeed, WE sent Messengers before thee, and WE gave them wives and children. And it is not possible for a Messenger to bring a Sign save by the command of ALLAH. For every term there is a divine decree.
ar-Ra`d 13:38

And there are people who claim that they are from the off-spring of Jesus. Right, please?
Just google for "there are people who claim that they are from the off-spring of Jesus".

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JJ50 said:

Gay or straight, I hope Jesus has a satisfying consensual sex life.

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Nimos said:

Dan brown? There is nothing in the bible that suggest that Jesus were married and assume that the most likely candidate would be Mary Magdalene, but it is never mentioned or suggested.

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SomeRandom said:

Lol I recall the movie Dogma followed the premise of a woman who may or may not be Christ’s great great great great etc granddaughter.
Although unfortunately it is entirely fictional. A shame really.

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Unguru said:

Why do you care about his sex life (if he had one), don't you think that's kind of weird?

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JJ50 said:

Not really.

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TagliatelliMonster said:

If I were to compile stories into a "holy" book, about a man that is supposed to be worshipped...
And that man happens to be married to a prostitute (or even only ex-prostitute), I'ld leave that out also.

Not that I believe Jesus was married to a prostitute - frankly I couldn't care less.

I'm just saying.... if we assume this was the case, then the above seems a more then reasonable answer for why the bible wouldn't mention it.

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JJ50 said:

I wonder why nothing is said in the Bible about the adult private life of Jesus? If he had been gay, or married it might have upset the apple cart so to speak.

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JJ50 said:

I wonder why nothing is said in the Bible about the adult private life of Jesus? If he had been gay, or married it might have upset the apple cart so to speak

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pcarl said:

Because other than what the Gospels state, 'He grew in wisdom and stature', nothing of His life between 12 and 30? is unknown as there would have been no reason for knowing.

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paarsurrey said:

"Not that I believe Jesus was married to a prostitute - frankly I couldn't care less."
No Christian and or a Muslim believes that Jesus married a prostitute. Do the Christian believe so, please?

Regards

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TagliatelliMonster said:

It doesn't matter at all to the point being made. And the part you quoted me on with emphasis quite explicitly says that as well.

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• Basharat Saleem, the late Kashmiri caretaker of the Martyr's Tomb of Yuz Asaf in Srinagar.[10]*
• Michel Roger Lafosse, a Belgian false pretender to the throne of the former Kingdom of Scotland.[36][37]
• Kathleen McGowan, an American author, lyricist and screenwriter.[38][39]
• Sajiro Sawaguchi, a Japanese man living in Shingō, Aomori.[40]

paarsurrey said:

I however understand that Jesus did marry and had children also. There are many people in different parts of the world who claim that they are from the progeny/offspring of Jesus:

Claimants

The following is a list of persons who have publicly claimed to be from a Jesus bloodline, or have had such a claim made about them:

• Basharat Saleem, the late Kashmiri caretaker of the Martyr's Tomb of Yuz Asaf in Srinagar.[10]*
• Michel Roger Lafosse, a Belgian false pretender to the throne of the former Kingdom of Scotland.[36][37]
• Kathleen McGowan, an American author, lyricist and screenwriter.[38][39]
• Sajiro Sawaguchi, a Japanese man living in Shingō, Aomori.[40]

Jesus bloodline - Wikipedia
and there are others also.
Jesus might have or sure would have married even more than one wives, after-all David also had many wives. Right, please?
And there is nothing unusual about it. Right, please?

Regards
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* Andreas Faber-Kaiser, Jesus died in Kashmir: Jesus, Moses and the Ten lost Tribes of Israel (London: Gordon and Cremonesi; 1977).

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