-Caveat Lector- --- "c." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> um, hanging around with 12 other single men and a prostitute is the > perfect > way to live? NOWHERE in the NT does it say that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. She is described variously as "a sinner" "out of whom went seven devils." It is more likely that she was a priestess in an Astarte cult, which may or may not have involved sacred prostitution, but she was not the common streetwalker that the Christian Church has made her out to be. At any rate, she was closer to Jesus than any of his disciples, being the first to see him after the resurrection, which inspired envy in the disciples, who were the ones who made up church dogma. As for the "12 other single men" this also is not supported by the NT. In Mark 1:31, Jesus heals the mother-in-law of the disciple Simon Peter. Outside of the Essenes, who cloistered themselves at Qumran, it is extremely rare for Jewish men -- or women -- to remain single. The rabbis at the time compared deliberate celibacy to murder. The disciple James, the brother of Jesus, was apparently the ancestor of the Desposyni, Jewish royal exiles in Southern France in the first century CE. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
