Share, If you believe that path suits you, nobody is stopping you from doing so.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : John, in some wise traditions, sex isn't just for producing progeny. It's also for pleasure and healing and even becoming realized. Go figger! From: "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Married . . . with Children Share, IMO the church is saying that all women have a choice. They can have sex and children which is perfectly acceptable and human. Or be a virgin like Mary which is acceptable as well if that is their preference. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : John, basically the Church has placed at the pinnacle of worship, a woman who became a mother without having sex. I don't think the message is very subtle! From: "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Married . . . with Children Share, From what I've seen, Catholic women are having sex and children. So, what's wrong with that? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : John, imo the problem with the Virgin Mary is that by being both a virgin and a mother, she is used to denigrate feminine sexuality. Not healthy, to say the least. A cool book I read about Mary stated that she and her parents were Essenes. From: "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Married . . . with Children Share, We should all keep a close eye on what Pope Francis is saying these days. Some reporters have stated that Pope Francis believes the Virgin Mary is equal to God and that Jesus has been demoted. If true, that would really shake all of the Christian Churches. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : Richard and John, imo, what we're seeing now is patriarchal spirituality in its death throes and the re emergence of the feminine divine as co creator. Plus which there may have been another Mary, one who was a prostitute. Or maybe these various Marys, virgin, wife and prostitute are aspects of the collective psyche. From: "'Richard J. Williams' punditster@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 6:13 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Married . . . with Children On 11/13/2014 1:43 AM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: > This idea is similar to the plot in the Da Vinci Code novel. > For nearly 2,000 years, Mary Magdalene was believed to be a prostitute who repented and became a disciple of Jesus, but, the truth about her is finally emerging. She was almost certainly not a prostitute, but a wealthy woman whose support helped early Christianity to survive. Mary Magdalene could have been Jesus' concubine or even his wife. The Bible doesn't say what her realtionship was with Jesus except that she was a devoted follower and supporter. The early Gnostic Gospels have no hesitation describing the relationship between Mary Magdalene and Jesus. The death of Jesus could have been a plot to deceive the authorities. Maybe it was a robber that was hung on the cross and maybe Jesus escaped with Mary to go live in France. Go figure. Read more: 'Venus in Sackcloth' by Marjorie Malvern Penguin, 1995 > That leaves the people to ask: who were the descendants of Jesus and Mary, and where are they now? Also, the involvement of Mary Magdalene as "co-messiah" would completely change the present Christian theology. As such, I believe the orthodoxy would completely reject the validity of the manuscript. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <s3raphita@...> mailto:s3raphita@... wrote : Mary Magdalene was a "co-messiah", the wife of Jesus and the mother of his children, according to a translation of an ancient manuscript. http://tinyurl.com/mhb2j8b http://tinyurl.com/mhb2j8b
