--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2007, at 1:18 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > You mean Mary Magdalene? How does she "get toasted"? > > By whom? > > Obviously not by Jesus, to whom she may very well have been married. > > > > She's the one to whom Jesus appears in the garden > > after he's crucified, the one who brings the news > > of the resurrection to the other disciples. > > She's > > sometimes referred to as "the apostle to the apostles" > > because of this. > > That was his mother Mary.
Er, no, it was Mary Magdalene. > > She's a *saint*, fer pete's sake, with her own feast > > day. > > She's clearly on a lower status than the Virgin Mary, Well, of course she is. > sometimes being all but called a prostitute. "All but" called a prostitute? There's a long tradition (not biblical) that she had indeed been a prostitute before encountering Jesus. But that makes her a poster child for repentance. Christianity > through the years seems to have all but denied her > existence. Actually not. She's always been a prominent figure in Christianity. She has her own cults and her own churches. Her importance--she was probably one of the leaders of the early church-- has been downplayed, but her existence certainly hasn't been denied. How many Renaissance paintings, for instance, > feature her, Quite a few, actually. and how many feature his mother? There's really > no question who is the more revered. Of course, but I wasn't questioning that, now, was I? Jeepers, there you go again, Sal. As to paintings, check this page out: http://www.oceanru.com/magdalene/ Of course there are more paintings of Mary the mother of Jesus than there are of Mary Magdalene, but there are plenty of her. > If you haven't noticed this, Judy, I guess you > haven't been paying attention. Sal, you keep doing this to yourself. You think it was Jesus' mother who saw Jesus in the garden after his crucifixion and brought the news of his resurrection to the disciples, and *I'm* the one who hasn't been paying attention?? Time to hit the books > again. Try Mr. Encyclopedia for starters. :) Yeah, try Mr. Bible, babe.
