--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" <babajii_99@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "qntmpkt" <qntmpkt@> wrote: > > > > > > > > ---Yea...Swami Muktananda - it appears from available evidence > > > > that he was quite adept at molesting underage Daughters of his > > > > disciples. > > > > > > And Bill Clinton brutally raped Juanita Broderick. > > > > > > So what? Whether it's true or untrue regarding what Clinton or > > > Muktananda or Maharishi did, we won't know for sure until said > > > gentlemen are brought to trial for these alleged crimes (assuming > > > they are still alive). > > > > > > In the meantime we can take the positive stuff they said and did > > > and dwell on that. > > > > Yes, and even Jesus now gets accused of all kinds of stuff > > regarding Mary Magdalene- there's just now end to this kind > > of gossipy thingy. > > Uh, with all due respect, the only thing Jesus > has ever been "accused of," and in some of the > Gospels excised from the Bible, no less, was > that he was *married* to Mary Magdalene. Which, > of course, would have been perfectly acceptable > for a rabbi. > > One should be careful not to project one's modern > hangups about sex onto a period of history in > which they are inappropriate. > > As far as I can tell, the myth of Jesus' celibacy > was made up long after his death by uptight men > to justify their own inability to relate to half > of the human race.
Which brings us back to the theme of the Da Vinci Code. I believe the author was trying to imagine the possibility of the divine and humans, a product of the earth or matter, coming together as one. Then, their descendants will perpetuate a new race of people here on earth.
