I think this is not right. We don't need them asking these kinds of questions. I don't remember ANYTHING in my Bible classes even in college that hinted at Jesus being anything but single and celibate.
Laurie --- Jen -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > _____ > > PHOTO > <http://www.nypost.com/photos/web11030384.jpg> ABC > takes bestseller > "The Da Vinci Code" a step further. > > > > > > <http://www.nypost.com/efriend/efriend_gv.htm?headline=WAS > JESUS CHRIST A > MARRIED MAN?&byline=By ADAM > BUCKMAN&url=http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/9777.htm> > Email > <http://pqarchiver.nypost.com/nypost/> Archives > <http://www.nypost.com/cgi-bin/printfriendly.pl> > Print > <http://www.nypost.com/reprints/reprints.htm> > Reprint > > > November 3, 2003 -- WAS Jesus married? > > And was Mary Magdalene his wife? > > > Apparently, a lot of people will be upset if the > answer to both these > questions is yes. > > > As explained in tonight's "Jesus, Mary and Da Vinci" > - a new ABC News > prime-time special inspired by the best-selling > novel, "The DaVinci Code" - > proof that Jesus of Nazareth was a married man > enjoying conjugal relations > with his wife would upset the apple cart, so to > speak, of all of > Christianity since Jesus' divinity has been based > for so long, at least in > part, on the notion that he was celibate. > > > Or at least, that's what I think the show is trying > to say. If I'm fuzzy on > the details, then it's because I'm Jewish. I think > non-Jews believe Jews > understand as much as they do about Christianity - > be it Catholicism or any > other kind. > > > But I'm here to tell you: We Jews know very little > about Christian dogma. > > > And on behalf of all Jews, I apologize for that. > Besides, it's not that > we're uninterested; it's just that it doesn't come > up very often. > > > > > <http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imp.gif?client=ca-nypost_300x25 > 0&random=1067876679174&format=300x250_sln&output=html&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.n > ypost.com%2Fentertainment%2F9777.htm&event=noiframe> > > > Thus, I find the whole Da Vinci Code business to be > a tad confusing. As I > understand it, the novel, which I haven't read, > posits the idea that the > church hierarchy - that would be the Catholic Church > - knew about the story > of Jesus' marriage to Mary Magdalene, along with the > possibility that they > had children, since early in the church's history. > > > According to tonight's ABC News program, the story > was officially > over-ridden by church doctrine and effectively > suppressed by Pope Gregory > the Great in the sixth century. > > > Because the church did not approve, the story was > supposedly passed down > covertly from generation to generation through a > secret society of scholars > who included Leonardo Da Vinci, who some believe > included tantalizing clues > to the secret story in some of his artworks, > sketches and notebooks. > > > With the novel as a jumping-off point, the ABC show > takes these ideas and > travels the world talking to experts about them - > theologians, scholars, a > priest and the novel's author, Dan Brown. > > > The show, anchored and reported by Elizabeth Vargas, > does a pretty fair job > of laying out the various arguments pro and con and > presenting various > pieces of folkloric evidence. > > > With its shimmering videotape of exotic, ancient > locations - from the Holy > Land to Europe - "Jesus, Mary and Da Vinci" is an > extremely attractive > documentary to watch. Not to take away from the > intriguing tale it tells, > but the show's beauty is its best feature and well > worth taking in. > > > >From a scheduling standpoint, I'm not sure it's the > most compatible lead-in > to Monday-night football, but if ABC thinks it's the > right move, who am I to > argue with such experts? > > > > > "Jesus, Mary and Da Vinci" > Tonight at 8 > > > ATTACHMENT part 1.2 image/jpeg name=web11030384.jpg > ATTACHMENT part 1.3 image/gif name=envelope.gif > ATTACHMENT part 1.4 image/gif name=document.gif > ATTACHMENT part 1.5 image/gif name=printer.gif > ATTACHMENT part 1.6 image/gif name=c.gif > ________________________________ > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, > digest) can be made by going to > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net ===== I wanted a perfect ending... Now, I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment, and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. --Gilda Radner __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
