Why do Christians hate the idea of Jesus and Mary Magdalene?

Question

I'm curious. I would really like to know the answer to this! Why is it so horrible for Jesus to have had a wife and a baby? For him to fall in love? Wouldn't his father have wanted him to experience human love and emotions? Why is this idea so abhorrent to traditional Christian fundamentalists and belief? Why would information like this shake the foundations of Christianity?

Actually, theres lots of evidence to support it. :)

Dangit, ok *most Christians lol...there are some free-thinkers out there after all!

Again- lots of evidence, even in the bible :)

The gnostic gospels were written by your apostles, therefore should be credible to you.

Love is a sin?

If these hints that Mary and Jesus were a couple, why wouldn't they have had a child?

Answer 1

Ignorance plain and simple nothing more, it is all to do with control of the flock do not read or ask questions just beleive what I say and pay pay pay.

Answer 2

Probably because it's just a theory without a whole lot of evidence to support it. And no, there is no evidence in the bible that Jesus and Mary Magdalene ever had a child. And no, there is no evidence in any of the other writings that have been found.

I think there may be some hints in the Bible that Jesus and Mary Magdalene's relationship was more than simply master/follower though. There may also be some clues in the Bible that Jesus was married as well. But the whole "holy grail" child theory is pretty much just wild speculation IMO.

They very well may have had a child. But again, there is NO EVIDENCE for it. That's why I consider it speculation.

Answer 3

Since everybody else covered your other point I will focus on "The gnostic gospels were written by your apostles, therefore should be credible to you"

First of all, There are four New Testament Gospels, which are named Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Bible scholars believe that these were written during the first century in which Jesus lived. The Gnostic gospels are generally believed to have been written later – about 100 to 300 years later. With one possible exception, the Nag Hammadi manuscripts containing the Gnostic writing, “The Gospel of Philip” (discovered in Egypt in 1945) also came considerably later than the New Testament Gospels. These Gnostic texts borrowed some elements from Christianity, including the names of Jesus and his apostles, but these writings are not Christian. In response to these new, false writings the regional churches drew up lists of the authentic books that had been handed down from the apostles. A famous list of the sacred writings from the mid-second century is known as the Muratorian Canon. There were relatively very few “gospels” and other documents with any confirmed link to apostolic times, not 80 gospels as claimed by Dan Brown. By the middle of the second century, Christian writers regularly cited only the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as well as Paul's letters, as the most reliable sources of information about Jesus' life and the faith of the apostles. St. Irenaeus, writing around AD 180, quotes from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as THE four gospels. On the question of “mass burning of texts deemed heretical,” there is no evidence to support that claim. Books rejected by the Church simply disappeared because people stopped using them, and nobody bothered to make new copies in an age, long before the printing press.

None of the Gnostic gospels passed the tests for canonicity. None could be connected directly to one of the apostles. None were universally read in the churches. None of them were judged to be consistent with the tradition recognized as normative by the church.

Besides, none of the other Gnostic gospels ever claimed that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. Even the so-called Gnostic “Gospel of Mary Magdalene” fails to make such a claim. Besides, if Jesus had been married, given the frequency with which other relations are mentioned, the marriage would have been mentioned in the canonical gospels as well. Moreover, the early Church was unanimous in regarding Jesus as unmarried.

Answer 4

Back then, in Jewish life, and our lives today something like a marriage or children is a Huge thing and is not to be an 'oversight' in the Holy Bible. Hence, NO He did not marry or produce children with Mary Magdalene. This is a huge topic, but there is a lot on it.

To state that He needed to fall in love or that he needed to know what it was like to have a wife and children is contrary to His divinity. He is the Son of God.

It is abhorrent as it contradicts His divinity as being the Son of God.

The Church as been attacked with heresy throughout the ages, the DaVinci code and things like the Gospel of Judas have been disproven time and time again.

It doesn't 'shake the foundations of Christianity', because we know it is pure heresy, entirely without basis of fact and is wrong. We know the truth, and it becomes more clear to an individual as a personal relationship with Jesus develops.

It is sad that ignorance and people believe an entirely fictional movie. If you want more information - go to www.hli.org, they have a lot on it.

Answer 5

Greetings,
Number one is that Jesus was not sent here to procreate.
Number two is that should the remotest possibility that Jesus and Mary had any offspring it would have been commiting greviuos sin as they were not married and it is widely accepted that Jesus was without blemish or sin.
It's not that christians hate that this could have been a possibility rather in their zeal to correct a falsity that to them is fantastic that anybody would even think there was a glimmer of truth to it is quite over enthusiastic in refuting this ridiculous claim. Which as christians should be approached in a serene demeanor and scince there are proofs in the bible then they should be asking where-in lies the proof of these allegations.

Answer 6

they dislike it because of it is opposite of what everyone has heard or been taught about since they were kids. There arent many facts out there to prove how true it is either which will cause a bit of uncertainity too. Unless someone found some hard core evidence and presented it in front of everyone, the idea of Jesus havin a baby and a wife will always be rejected by traditional christians.

Answer 7

This whole story of a wife and descendents give a perspective closer to the Islamic religion's belief of Jesus, he was a man who spread the Word of God and was no more than a man. Descendants would mean one of two things; Jesus is no longer unique in his assumed Godliness or has no God-like qualities, and there may be many people walking the face of the earth today who are direct descendants of God. Neither are favored in the eyes of the average Christian, and certainly not so in the eyes of the fundamentalist. It basically changes the whole perspective on the man (or Being) they worship and pray to.

Answer 8

The Bible never mentions Jesus having a wife of kids. That comes from somebody that doesnt know what they are talking about. Jesus lived a sinless life. Sometimes and certain love and emotion lead to things that shouldn't be done and that would considered a sin.

Answer 9

Jesus and Mary Magdelene could not have had a child because then there would be a 1/2 God 1/2 human running around.

There is no credible historical evidence that Jesus and Mary Magdelene had a child.

Answer 10

HATE is to strong But My opinion I was raised and brought up with certain beliefs i just do not like this stuff to come out now[at least the past 15 / 20 yrs] I just have one thought how did they live with out A home/ hut ? they all wondered alot and not stay in one place for a long time, no noticeable city 'HE' lived in ,is there?These are very great Stoies told and held for many many years, Some one of great_ ness [many] wrote the old and New testament. so belive what you want ,but belive some thing

Answer 11

Due to their weak digestion power the Christians can't digest the idea of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.