There is a Mrs. Santa Claus. Why doesn't Christian Mythology have a Mrs. God or Mrs. Jesus?

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I'm wondering why Christian mythology never included a Mrs. God or a Mrs. Jesus.

Roman and Greek mythology had a wife for Zeus and Jupiter. Why did the Judeo-Christian mythology ignore that part,

What is it about monotheism where they have 3 male parts of the same God, but not 2 male and one female or two females and a guy, oops offensive.

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Answer 1

Don't be so hasty to assume all Christian sects believe God is alone on his throne. I believe Mormonism, which contrary to what many will tell you, is very Christian and believe God could not be God without a wife.

Answer 2

Santa Claus has nothing to do with Jesus Christ. 'Santa' is an ultra-commercialized phenomenon pulled from an Middle Ages (around there) St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas was humble and helped less fortunate young children. As for God the Father or Jesus the Son not having a female counterpart, we just don't know. We honestly don't know for sure if the Bibles that are being used today is the most true authentic work from those ancient times. While I'm Christian and have a firm belief in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Heaven, Hell, etc., I'm also aware of human fallibility and I'm not entirely sure that some people didn't mess with his word along the way!

Answer 3

As to a "Mrs. Jesus", the Church will be the Bride of Christ. This is quite true!

In Isaiah and Hosea, for example, the wife of God is the nation and people of Israel (both branches of the divided kingdom of Israle and Judah). In Romans Chapters 9-11, there is and equivalence made, that in God's eyes, the Church and Israel are to be considered like "vines", that will be "grafted" into a common root. Indeed, Jesus Christ is a Jew, and will always be one, and He is indeed this root. In many places in Scripture, it refers to Jesus Christ's being one with the Father. It will be a great ceremony, when that banquet is held at the end of time, and that marriage takes place!

While Santa Claus can be fun, it did not, in its present form, come from anything Biblical. In the Middle Ages, the story of the person (a mere mortal) on whom the Santa Claus legend came to be based, tells of a man who secretly left dowry money so that poor girls could get married. Therefore, the idea of his having a wife kind of seems fair, if only a child's tale as it is related today.

As to your last query, you need only look at the original Hebrew, where the word for Holy Spirit is a feminine noun, and all the verbs she does (like hover over the waters in Genesis 1) are female verb forms. God has male and female characteristics, and so does Jesus Christ. More is made of this than I believe God intended. In Galatians 3:28, God makes it clear that in Christ, there is no division between male and female people, for all are parts of the same body. For awhile, Deborah, a married woman, was a judge (therefore the leader!) over all of Israel. But, for celebrating love, there is a celebrated difference, and it is also Biblical!

Answer 4

Josephus, a Jewish historian, mentioned Jesus in his writings toward the end of the first century C.E., roughly 60 years after Jesus' death.
As a non-Christian, Josephus would have no reason to accept the historical reality of Jesus unless there was some sound basis for it.
In one of his works, Josephus discusses disturbances that were caused by the Jews during the time Pontius Pilate was governor of the region of Judea (26-36 C.E,) The disturbance centered around a man named Jesuss and his followers, Josephus identifies Jesus as "a wise man....a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of men who received the truth with pleasure," and he notes that Jesus was later condemned by Pilate to crucifixion. While this mention of Jesu does not suggest that Josephus himself accepted Jesus or the claim made about Jesus by his followers, it does seem clear that Josephus recognized Jesus to be a historical person who had a profound impact on the people he encountered.

Read also about Tacitus, a Roman historian.....Pliny the Younger another Roman source and Suetonius a Roman historian and lawyer.
All these writers prove the historical existence of Jesus......rather than biblical sources.

Answer 5

A) Christianity is not mythology.
B) God is real, His Son is real, the Holy Spirit is real. We can't make up a wife for a real God who exists as He does. He created everything and everyone. Why would He have the need for a wife when He is NOT human, nor does He have the same human desires and needs that his created human beings have?
C) It is truly sad that you believe that Christianity is a myth. All the other myths are so obviously myths. The Bible has been documented and proven scientifically and historically. Archaeologists use the Bible as a valuable reference. The same cannot be said about the myths that you speak of.

Answer 6

that's just the way it is. because god is like the head guy, and he's male, and then he is manifested in 2 other ways - jesus and the holy spirit. so it would make sense that all 3 manifests are male because they're all the same guy!

and p.s. christianity isn't mythology - it's a religion, because God is REAL, not a myth. and santa claus isn't part of the christian religion - he's a fictional character invented by non-christians in order to give their non-christian kids a non-christian reason for christmas.

Answer 7

~~~Jim,,, It is rooted in the earlier concepts of human's psychological developement as he graduated from the Nature and Animal Religions which recognized Father Sky giving his seed to Mother Earth. This of course is an oversimplification. Read Joseph Campbell's "Creative Mythology" and/or "Occidental Mythology" to find the evolution of mankind's religions.

Answer 8

All of the characters that you named off as having spouses were actually, solid, people... They had powers that humans don't have but they had substance. Jesus did have a "wife". In the portrait of the Last Supper, she's sitting there with all of his apostles. God, however, was not a solid form. He's an entity, spirit, whatever you want to call it.

Answer 9

That is easy.
The religion was invented to control women and the poor. To have a female equal to the male would give women the impression that they are equal. If that was the case the religion would not work.

Answer 10

Santa Claus and all the greek gods are myths. God and Jesus aren't a myth. Read the Bible and you won't need the rest of the world to answer this question b/c you'll get a whole lot of different answers.