Why do you find it so outraging, the possibility that Jesus might have been married?

Question

Needless to say, the question adresses especially christians - anyone is free to answer, but non christians please state your religion, so I would know wich answers I get from whom :)

Answer 1

The possibility is there and it is plausible. The only reason why people object to it is because their only source for this information is the bible. As one person replied it would seem to indicate that if it is not in the bible then it is not true. However, they forget or chose to not accept it is the fact that there are parts of the bible that have been purposely OMITTED by the church. The reason for this is because they only want to teach people what they want them to know and discourage them from asking questions.
Anyone who asking questions about jesus using rational thinking is quickly viewed as being "evil" or under the influence of the devil.
Why do you think that heresy and blasphemy were used to punish those who questioned their church? Kind of strange for someone to be punished merely for asking questions that goes against the teachings of the church. So one can conclude that the reason why people object to such ideas is because they were conditioned that way top avoid the church from being asked questions that they can not answer.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Jesus Incarnated here not as a mere human man; but as fully perfect Spirit God and perfect Spirit Man in one perfect Divine-Human Personality. How the Incarnation happened is a great Divine Secret; only those who Incarnate and God the Paradise Father-Infinite I AM know that secret.

Had Jesus married (for no other reason than to have Children) all of the Divine-Human Children would have been fully invisible !

God will never do any ungodly thing. No God can ever marry just one human for love; God loves each and all humans equally with Divine agape love, not human love-lust.

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Answer 4

It is not necessarily outrageous to suggest that Jesus had a companion or consort in Mary Magdalene.

However, theologically it is unlikely that Jesus would have fathered a child or had sexual intercourse.

Consider who Jesus was: From the time of Moses, God instructed the keepers of the tabenacle (ie Moses and his clan) to remain chaste for life, whilst members other Jewish clans were to have at least 2 children to consider themselves as servants of God. Thus high priests in the order of Melchizedek were celibate even if they had companions.

From the time of Zadok (the high priest under Solomon) until the jewish defeat to the Seleucid empire, Hasmonean Jewish priests inherited the responsibility of Moses to remain chaste and only serve God. They are the only one's permitted not to marry under Jewish custom. After the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid forces led by Simon Maccabee, the Hasmonean priests lost their positions in the temple and the Sadducees took over.

Sadducees don't believe in life after death etc, and so there was a dilution of the faith during this period. In rebelion against the Sadducee rule, both the Pharisee's and the Essene Jewish groups emerged to challenge the Sadducee's.

The Essene's claimed to be the true keepers of the tabernacle (Gods teachings). They were both spiritual healers and physicians. This was the environment Jesus entered.

Jesus took the vow's of the Essene Jewish Rabbi in the order of the Nazarene tradition (travelling Rabbi). In such a position, Jesus was not to have endulged in seeking union of the flesh. Initiation into the Nazarene order involved having spent 40 days and nights in the worlderness (alone in a cave) where one was to prove one had overcome all sensual tempatations.

The the NT Jesus is described as facing his inner demon (Satan) whom offers Jesus the world (and all its fleshy delights) if Jesus was to forsake his Father and offer servitude to the Devil. Clearly Jesus would not have sought pleasure for pleasure's sake.

Jesus' role was to spread the teachings of the Essene Jews to all 12 tribes of Israel through a travelling priesthood. The Essene Jews had two communities: One that took the vow's and responsibility of Moses (chastity etc), and the other which aloud marriage for the production of offspring and the continuance of the most holy priestly order. In this way, the Essene communities remained until war with the Romans circa 70AD (whence nobody knows what happened to them).

One can be married spiritually yet not indulge in living life where the goal is companionship for sex.

Answer 5

As another poster mentioned, as a Jewish rabbi not only would his society have required that he be
married but that he have children by that marriage .Of course a married -with- children Jesus would have created some serious future heir-to the throne problems including the possibility of a woman as head of the Church

Answer 6

It's possible that he might have been married, but if you're using The Da Vinci Code as your source, various sorts of errors have exposed Brown's tale as pseudohistory worthy of the tabloids.

What's even more outrageous is the (not inherently ridiculous) possibility that Jesus might not have existed.

I'm an atheist, so I'm not rejecting The Da Vinci Code out of dogma or anything.

Answer 7

Agnostic. I don't find it outrageous that Christ was married. There was a neo-Jewish prophet called Jesus. It is quite feasible that he was married. New Testament beliefs and ideas came from early Roman Catholic dogma written hundreds of years after Christ's death.

Answer 8

I don't really care, and I don't think it matters a bit whether or not Jesus was married. His press crew would have reported it if he was. Narry a hint anywhere. Jesus was plenty busy, and far too considerate to drag a wife around the countryside. The main point in his life is the perfection of love; he could have shown that single or married.

Answer 9

I have been a Christian for many years. When someone first suggested Jesus was married I thought, 'how ridiculous.' Because as someone else pointed out, it seems the Bible would have mentioned a wife, since it mentioned his parents, friends, enemies, etc. After considering it, I decided as far as who Jesus is to me, whether he was married or single makes no difference. Either way, he was still Jesus; he is still Jesus.

Answer 10

I think it is threatening to core beliefs of some to truly view Jesus as a human being with human needs and desires.

I can relate to him more thinking of him as a human being like all of us. I do have a great respect for Jesus whether he actually lived or is just a fictitious person. The Gospel of St Thomas, which is said to directly quote Jesus, is something that truly speaks to me.