To all these folks who think we should stand up for marital rights

[stellanoir]

who are totally offended by even the possibility of Christ being married when Hebraic tradition pretty much required that guys married in those times by 18 years of age. Go figure.

Why does this bother and trouble them so???

Why would of his mom have been so concerned about running out of wine at the wedding at Cannan if she wasn't in fact responsible for the hospitality?

Why would he have performed his first miracle then?

OMG I can't even believe I bothered to start this thread.

Have a nice night.

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

1. I tried standing up for my marital rights once,

but my wife laughed at me and I fell over.

who are totally offended by even the possibility of Christ being married when Hebraic tradition pretty much required that guys married in those times by 18 years of age. Go figure.

We were much older than 18, married by a stealth-Rabbi and we're non-Theists. It's a great dinner-party story. The ceremonial poster is a hoot.

Why does this bother and trouble them so???

Actually, our families find it almost as funny as we do.

Why would of his mom have been so concerned about running out of wine at the wedding at Cannan if she wasn't in fact responsible for the hospitality?

Well, it was BYOB! Besides, our families like wine... and beer... and spirits....

Why would he have performed his first miracle then?

Well, it was just a spare bottle of Gin that I had stashed away for a rainy day. Hardly a miracle, IMO, but very nice of you to say so.

OMG I can't even believe I bothered to start this thread.

Apparently no-one else did either, which is why you got this hopefully-playful response from me. I hate to see a post go un-replied.

Have a nice night.

You too.

[deFaultLine]

2. Fiction

I suppose that you are referring to the Da Vinci Code.

Problem is that Jesus was not here to live a normal life, he deviated in many ways from Mosaic Law. He got in trouble for healing people on the Sabbath, when any respectable person would have rested on that day. Getting married at 18 would have been just another way he deviated from the norm.

I have to wonder why so many people would actually take a book with the title Da Vinci Code seriously if they knew anything about the illegitimate offspring of a petty noble in Italy. Leonardo was concerned more about how things worked in the mechanical sense of the word. The idea that he was involved in a centuries old conspiracy that covered up the truth about Jesus is absurd.

If the book had been entitled The Machiavelli Code, it might be somewhat more credible.

If anything good can come out of this, maybe church-goers will try to live a more Christ-like life and quit beating up on people that don't agree with them. :P

[Erika]

3. Great post and welcome!

Christ washed feet and was the spirit of humility and had no interest in the accumulation of wealth according to the New Testament.

He certainly wasn't a supply side republican.

[deFaultLine]

4. Heh

You had to mention the foot washing thing. It seems that a lot of churches have this backwards these days, they actually have members wash the feet of the pastors. x(

No wonder so many people dislike church-goers these days, they can't even follow the simplest of instructions.

[ComerPerro]

5. IMO its just as credible as the Bible

EDIT: actually, even more credible than the Bible, because at least the author of the DaVinci Code openly and actively admits it is fiction