The Da Vinci Code: Christ's sexual life

[Estro Felino]

When Dan Brown wrote The Da Vinci Code, well...I was not particularly Christian at that time.
But I remember that I believed in everything that was written in the book; that is, Jesus and Magdalene were lovers, and conceived a daughter.

I thought that this wouldn't have diminished Christ's divinity- But as a Catholic, I believe that Christ is made of a double nature: a nature which is both divine and human and one does not exclude the other.

 

[Nakosis]

I suppose it doesn't matter that the story was fiction.

 

[Estro Felino]

I suppose it doesn't matter that the story was fiction.

Of course it was. But as a matter of fact, the research on the Holy Graal, the history of the French monarchy and the Merovingian dynasty can induce people to doubt the fact that Jesus was a chaste man.
Besides, there is a Gospel of Magdalene too.

 

[Nakosis]

Of course it was. But as a matter of fact, the research on the Holy Graal, the history of the French monarchy and the Merovingian dynasty can induce people to doubt on the fact that Jesus was a chaste man.
Besides, there is a Gospel of Magdalene too.

I think you can believe what you want though. I don't think there is enough evidence to prove beyond any doubt one way or another.

Speculation is fine for entertainment but I don't think anyone is going to be able to prove anything.

Sorry, I've just really have come to doubt anything I can't examine for myself.

For me it doesn't bother me if Jesus wasn't chaste. It just seems stupid for people to insist on facts they couldn't possibly prove.

 

[oldbadger]

When Dan Brown wrote The Da Vinci Code, well...I was not particularly Christian at that time.
But I remember that I believed in everything that was written in the book; that is, Jesus and Magdalene were lovers, and conceived a daughter.

I thought that this wouldn't have diminished Christ's divinity- But as a Catholic, I believe that Christ is made of a double nature: a nature which is both divine and human and one does not exclude the other.

I cannot see any reason to doubt that Jesus had 'known' women. It's quite possible that he loved Magdalene. After all, he did kiss her on the lips and held her more close than any others. And she did dare to be present at his death with Salome.

Yes........ Jesus may well have loved Magdalene. It's only Paul's messed up mind that caused one of the first big Christian hypocrisies, imo.

 

[1137]

If Jesus was with Mary he couldn't be free of sin, that's the problem that arises. It's no problem once you realize Jesus was just another guy with interesting ideas.

 

[WhatGod]

When Dan Brown wrote The Da Vinci Code, well...I was not particularly Christian at that time.
But I remember that I believed in everything that was written in the book; that is, Jesus and Magdalene were lovers, and conceived a daughter.

As a Jewish rabbi at the time, it would have been unthinkable for him not to have been married with kids if possible. Kids and marriage were how you knew god liked you.

Of course if he was actually an Essene then he might of been celibate.

Of course there is a good case to be made that he was bi since the bible speaks of Mary and Lazarus getting the "special" sacrament.

 

[Estro Felino]

If Jesus was with Mary he couldn't be free of sin, that's the problem that arises. It's no problem once you realize Jesus was just another guy with interesting ideas.

Having sex is not sinful

 

[Estro Felino]

I cannot see any reason to doubt that Jesus had 'known' women. It's quite possible that he loved Magdalene. After all, he did kiss her on the lips and held her more close than any others. And she did dare to be present at his death with Salome.

Yes........ Jesus may well have loved Magdalene. It's only Paul's messed up mind that caused one of the first big Christian hypocrisies, imo.

precisely...bravo. That's exactly what I claim.
It is sick to see wickedness in a normal love affair. Jesus was a man and he may have fallen in love with Magdalene, after that she stopped being a prostitute.

Paul's moral statements are anti-Christian. I believe Paul was a great theologian, but he was certainly not infallible.
Let's not forget that Paul said that women don't have the right to speak in assemblies.

 

[Amechania]

Okay I'm Jesus and I believe I have a date with destiny. But I'.lll just disregard everything I've taught to get my rocks off.

 

[oldbadger]

Okay I'm Jesus and I believe I have a date with destiny. But I'.lll just disregard everything I've taught to get my rocks off.

Ummm..... don't think so.....
For a Galilean Jew to reach 30 years and not to have been married, something somewhere would have been significantly different about him.

I don't think that there was anything anywhere different about Jesus, so I expect that he would have been married, and maybe widowered. I think that Magdalene was his love, his partner and maybe even his spouse.

Destiny? Jesus took up John the Baptists date with destiny..... after an intense internal struggle. His mission was (mainly) to speak out for the working people of Galilee. Paul's 'Christianity' had nothing to do with Jesus...... Paul seems to have had serious problems about sex. His ideas were a bit weird.

 

[Estro Felino]

Okay I'm Jesus and I believe I have a date with destiny. But I'.lll just disregard everything I've taught to get my rocks off.

Did Jesus teach that having sex with the person you love, is a sin?

Jesus' parables are about Economics and Society.

 

[oldbadger]

Did Jesus teach that having sex with the person you love, is a sin?

Jesus' parables are about Economics and Society.

Yes! Yes! This ^^^

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Having sex is not sinful

You may not think fornication is a sin, but the ancient Jews did.

 

[Estro Felino]

For me it doesn't bother me if Jesus wasn't chaste. It just seems stupid for people to insist on facts they couldn't possibly prove.

precisely. Jesus may have been a frigid asexual man, who knows?
what I am underlining is that his sexual life is absolutely irrelevant. Because Christianity is about freedom; and you can decide whether to be single or to be in a relationship.
Because both choices respect Christ's teachings.

 

[Estro Felino]

You may not think fornication is a sin, but the ancient Jews did.

well..the hypothesis we are dealing with, is that Jesus and Magdalene fell in love with each other, and then became a stable monogamous couple.
and they probably used to have sex. I don't think it is weird at all.
premarital sex was against the Mosaic law, of course.

 

[WhatGod]

well..the hypothesis we are dealing with, is that Jesus and Magdalene fell in love with each other, and then became a stable monogamous couple.
and they probably used to have sex. I don't think it is weird at all.
premarital sex was against the Mosaic law, of course.

Not once betrothed.

 

[WhatGod]

If Jesus was with Mary he couldn't be free of sin....

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman." Jesus

By definition, as god, Jesus can't sin. Just like having himself tortured to death in a bloody murder suicide of himself isn't a sin. Or how murdering every person on the planet except an incestuous drunk and his family isn't a sin, for god.

that's the problem that arises. It's no problem once you realize Jesus was just another guy with interesting ideas.

There really is no reason to think there was ever any particular guy "Jesus." I can't think of one original idea in the bible.

 

[Glaurung]

But I remember that I believed in everything that was written in the book; that is, Jesus and Magdalene were lovers, and conceived a daughter.

A case of itching ears perhaps?

 

[fantome profane]

You may not think fornication is a sin, but the ancient Jews did.

We are not necessarily talking about fornication, he could have been married.