NO WEDDING BELLS

REPORTER:

Lord, what a day!

JESUS:

Amen.

REPORTER:

Who’s the lucky gal?

JESUS:

Gal?  Have you ever taken a close look at that painting called The Last Supper?

REPORTER:

What!  You’re gay?

JESUS:

Yes, I’m very happy.

REPORTER:

But do you like men?

JESUS:

I love all men and women.

REPORTER:

Then who are you going to marry?

JESUS:

Marry?  It will be a holy bond.  And after all, I am not in this world for very long.

REPORTER:

No big wedding?

JESUS:

No.  God…I mean my Father…will take care of everything.

REPORTER:

Jesus!  I mean…thank you Jesus.

JESUS:

You’re welcome.

IT’S THE OIL STUPID!

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“Given his antecedents in Judaic sacred narrative, it actually would be strange if Jesus had not been married or believed to be so.”
“It could be argued that the strain of early Christianity that argued for Jesus’ celibacy ended up being privileged by the Roman Catholic church when it began demanding celibacy of its priests. The idea of Jesus as married will be hardest on the Roman Catholic branch of Christianity, if it comes to be taken seriously”.

“Jesus as married opens many lines of theological inquiry, not least with regard to the spirituality of relations between husband and wife. I’ve known committed Christians who were guilty about sex even inside the bounds of marriage, but never known any Muslims like that, and have long thought Muslim attitudes to married life on the whole healthier than in a lot of Christianity, because the spiritual exemplar, Muhammad, was married. Maybe Christians can now start learning something from Muslims in this regard. And those who thought Jesus’ celibacy made him more spiritual than Muhammad may have to rethink.”

[From http://www.juancole.com/The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife and Sacred History from Judaism to Islam

Posted on 09/20/2012 by Juan]