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Originally Posted by pet kangaroo
After reading Da Vinci Code I also purchased "Holy Blood - Holy Grail" which is the book that Dan Brown got the idea and much of the info from to write the book.
I highly recommend that book to anyone who wants to find out more. It's full of facts and can be a difficult read, but it certainly poses some interesting questions and theories.
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I read this book and it's interesting.
The truth is not to be found anywhere in writing, the Catholics have had 2,000 years to make sure of that. But logic is always there.
Jesus lived.
For most of his life he was a practicing Jew.
He did not start his ministry until he was 26 (I think I have the date right)
Nothing in the bible leads us to believe he was a bachelor.
All facts from the bible.
For a Jew in those times to be single is unusual at best.
Married people have sex and babies.
Jesus provided the wine at a wedding, under Jewish law this is the grooms job and an insult to the groom. Also there was the washing of the guests feet.
Jesus was a Rabbi, it would have been VERY strange if he were not married with a family and would of warranted a mention in the bible.
It was the Catholics who were keen on celibacy and priests cardinal and popes being single. Around the 11th Century to stop the priests giving away the churched wealth to the children.