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Atheists & Agnostics

theHandpuppet

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11. This is one thing I've never understood

Reply to Gore1FL (Original post)

Sun Apr 13, 2014, 09:28 AM

Apr 2014

Why in the world would it matter to believers if Jesus was married or not? Just the mere discussion on the topic sends so many fundamentalist Christians into a full-tilt tizzy. Honestly, what's the big deal? Some folks act as if the thought of Jesus being married is nasty. Weird if you ask me.

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Was Jesus married? Were the Three Little Pigs spotted? Was Pinocchio made of flowering dogwood? [View all] Gore1FL Apr 2014 OP

If he existed, he pretty much had to be Warpy Apr 2014 #1

Jesus liked the ladies pscot Apr 2014 #2

So they found fan fiction? Goblinmonger Apr 2014 #3

I wonder if skepticscott Apr 2014 #7

So, the papyrus is 1100 years old. Great source! That means it was written only stopbush Apr 2014 #4

There are conflicting dates - 5th CE or 9th CE. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #5

Josephus wasn't contemporary either. onager Apr 2014 #6

As far as Josephus, we know that the Testimonium Flavianum is a 4th-century forgery, stopbush Apr 2014 #8

That's what I've heard. TxDemChem Apr 2014 #9

The "Fathers of the Church" didn't mention it either. onager Apr 2014 #14

Awesome info. I've been going back through the podcasts trying to find Dr. price's segment, but have TxDemChem Apr 2014 #15

Other Testimonium fun facts... onager Apr 2014 #16

Lol fact #5 has me tickled! TxDemChem Apr 2014 #18

We know it's a 4th-century insertion because no pre-4th century writers - stopbush Apr 2014 #17

I think this is important in a sociological and historical way edhopper Apr 2014 #10

This is one thing I've never understood theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #11

Because to fundamentalist edhopper Apr 2014 #12

St. Augustine declared Sex to be dirty and sinful Gore1FL Apr 2014 #13