Now, here’s what I call sort of a test to tell real Christians from fakes. See, to me, if you are a real Christian, the details don’t matter. I don’t care if Jesus was married or not. I don’t care if every word of the bible is literally true or not, although I don’t think it is. I don’t even think it’s important whether or not Jesus was conceived immaculately or from regular sex. If you are an imposter, you get all excited and wrapped up in these arguments, and you will fight about it to the death. I know, I dated a fundamentalist once.
He told me if I didn’t “accept Jesus into my heart” that I was doomed to burn in hell. I asked him to define that “accept Jesus into my heart” and he couldn’t. I said well, I’ve accepted Jesus’ teachings, and I believe he was the messiah. He said that’s not enough. I pointed out that there are a lot of good people in the world who do wonderful things and they aren’t Christian. He said they will burn in hell. I pointed out that the bible has a lot of gaps and inaccuracies. He said it’s the literal word of God. I won’t bore you with the rest of it, but it ended with some yelling.
To me, Mary Magdalene proves the bible shouldn’t be taken literally. There are parts of the bible that got left out for political reasons, called the Apocrypha. Some of the Apocrypha indicate that Mary Magdalene was more than simply a friend or disciple of Jesus. Most folks with brains now know she wasn’t a prostitute. Check this out and you will be amazed. The bible itself says that Mary witnessed the crucifixion and later anointed Jesus’ body. Only family members were allowed to do that, at that time.
It also would’ve been highly unusual for a young rabbi at that time to be unmarried.
So I believe Jesus was probably married. Probably had children, too. You want to disagree, fine. These are details. Whether married or not, I believe in Jesus. John 3:16 doesn’t say anything about “accepting [unmarried] Jesus into your heart.” It just says you have to BELIEVE.
