--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <babajii_99@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > > <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > > Robert Gimbel wrote: > > > > Yeah, but, Ms. Magdalene was considered to be a whore, > > > > and I'm not sure that anyone would respect a Rabbi who > > > > married a whore. You remember that in that period of > > > > history, her fate would have been death, if Jesus had > > > > not intervened. Much like the women of Islam who would > > > > suffer the same fate, in this period of history, if > > > > anyone of them committed the same 'crime'. > > > > > > > You don't seem to be very familiar with the New Testament, > > > Robert. Mary of Magdala was not a "whore" unless you think > > > that she had sexual a relationship with Jesus. However, > > > this is not stated to be so in the Bible. > > > > > > So, where, exactly, did you get the idea that Mary of > > > Magdala was a "whore" who had sex with Jesus? From a > > > Gnostic source? If so, which one? > > > > There are two people here: you mention Mary of Magdala, > > This is a different person than Mary Magdalene. > > From the New Testament, you know the story of Jesus saving Mary > > Magdalene from death by stoning. I used the word whore for effect, > > but nonetheless, as the story goes, in the New Testament, she was > > sleeping with many men, as a prostitute. > > I'm gonna have to challenge you to produce the verses > of the New Testament to support this, Robert. > > You won't be able to, because nothing you say above > is true. > Time magazine has a decent intro to this topic: Mary Magdalene Saint or Sinner? A new wave of literature is cleaning up her reputation. How a woman of substance was "harlotized" http://www.danbrown.com/media/morenews/time.html
The article makes clear that Mary M. was neither the woman who jesus saved from being stoned nor the woman simply called "a sinner" and assumed to be a prostitute. There is certainly nothing in the new testament about Mary M sleeping with many men. I mentioned yesterday that the Church apologized for Pope Gregory equating Mary M with the woman "the sinner" which promoted the prostitute myth, but apparently the Church didn't actually apologize but just clarified their doctrine that Mary M was neither the sinner nor Mary of Bethaney. What's interesting to me is how easily the myth of Mary M as a prostitute has filtered into christian awareness even though there's no basis for it at all. Almost as interesting is how easily they accept the phrase God the Father and not wonder about why's there's no God the Mother.
