corvus_corax
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Perhapschristianmarine said:I think that if Christ had been married, the Gospels would have indicated this.
Perhaps not
There seems to be a lot of argument for this side of the debate (ie "The Gospels would have mentioned it") on this thread
And/Or perhaps the Gospels didnt mention it becaue it wasnt important to the message he was attempting to spread (assuming a Christian POV that assumes he was spreading a Salvation Through him message).christianmarine said:I think the Lord was too busy spreading the message of salvation to be tied down with marriage.
Perhaps it wasnt so much that he couldnt be "tied down" to marriage (seeing as how God instituted such along with procreation), but rather that the Gospels (which reflect his ministry) are focused on a whole 'nother subject altogether
There was some Discovery Channel/History Channel/NG Channel show that I saw about 3 years ago that explained that Joseph had three primary duties to his son (as, apparently, according to this doc, all Jewish fathers did)-
1- To provide (in some way) instruction in the Torah
2- To provide a trade/way of income
and
3- To provide a bride (as in an arranged marriage)
The question posited on this show was- "Did Joseph fail in the last of the three, or was the last of the three just not important enough (regarding the "good news") to mention in the Gospels?"
The second question was- "Why would Joseph fail in the third duty?"
Anyway, food for thought
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