Holy blood and Holy Grail-polemic

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Bruhacek

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Hi everybody, as I just finished the reading of book "Holy blood and holy Grail" I would like to share here my polemic with authors claims in 15. Capitole concerning Jesus sexuality and consequenty parentshood and marriage in the light of his divinity (as Son of God). I cannot agree that these two potential Jesus characteristic is not in contradiction and I introduce below my text:

1)Argument that god who getting closer to people in order to learn their suffering and joy as well cannot avoid so important experience as parenthood does not succeed in because:

God via his soon need mainly getting closer to poorest , humiliated , suffered and estranged ones, it means mainly ones which presumably cannot realizing sufficient marriage and parenthood, respectively those aspect of people psychic which are far from sufficient marriage and parenthood.

If one from most important differences between god and people would be unexperience in feeling concerning this part of human life,

than it could not be good in right sense of term (etc. good omniscient and embracing) .Respectively it is possible to say, that for god , all people are his children, he definitely does not need these specific human experience, on the contrary it would estranged him from people (because of narrower circle of preferred people as human family) and disparaged his task to be present for every

without difference.



2) Concerning sexual restraint.

Yes it is true that here is not reason , for connecting god essence with sexual restraint, respectively it is natural that son of god (Jesus) send between people has sexual tension and so on. But one think is this and another think is marriage and parenthood! I mean that Jesus surely would not be immune towards sexual needs, (what could be as well one from source of his experienced stress) and would be absolutely Ok if for example he use prostitution as purely physical act without emotional and psychics interest.



So summarised from all this results, that if Jesus was married and has descendant , he was “ordinary” mortal men possibly with charisma and ability “fanatize crowds” (in good sense of term) and he could have as well some healing abilities which were not in this time commonly known.

(he could be as well descendant of kingdom genus but) but definitely he could not be god´s son

and saviour acting miracles rightly claiming that “he is this way and life and who is believing in him will not die”.

But individuals which similarly characteristic (as described in first part of previous paragraph) was in this time and area more and it is stated question about true reason of so successful spreading of cult and consequently religious) over whole world which is connected with Jesus.

This fact could vice-versa indicate improbability that Jesus was only “ordinary” mortal men and therefore improbability of marriage and parenthood hypothesis.

Or by other words:

If we accepted that he was god´s son and therefore he was conceived by immaculate conception, it it is logical that he was in some sense physiologically different from ordinary mortal and what is in this case more obvious then improbability to breed descendants?

a) It would resulting from logical connection with his own breeding

b) It would resulting from deliberate intention of impossibility of god´s son have own descendants due to reason described above. (For example claiming “my grandfather is god” is evidently funny and absurd is not it?)

So:

If for example Mar. Magd. carrying Jesus breed and therefore his blood, he was ordinary mortal men and thus there is not reason call this blood “holy blood” or “holy grail”.!!
 

Leastamongmany

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Hi everybody, as I just finished the reading of book "Holy blood and holy Grail" I would like to share here my polemic with authors claims in 15. Capitole concerning Jesus sexuality and consequenty parentshood and marriage in the light of his divinity (as Son of God). I cannot agree that these two potential Jesus characteristic is not in contradiction and I introduce below my text:

1)Argument that god who getting closer to people in order to learn their suffering and joy as well cannot avoid so important experience as parenthood does not succeed in because:

God via his soon need mainly getting closer to poorest , humiliated , suffered and estranged ones, it means mainly ones which presumably cannot realizing sufficient marriage and parenthood, respectively those aspect of people psychic which are far from sufficient marriage and parenthood.

If one from most important differences between god and people would be unexperience in feeling concerning this part of human life,

than it could not be good in right sense of term (etc. good omniscient and embracing) .Respectively it is possible to say, that for god , all people are his children, he definitely does not need these specific human experience, on the contrary it would estranged him from people (because of narrower circle of preferred people as human family) and disparaged his task to be present for every

without difference.



2) Concerning sexual restraint.

Yes it is true that here is not reason , for connecting god essence with sexual restraint, respectively it is natural that son of god (Jesus) send between people has sexual tension and so on. But one think is this and another think is marriage and parenthood! I mean that Jesus surely would not be immune towards sexual needs, (what could be as well one from source of his experienced stress) and would be absolutely Ok if for example he use prostitution as purely physical act without emotional and psychics interest.



So summarised from all this results, that if Jesus was married and has descendant , he was “ordinary” mortal men possibly with charisma and ability “fanatize crowds” (in good sense of term) and he could have as well some healing abilities which were not in this time commonly known.

(he could be as well descendant of kingdom genus but) but definitely he could not be god´s son

and saviour acting miracles rightly claiming that “he is this way and life and who is believing in him will not die”.

But individuals which similarly characteristic (as described in first part of previous paragraph) was in this time and area more and it is stated question about true reason of so successful spreading of cult and consequently religious) over whole world which is connected with Jesus.

This fact could vice-versa indicate improbability that Jesus was only “ordinary” mortal men and therefore improbability of marriage and parenthood hypothesis.

Or by other words:

If we accepted that he was god´s son and therefore he was conceived by immaculate conception, it it is logical that he was in some sense physiologically different from ordinary mortal and what is in this case more obvious then improbability to breed descendants?

a) It would resulting from logical connection with his own breeding

b) It would resulting from deliberate intention of impossibility of god´s son have own descendants due to reason described above. (For example claiming “my grandfather is god” is evidently funny and absurd is not it?)

So:

If for example Mar. Magd. carrying Jesus breed and therefore his blood, he was ordinary mortal men and thus there is not reason call this blood “holy blood” or “holy grail”.!!
Please read the four gospels in the New Testament! Jesus Is God's only begotten Son! He was born of a virgin in the power of the Holy Spirit! He ONLY became flesh to be THE sacrifice,without spot or blemish for man's sins! He served the Fathers will and walked among sinful mankind,He did NOT SIN ! He is and was PERFECT and WITHOUT SIN!. What you are stating if from a fictious work written by a man for money! 💖💖💖
 

Subhumanoidal

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Someone came here to stir the pot. And not even in clear English.
 

Bruhacek

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Please read the four gospels in the New Testament! Jesus Is God's only begotten Son! He was born of a virgin in the power of the Holy Spirit! He ONLY became flesh to be THE sacrifice,without spot or blemish for man's sins! He served the Fathers will and walked among sinful mankind,He did NOT SIN ! He is and was PERFECT and WITHOUT SIN!. What you are stating if from a fictious work written by a man for money! 💖💖💖
 

Bruhacek

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Yes, I read gospels... you claimed in fact what I am saying: Jesus which we believe in could not have wife and children!
 

Leastamongmany

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Yes, I read gospels... you claimed in fact what I am saying: Jesus which we believe in could not have wife and children!
ABSOLUTELY NOT. HE IS GOD! HE HAD NO NEED FOR WIFE AND CHILDREN. THE CHURCH IS HIS BRIDE AND THE MARRIAGE SUPPER WILL TAKE PLACE IN HEAVEN! He is not and was not a carnal man! Yes Satan tempted Him in the wilderness but He overcame any and ALL TEMPTATIONS OF THE FLESH! You have to read the word with an open repentant heart to be enlightened! You are attributing a man's fiction to be fact! I will pray for your eyes and heart to be open and receptive to the Holy Spirit conviction!!💖💖💖
 
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7seasrekeyed

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ABSOLUTELY NOT. HE IS GOD! HE HAD NO NEED FOR WIFE AND CHILDREN. THE CHURCH IS HIS BRIDE AND THE MARRIAGE SUPPER WILL TAKE PLACE IN HEAVEN! He is not and was not a carnal man! Yes Satan tempted Him in the wilderness but He overcame any and ALL TEMPTATIONS OF THE FLESH! You have to read the word with an open repentant heart to be enlightened! You are attributing a man's fiction to be fact! I will pray for your eyes and heart to be open and receptive to the Holy Spirit conviction!!💖💖💖

sheesh

he is asking questions

let's not clobber him with our 'truth'

his spiritual status says 'unsure'

the Bible clearly indicates we are to answer without all the drama
 
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7seasrekeyed

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15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, I Peter 3:15
 
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7seasrekeyed

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let's look at the book in question:

Holy Blood, Holy Grail is the title of a book, originally published in 1982 by authors Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, & Henry Lincoln. The hypothesis of the book is essentially the underlying story of the popular book The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. According to Brown, Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and had at least one child with her. Mary Magdalene, their children, and perhaps even Jesus Himself moved to France, and eventually intermarried with the Frankish Merovingian dynasty. This truth was erased and covered up by the Roman Catholic Church, who wanted to preserve the Church's authority through apostolic succession from the Apostle Peter, instead of through Jesus' actual bloodline. The "Holy Blood" is the line of Jesus' descendants. The "Holy Grail" is Mary Magdalene, who carried Jesus' blood inside of her.

All of the central themes of The Da Vinci Code can be found in Holy Blood, Holy Grail. The Knights Templar, the Priory of Sion, Opus Dei, the cover-up at the Council of Nicea, etc. are all presented in Holy Blood, Holy Grail and then fictionalized in The Da Vinci Code. There are so many similarities, in fact, that the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail sued Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code for plagiarism.

Is there any truth to the theories brought up in Holy Blood, Holy Grail? Like most conspiracy theories, Holy Blood, Holy Grail is long on conspiracy and utterly lacking in evidence. Even non-Christian scholars, with no reason to defend the historical Christian viewpoint, have labeled Holy Blood, Holy Grail as a "pseudohistory," and a baseless concoction of the authors. Even one of the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail admitted that their goal was to present a "plausible hypothesis," but that none of them actually believed it to be true. May we all follow their example, and recognize the completely fabricated nature of Holy Blood, Holy Grail and The Da Vinci Code.

source
 
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7seasrekeyed

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so Bruhacek, it seems you might want to present this book as proof the Bible is not accurate

is that correct?

understand that the books presented as movies are not biblically accurate as the above article states

I have personally looked into the claim that Jesus had a child with Mary Magdalene and the claims are based on the tiniest fragment...FRAGMENT...of parchment that has no further foundation nor does there exist any other 'proof' of such a claim

you might wish to understand that if a person really does desire truth, they will not base their understanding of said truth on questionable documentation which has further been presented as a dramatic move in which ACTORS portray FICTION

your turn
 
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UnderGrace

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If we accepted that he was god´s son and therefore he was conceived by immaculate conception
The "immaculate conception" is not a reference to how Jesus was conceived at all by the way.
 

Bruhacek

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Hello and thank for your reactions.
1) I agree with 7seasrekeyed, I think is useful to have dialog across believers in different hyphothesis about Jesus., no just fanatic proclamation. As I would explain, my firs intention to write this text was to point out paradox of title of this book: As I mean if would Jesus be
just ordinaly mortal teacher and preacher with some charisma and having wife and children, his blood can not be call "holy blood" or holy grail beacouse nothing would be holy on him. It is my opinion. I think we cannot in present time recover genuine historicall truth about Jesus but I think that if he would be just this what claimed authors of H.B and H.G it would be difficult to explain so quick, and so succesfull wide spreading of Christianity over whole world with so big importance till present time.
 
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7seasrekeyed

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Hello and thank for your reactions.
1) I agree with 7seasrekeyed, I think is useful to have dialog across believers in different hyphothesis about Jesus., no just fanatic proclamation. As I would explain, my firs intention to write this text was to point out paradox of title of this book: As I mean if would Jesus be
just ordinaly mortal teacher and preacher with some charisma and having wife and children, his blood can not be call "holy blood" or holy grail beacouse nothing would be holy on him. It is my opinion. I think we cannot in present time recover genuine historicall truth about Jesus but I think that if he would be just this what claimed authors of H.B and H.G it would be difficult to explain so quick, and so succesfull wide spreading of Christianity over whole world with so big importance till present time.

that's actually pretty reasonable

I also think it is helpful to remember English is not your first language

well, regarding historical truth, if we state that we believe in Jesus we generally also believe in the account given in the Bible...in other words we believe in the history the Bible gives to us

but you are right in stating that you doubt that Christianity would have spread and remained as it has if Jesus was just another person

that is the truth

Jesus is and was then, the Son of God and He took our place and accepted the punishment for our sins that separate us from God

when we say we believe in Jesus, that is what we mean
 

Bruhacek

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Hi Undergrace, can I ask what you mean by : " The "immaculate conception" is not a reference to how Jesus was conceived at all by the way."? Do you mean that if Jesus could be son of god (evventually send by god) even with mortal biological parents?

Thank you and have nice summer :)