Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute. That’s a common misconception.
The portrayal of Mary Magdalene as a prostitute began in 591, when Pope Gregory I identified Mary Magdalene, who was introduced in Luke 8:2, with Mary of Bethany (Luke 10:39) and the unnamed “sinful woman” who anointed Jesus’s feet in Luke 7:36–50.
But Jesus was most certainly very accepting of people from all walks of life. That was like his whole purpose. So the other comment about him rejecting people from the community is dead wrong. If anything, people reproached him because he was too accepting of the “sinners”.
Part of the problem with all of these stories is that they’re largely intended as parables and are cobbled together from a litany of testimonials of which only four remain canonical.
Mary as a holy woman and as a sex symbol aren’t in contradiction. Quite a few of the early underground Christian organizations had their own bacchanals and orgiastic rituals, right in line with the traditions of their Roman-Era Middle Eastern peers. Age the stories 580 years and put them within the context of a far more conservative and doctrinaire church, obsessed with lineages and bloodlines rather than parties and popular evangelism, and Mary transforms from a kind-of Aphrodite-esque esoteric priestess into a harlot running a brothel.
An oblique reference to a Monty Python bit about a judge ordering a bailiff to escort an accused prostitute back to his house. I’d dig up the clip but can’t seem to find one on YouTube.
And then Jesus said: “It’s her fault that she got raped and pregnant. Kick her out of our community, that whore.”
He probably really said that at some point in his life.
I mean, he accepted Mary Magdalene who was a literal prostitute.
Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute. That’s a common misconception.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene
But Jesus was most certainly very accepting of people from all walks of life. That was like his whole purpose. So the other comment about him rejecting people from the community is dead wrong. If anything, people reproached him because he was too accepting of the “sinners”.
Part of the problem with all of these stories is that they’re largely intended as parables and are cobbled together from a litany of testimonials of which only four remain canonical.
Mary as a holy woman and as a sex symbol aren’t in contradiction. Quite a few of the early underground Christian organizations had their own bacchanals and orgiastic rituals, right in line with the traditions of their Roman-Era Middle Eastern peers. Age the stories 580 years and put them within the context of a far more conservative and doctrinaire church, obsessed with lineages and bloodlines rather than parties and popular evangelism, and Mary transforms from a kind-of Aphrodite-esque esoteric priestess into a harlot running a brothel.
Everybody needs a squeeze…
Ghandi had teenagers around him for totally not sex.
That’s just him acknowledging sex work is work
And then Jesus said “yeah, but what was she wearing?”
“Take her from this place, and bring her back to my place, where my own hands will see she receives that which she is due.”
I think you’re quoting somebody else.
But for a real quote,
An oblique reference to a Monty Python bit about a judge ordering a bailiff to escort an accused prostitute back to his house. I’d dig up the clip but can’t seem to find one on YouTube.
Ah, that makes a lot more sense.
That’s some old testament shit though, technically doesn’t apply to christians.