Would the Bible story have had the same influence on the world if jesus was a Woman?
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No and yes ...\n-\nNo ... for she should be very busy entertaining her disciples and less preaching were done.\n-\nYes for lots of men shall be coming to her preaching to speculate some good aroma and belly dancing.
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Well, Jesus turned a lot of heads in the Bible.  I'm sure he'd do the same if he were here today.  As for going to the strip clubs and seeing the da vinci code ... a whole other subject.\n\nNote that when Jesus spoke to the woman at the well he was very kind to her.  He spoke of her sin and told her to change her ways.  He didn't engage in the sin itself.\n\nYes. It would affect my faith.
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In the Bible when it refers to men, in just means people in general, so yes, women are created equal in God's eyes, but in society now-a-days women are still receiving the short end of the stick. Trust me, I know!
685805
Priory of Sion and Da Vinci notwithstanding, of course it is possible. Remember that there are many years in the life of Jesus not accounted for in the Bible. Anyone who thinks that he did not have relations during this time period is being a little naive. I'm not saying that there is a conspiracy, just that we need to look at him as a man. Now...what would Jesus do?
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I wouldn't care. I think Jesus wasn't all he's cracked up to be anyway. I don't live my life by that book, regardless. I hate all the anti-female messages in it. As I grew older, I realized that Christianity was created as a way to control the people after the fall of the Roman Empire. I love how hateful people are like dagger and how quick they are to call names (usually the "diehard" Christians, ironically). I am not anti-God. I strongly believe in a supreme being, but I am anti-religion. I just think people got some of the details wrong along the way, that's all.
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Personally, I think it's a very strange statement.  Both sexes have had enormous impact on humanity down through history.  We can learn much from both men and women.
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Yes.  Women would take over the man's role.
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mary was not a prostitute.  that thought was put into effect by the church in the time of Constitine.  The bible never states that she was a prostitute.  The bible also does not state whether she or Jesus was married however there is a big whole in the story of Jesus from the bible.  We do not know much about his life during his teenage years unto where he professed to be God's son.  Therefore we cannot have a fair dipiction of his life if you were to go by the bible.  It was customary for jewish men of his day to marry as it was customary for women to marry.  They married young by todays standards so it is possible that he or she was married.  It was the church who commissioned what books went into the bible that we know today and not God.  There are several books now known that were purposely left out by the church of the time.  They give more detail as to the life of Jesus as well as Mary and the desiples. here is a link that has some information and links on some of the info I mentioned here if you are interested.
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Female... if God were male, then Beer and Football wold be in the Bible
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Jesus may or may not have been married.\n\nMary certainly was.
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There would be nothing wrong with Jesus having a wife and even children. He would not have violated His perfectness because marriage then was a very sacred thing. Most marriages at that time were arranged and it is quite possible that to hold with the customs of the time Jesus may have had an arranged marriage.\n\nWhether or not He was married to Mary Magdeline is a topic that will be discussed for many years. There is some evidence in the Gospel of Mary that she may have been because Jesus told her things that He did not tell the other disciples. It also says (indicates) Jesus kissed her on the mouth, not done except to a wife at that time.\n\nThose who were chosen to assemble the Bible as we have it today had hundreds of letters and gospels to choose from. Because they wanted to make the Bible masculine they choose mainly those books that carried out this wish of the early mainly Catholic church. They required all the other writtings to be destroyed. Thank goodness they are slowly finding some of the copies that did not get destroyed such as the "Dead Sea Scrolls" and now the most recent Gospel of Judas.\n\nAlthough the De Vinci Code is basically a fictional story, I beleive the reason, especially the Catholic Church is so opposed, the occurances depicted is because it is closer to the truth than they want the people to know. The church has always tried to control the people by fear; something that I have always disliked. By making many things that were not sin into sin they could make the people pay to have forgiveness of these "sins". The church was able to fill their coffers easily in this way and some churches still do this today.\n\nTo me Jesus is a very real person and He is my Savior, but I do not hold with any church because of they way they have lied to their people over the years. You don't have to go to a church to be a Christian...All it requies is a belief and a love for Jesus. there is no other requirement.
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If Jesus (of Christianity fame) was a man, then he had a father. It is a requirement of birth.
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The view from history would be "yes."  Many of the historical Jesus' teachings were related to reforming the practice of Judaism to be more assimilationist with the predominent Roman/Hellenistic culture in the region during the period of his life.\n\nSince he was interesting in reforming practice to "fit in," he might also be interested in reforming his looks to "fit in," as well.
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yes they are, men and women are equal. but so many people just dont understand that even though they are equal, they have different roles in life. God made men to provide and lead, he made women to care and support. or something like that. but they are equal.\n\n\nyou want a reliable source!? no offence, but the bible has been proved to be the most correct source of history. there is so much evidence to support the Bible that it amazes me how people can say its all crap then listen to other sources that dont know ANYTHING.
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Not Necessarily. People tend to synthesize that conclusion because of the closeness of Jesus to Mary of Magdala. They were close mainly because it was Jesus that saved her from death by stoning, and that she was the only privileged female to be with Jesus and the disciples during the former's  public ministry. According to the Council of Nicea, Jesus had a dual nature: both Human and Divine. The followers of Macedonius, called the Macedonians, opposed this and said that Jesus was purely of Human nature.The Council treated the Macedonians as heretics because of this and defended the doctrine of the Dual Nature. Some may say that because there is this Human Nature present in Jesus, there may be a possibility that He succumbed to  this nature and had an affair with Mary of Magdala, but honestly, only God Knows.
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No. Jesus was a man. Should everyone be a man? Wait, don't answer that.\n\n(btw, Jews r KEWL! and so r Christians. Messianic Jews are the best.)
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I don't think they were. I don't think there was a singular Adam and an Eve, as much of the writing of the times was symbolic, and written to convey an idea, not necessarily fact. That is not to say that it was not a divinely inspired story to show that early mankind willfully disobeyed God.\nTechnically speaking, if they were from the same geographic region as Jesus, they would have physical attributes representing the origins of all races. \nToo many European artist renderings muddy the waters.