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Originally posted by nota
link from Time CNN
http://time-blog.com/middle_east/
''Brace yourself. James Cameron, the man who brought you 'The Titanic' is back with another blockbuster. This time, the ship he's sinking is Christianity.
In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus wasn't resurrected --the cornerstone of Christian faith-- and that his burial cave was discovered near Jerusalem. And, get this, Jesus sired a son with Mary Magdelene.
No, it's not a re-make of "The Da Vinci Codes'. It's supposed to be true.''
Edited - inappropriate comment removed. -Z-man.
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This is why that book has been a bestseller for many years.
A lot of people think the Catholic hierarchy and Constantine, the Roman Emperor, massaged history, promoting JC as a deity, in order to elevate his importance to the populace--and get the Romans off paganism and other competing sects.
Both JC and MM were from Jewish royalty--I doubt she was a prostitute--they were a natural match. He was intended for big things, but got waylayed by the Jewish hierarchy, for some reason. They got the Romans to do him in.
I think they were a couple, and she was a major part of his following. The child is speculation. But there are a bunch of gospels, including hers, that are non-spiritual, which the Church disposed of around 300 AD. A lot of this is common knowledge among historians, as documented on the History Channel, but not among the public. Hence, the book interest.
A lot of people think that's her, to his right, in DaVinci's Last Supper. It certainly looks like a woman. I also think that might be MM in the Mona Lisa, if DaVinci was really wrapped up in this stuff.