Why did Jesus not get married?

[_MCB]

it keeps priests relatively cheap.

What was that about priestcraft???

[_zeezrom]

I've always believed this was one of those things that was too sacred to be left in the ancient canon. If Joseph Smith wasn't murdered, he would have continued the translation of the New Testament and the marriage story would have eventually surfaced. That is what I believed.

As a TBM, a married Jesus was my reality.

[_Chap]

it keeps priests relatively cheap.

What was that about priestcraft???

I don't quite get what you are saying here.

Clearly a person who lives in free accommodation and will never have to support a family can be paid less than someone under more normal circumstances. But there are few mainstream denominations with married clergy that offer them salaries sufficient to attract anyone to the job for the money alone.

[_MCB]

But there are few mainstream denominations with married clergy that offer them salaries sufficient to attract anyone to the job for the money alone.

True.

Interesting-- I was thinking that the use of the word "priestcraft," for religion for profit was generated as a part of the anti-Catholic agenda, but you are right.

[_Yoda]

A question for MCB, and others of different faiths...Is Jesus not being married viewed the same as the trinity as far as a "dealbreaker" if one wants to be associated with the Christian mainstream?

[_Buffalo]

He probably abandoned his family to go on his Quixotic, failed messianic crusade. That's probably where his anti-family rhetoric came from - you know, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple."

[_Buffalo]

Celibate priests are equipped to work with married people because the focus is on the relationship, not the sex. And they learn a lot about relationships. And they learn about sexual self-restraint, in terms of being faithful to their vows. The Pre-Cana program for engaged couples is led by married couples.

Love does not have to be expressed sexually.

I think that system leads to a lot of pedophiles entering the priesthood in order to save themselves from temptation (or let's face it, give themselves access to children), only to go on to molest hundreds of children.

[_Yoda]

I've always believed this was one of those things that was too sacred to be left in the ancient canon. If Joseph Smith wasn't murdered, he would have continued the translation of the New Testament and the marriage story would have eventually surfaced. That is what I believed.

As a TBM, a married Jesus was my reality.

As a TBM, was a polygamous Jesus your reality as well? This was something in the JoD I flatly rejected. I am just curious as to your thoughts.

[_MCB]

A question for MCB, and others of different faiths...Is Jesus not being married viewed the same as the trinity as far as a "dealbreaker" if one wants to be associated with the Christian mainstream?

Such a belief would indicate that he sinned in neglecting his family for the sake of his ministry. So, IMHO, it would be a dealbreaker. And of, course, early Mormons believed that he was a sinner like everyone else.

No caps here because this is a different Jesus than the one I know.

Buff, they are screening them much more rigorously than in the past.

[_DarkHelmet]

Many TBMs believe he was married to Mary Magdelene. Some people believe he was gay. Both theories are valid.