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slightlv

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32. Except I believe there WERE female disciples,
Mon Jun 10, 2024, 10:17 PM
Jun 2024

they were just left out of the Bible... not "Proper" according to the context and culture of that ancient age. And if that's correct, and IF there was a Jesus Christ, then there surely was a Mary Magdalene who funded most of his ministry from her family's money. And I'd lay odds of an "illicit" relationship between the two. That's as much true as any story I've read in the book, IMO.

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If Jesus were alive today he would by flying a pride flag. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #1
For all we know he was gay. Never married and hung out with twelve guys. OMGWTF Jun 2024 #17
Except I believe there WERE female disciples, slightlv Jun 2024 #32
There has been speculation about their relationship. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #44
Ever read "The DaVinci Code"...? nt Wednesdays Jun 2024 #51
Are you kidding?! (LOL) slightlv Jun 2024 #54
I have wondered the same thing. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #43
A healer too DoBW Jun 2024 #25
Today Jesus would be throwing the billionaires out of the Temple. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #45
Well,.. he would turn their judicial bench up side down,.. then smash it to smithereens. magicarpet Jun 2024 #30
My daughter was a triple blackbelt and the boys never gave her a hard time. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #46
Yes ironically Jesus would be tossing out all these evangelical christians. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #47
He also said we should love people like Martha-Ann Alito Kaleva Jun 2024 #35
That's odd NanaCat Jun 2024 #39
The book she worships says the rainbow is a sign of God's love The Blue Flower Jun 2024 #2
upside down, just like their flag DoBW Jun 2024 #31
LOL That's not what the book says NanaCat Jun 2024 #40
Martha-Anne enid602 Jun 2024 #3
I did not think so. And Meryl would never say the things this horrible person does. niyad Jun 2024 #5
Good Lord DET Jun 2024 #4
And she makes note of her German heritage, hmm just like Trump. Bev54 Jun 2024 #23
Does anybody have a clue about the Pulitzer? Oh, and she cannot niyad Jun 2024 #6
I was just looking that up deminks Jun 2024 #8
seriously ugly woman Skittles Jun 2024 #7
Classy comment there, evaluating a woman based on her LOOKS? ClickClack Jun 2024 #9
Who said anything about looks? JoseBalow Jun 2024 #18
THANK YOU Skittles Jun 2024 #29
I read that as inside ugly lame54 Jun 2024 #20
CORRECT Skittles Jun 2024 #28
NOTHING to do with looks Skittles Jun 2024 #27
SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito's wife refers to women as "feminazis." .......... riversedge Jun 2024 #10
Yup, it was Rash Limberger. deminks Jun 2024 #12
I have read the bible...and the new testament is where Christ's teachings are found. Demsrule86 Jun 2024 #15
LOL NanaCat Jun 2024 #41
"Martha-Ann Alito is going to need a Catholic priest to exorcise the ghost of Rush Limbaugh from her soul." riversedge Jun 2024 #13
She is despicable. Demsrule86 Jun 2024 #16
I want to vomit. PlutosHeart Jun 2024 #11
me too.. mountain grammy Jun 2024 #14
Time for the French Revolution to have a close encounter with her & her husband Trueblue1968 Jun 2024 #19
Sacred Heart of Jesus flag for reference. littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #21
Always reminds me of this JoseBalow Jun 2024 #33
Well. That's 05:51 of my life I can't get back. Nearly 6 minutes of useless shit. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2024 #22
Well, I guess tRump just found his VP! 70sEraVet Jun 2024 #24
she thinks she is better than God azureblue Jun 2024 #26
Of course! And there's one subject that Christ talks more about than just about anything else... slightlv Jun 2024 #36
No, the subject the long-haired psychopath deity NanaCat Jun 2024 #42
THAT was his father, Jehovah... slightlv Jun 2024 #55
She sounds like a Deminpenn Jun 2024 #34
K&R UTUSN Jun 2024 #37
Serena Joy is an angel compared to this piece of work.... Pachamama Jun 2024 #38
I just have one word about this video. North Shore Chicago Jun 2024 #48
Just send $10 to the church of the Sacred Bleeding Heart of Jesus, somewhere in Los Angeles, CA maxrandb Jun 2024 #49
Nothing will come of it. Wednesdays Jun 2024 #50
Lagoon? What/where? Grins Jun 2024 #52
I am so grateful this is out in the open. Passages Jun 2024 #53
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