[the_old_crowd] Re: Hoy!

[Mike & Susan Gray]

David wrote, 

> I have not read this great work myself, but it amazes me the 
> number of people who have trouble understanding that fiction 
> contains propositional falsehoods.

Just for the record, I thought the book was a hoot, and I'm looking forward
to the film. 

But I am tired of the Mary-M.-and-Jesus-sitting-in-the-tree trope. It
doesn't bother me; it bores me. The first time I heard that one (it was in
some film) I was about 14 and properly scandalized. (And improperly excited,
too. Not because of the people involved, just because it was SEX.) About 27
Jesus & Mary M. stories later the novelty has worn a bit thin. I mean, would
somebody please point out to all the authors intent on doing SHOCKING!,
STUNNING!!, SEXY!!! biblical fanfic that Mary M. was probably not the only
nubile woman in the ancient near east between around 15 through 30 CE? Heck
- why not try slash ... they'd at least have 12 people to choose from ...

That also goes for all the Jesus DNA stories.

Baaaaa Humbug.

Mike (who is, for the record, a Christian. And who notes a statistical
likelihood that Jesus was married - perhaps later widowed - to a presumably
lucky young lady who possibly grew up around Nazereth. Yawn.)