You said it. So far in history we've had Jesus the Gentile, Jesus the Hippie, Jesus the Nazi, Jesus the Homosexual, Jesus the Guru, Jesus the Magician, Jesus the Rabbi, and Jesus the Myth.
The Da Vinci Code is just that: a work of fiction. I am not offended or even phased by it; I just find a little surprising how it's become the center of attention and controversy for so long. I think Dan Brown's 15 minutes of fame are long up.
Personally, I don't believe Jesus was married, not because I find the idea blasphemous (there are some poor fools who are offended at the mere notion that he could have had, or conceived of having sexual intercourse), but because there are hints in the gospels that this wasn't so. It ties in well with his general philosophy of self-abnegation. Jesus was a rogue preacher more than a rabbi. To the jewish world, it would have been both nerdy and disastrous for an adult male to be unmarried. Jesus was essentially teaching everyone that union with god came not from adherence to the ritual sacraments (in this case of matrimony), but somewhere else.
Many women seem convinced that it's simply because he didn't find the right lady. I find it admirable because he shows that he didn't need a relationship with anyone other than God to be self-actualized.
Mary Magdeline was not only not a prostitute (this wasn't even in the original gospels anyway), but played an important role in the origins of Christianity, was close to Jesus, and was later turned into a harlot by people trying to downplay her significance. That much I grant. But I don't think she was Jesus' wife.
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"And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty. And beauty stayed his hand. And from that day on, he was as one dead."
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