{"id":483,"date":"2007-07-11T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-11T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2007\/07\/new-mary-magdalene-revelation.html"},"modified":"2007-07-11T20:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-11T20:34:00","slug":"new-mary-magdalene-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2007\/07\/new-mary-magdalene-revelation.html","title":{"rendered":"New Mary Magdalene Revelation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/RpV3SICUwGI\/AAAAAAAAAKE\/gva0nqEtvDU\/s1600-h\/blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/RpV3SICUwGI\/AAAAAAAAAKE\/gva0nqEtvDU\/s400\/blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rivaling the discovering of the Talpiot Tomb itself is this new revelation presented above in a news source almost as reliable as the recent book on the tomb of Jesus.   Who knew that the M+M on that candy actually stood for Mary Magdalene!!!<\/p>\n<p>You just never know where ole Mary Magdalene may pop up next and who she might be linked with.   It would be interesting to see her on an episode of &#8220;Desperate Housewives&#8221;.   I can only imagine the stories she could tell about being married to Jesus&#8211;  &#8220;Cooking for that man was just impossible&#8211; he demanded that everything be just perfect&#8221;.     Or perhaps we may hope to see an image of her appear on a barn in Nebraska.      Me personally I am holding out for the line of  Mary Magdalene clothes and accessories. I gather they&#8217;re doing something with bringing out a new line of burkas as well with her label on them.   <\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for further revelations about Mary Magdalene.   You may yet prove to be one of her descendants \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivaling the discovering of the Talpiot Tomb itself is this new revelation presented above in a news source almost as reliable as the recent book on the tomb of Jesus. Who knew that the M+M on that candy actually stood for Mary Magdalene!!! 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