I sincerely hope that you can read and listen with an open mind, reserving judgment until this series has run its course. I know that’s going to be hard. We have been taught so many things that we’ve encased in concrete, that’s it’s very difficult to even “hear” something to the contrary. Last Friday, in our Beyond Theism open discussion an ex-Catholic, but an indoctrinated one nonetheless, said it pained her heart to even hear the words that Mary was not a virgin. I’m not trying to be condemning or ugly, but we have all (Protestants included) violated the 1st and 2nd Commandments too often. Though the New Testament speaks frequently to the contrary of what ONLY Matthew and Mark say in two chapters- chapters where they both take lengths to establish the human lineage of Jesus, we’ve built “belief systems” that are near impossible to UN-BELIEVE!
The recent movie, The Da Vinci Code , a mystery/detective novel by American author Dan Brown, turned into a movie, touched on that sacred ground that I am dealing with in this series- SEX! Was Jesus married. My take for what’s worth is NO! However, I am not offended by asking the question. Ps. 119:165 should be our warning especially for this series. I am not offended by talking about what “might” have been Jesus’ sexuality.
He was a MAN! (Don’t wig out on me already) 
According to the premise of the novel, the Vatican knows it is perpetuating a lie about Jesus’ bloodline and the role of women in church, but continues to do so to keep itself in power. Now, while I do not think the Vatican is into such a sinister conspiracy, I do believe that they’ve got it ALL WRONG in the virgin birth scenario to the point of making Mary an idol: certainly beyond sin as we other mere mortals are.
Where’s that in the Bible?
Are we free enough to talk about Jesus as a human being, as a male, a man, or do we just giv lip service to His humanity- not really believing it? Or, are we in bondage to the “evil of sex” that St. Augustine, particularly, passed on to us? An honest question! Can we even ask if Jesus was attracted to the opposite sex, had thoughts of marriage, had no interest in the opposite sex, and was somehow able to shut off any “human male emotion“. Because it offends the sensibilities of so many pious people, and because sex was taught as evil, we really can’t even ask the hard questions.
I’ve just asked the soft questions. 
To raise any question regarding sex or sexuality, as it might apply to the man-male, Jesus, to to encounter resistance to wanting to make Him “more human” (note that I always capitalize the “H“). To dismiss these questions as Christians are want to do doesn’t mean we’re bringing Jesus down on any sin level- though for some very, very pious ones, the thought of SEX is a sin.
I know some of you know what I mean!
Enough of the two-part introduction. On to some specifics tomorrow!
I have always felt deep in my heart that Jesus, as a real human, just as we are, went through the puberty years as normal in the emotions and hormonal confrontations as any young human boy of today growing into manhood goes through.
I think as a man he had the normal male feelings for a woman/women, but His devotion to God, as His main focus in life, over rode what He may have desired for Himself in the flesh…to do His father’s will, not His was His . I think He knew to marry would bring His devotion to a dividing point between the Father and a wife/family. He chose full devotion to the Father and denied what he may have wanted.
Jesus was a fully human man with the exception of His degree of devotion to the Father.
I hadn’t really thought about this area of His life before, but I have to agree with Carol. The Bible does say He was tempted in all things, right?