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How Jesus female disciples who supported His work were wiped from history

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JESUS Christ’s female disciples made Christianity possible but their pivotal role was wiped from history for one single reason. Mary Magdalene (above in 1835 Alexander Ivanov painting) portrayed in popular culture as a prostitute is historically inaccurate. JESUS Christ had prominent female disciples who made his religious mission possible, but their pivotal role was wiped from history. Mary Magdalene who, despite popular culture, was not a prostitute, a noblewoman named Joanna and a healer called Salome were among his close circle. And Joanna, who had been married to an official of Judaean Roman leader Herod Antipas’ noble clique, funded Jesus’ itinerant travelling band. Biblical historians Joan Taylor and Helen Bond have undertaken new research which convinces them that the 12 disciples actually travelled in pairs with their female partners. And by forensically examining the New Testament, the pair unearth a trail of clues they believe will rewrite the origins of fait...

A Bad Marriage is as Unhealthy as Drinking and Smoking

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Couples who continuously disagree have poorer health.   A man sleeping in bed with an unhappy woman,sleeping with backs turn against each other or the woman sleeping on the couch is an example of an unhappy relation. A bad marriage, with frequent conflicts, could be as detrimental to your health as smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol.  Disagreeing over multiple topics – such as children, money, in-laws and leisure activities – had negative health implications. I followed married couples over the first 16 years of marriage and compared the subjective health of wives and husbands who reported a greater number of conflict topics to those who reported fewer,” Marital conflict negatively affected health for both husbands and wives, although there was a greater impact of conflict on men than women. Couples who agreed with each other more experienced health benefits early in their relationships, but this protective effect most often wore off in the later years of...