All our evidence pointing to the historical Jesus, therefore, indicates that he not only avoided marriage and family himself but also taught people to forsake those institutions and enter into an alternative, eschatological society. The household was part of the world order he was challenging…. The household, moreover, represented traditional authority, which he was challenging at every turn.
Dale Martin, Sex and the Single Savior (via shortbreadsh)
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But, like, not really, right?
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