Did God Have a Wife?

But this is supposed to be discussed from Biblical text, no?  Because in the Bible, God doesn't in any way shape or form have a wife.  The Mary Magdalene / Jesus theory is one of many ridiculous falsehoods, scripturally there is no basis for it. 
The Bible says even angels neither marry or are given in marriage, and that in heaven, neither would we.  
 

@joshmightbe

The funny thing is that no where in the bible does it say that there is only one god in fact many places in it imply that there are more gods it just says that the God that the book is about is the most important one it was later interpretations that started saying he was the only one  
 

• "I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me." (Isaiah 45:5)
• "This is what the LORD says--Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God." (Is. 45:6)
• "For this is what the LORD says--he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited--he says: "I am the LORD, and there is no other." (Is. 45:18)
• "Declare what is to be, present it--let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me." (Is. 45:21)

you seriously did not read that OP, did you? >_> 
 
I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right.
1 Kings 22:19
 
God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods
Psalm 82:1
 
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness,
Genesis 1:26
 
  “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
Exodus 15:11

you seriously did not read that OP, did you? >_> 
 
I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right.
1 Kings 22:19
 
God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods
Psalm 82:1
 
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness,
Genesis 1:26
 
  “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
Exodus 15:11

1. i like that fact that you used the word "host" because that is a modern translation and not the original word.  >=) 
Host is used for all beings of heaven including God XP ahaha.. so the fact that you are tryin to separate it to exclude God  is a fail
 
2. that is what you are now told that is not actually so again in word for word translation in original scripture. 
 
3. sure.
 
4. false gods or not they were still gods regardless and God was not alone he simply said he was the supreme deity and would smash and kill other gods..

If you want to get totally accurate the Bible actually mentions several other gods whom the Catholic church either removed from biblical canon or changed to demonic entities such as the God Ba'al and Asmodeus, there was even a passage where Jesus met Hades the Greek god of death after the crucifixion that again the Catholic church kept from canon    

hilarious too because nowhere in the bible does the bible call the gods demons but simply gods of other lands. funny b/c today people will claim them as demons without any scriptural support. >=)
and i can name some gods that were turned into saints and angels.

1. i like that fact that you used the word "host" because that is a modern translation and not the original word.  >=)  Host is used for all beings of heaven including God XP ahaha.. so the fact that you are tryin to separate it to exclude God  is a fail 2. that is what you are now told that is not actually so again in word for word translation in original scripture.   3. sure. 4. false gods or not they were still gods regardless and God was not alone he simply said he was the supreme deity and would smash and kill other gods..

You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.

So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, ...

No God did not have a wife. 

No God did not have a wife. 

@difficlus said:

No God did not have a wife. 

From a Biblical Perspective you are Correct... the early Canaanite Beliefs have other ideas of God having a Wife... though it makes you wonder since the Canaanites thought Yahweh and El Elyon were separate deities... and somehow Asherah was the wife of Yahweh as well as El Elyon... ( it depending on the city you went to and their beliefs )... it's that fact of the old days that would make you wonder if they really had a straight story about what they believed... and there are plenty of Canaanite Gods... obviously its not a Biblical Perspective of things... but it's still fun to read and know about... IMO

it depends on the version of god you are referring to, if you refer to the present-day judeo-christian god then no

it depends on the version of god you are referring to, if you refer to the present-day judeo-christian god then no

@-Vigil- said:

I'm Christian, and I believe that God (and Christ, who I believe is a separate person) is indeed married.

Where in the bible, or anywhere else, is it stated that God/Jesus is married?

Who do you contend God is married to?

@castleking said:

@PowerHerc:

God in the bible stated he was married to the Israelites iirc..
whistlin....
http://www.enduringword.com/commentaries/2354.htm

So does this mean they are his wife or is he their's?

So does this mean they are his wife or is he their's?

 
Old Testament:
 
"The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD." (Hosea 1:2)
 
"I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?" (Jeremiah 13:27)
 
"And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks [idols]." (Jeremiah 3:9)
 
New Testament:
 
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.  For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.   Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.  For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:  For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.  This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church." (Ephesians 5:22-32)

Cthulhu.

@King Saturn said:

@difficlus said:

No God did not have a wife. 

From a Biblical Perspective you are Correct... the early Canaanite Beliefs have other ideas of God having a Wife... though it makes you wonder since the Canaanites thought Yahweh and El Elyon were separate deities... and somehow Asherah was the wife of Yahweh as well as El Elyon... ( it depending on the city you went to and their beliefs )... it's that fact of the old days that would make you wonder if they really had a straight story about what they believed... and there are plenty of Canaanite Gods... obviously its not a Biblical Perspective of things... but it's still fun to read and know about... IMO

Do you have a masters in theology or something? lolWell ok interesting stuff. I want to add my own:  joshmightbe said the bible does not say god is the only god . This is false as  he says that other 'gods' are made by human minds and hands and are not real. He states clearly there is only 1 true powerful god with any capacity to do anything.    As for a wife, the concept of marriage itself was INVENTED by God for humans, he created it. 

@Ashra: So if it's all symbolic; then what is the answer? Soes God actually have a wife or not?

@Ashra: So if it's all symbolic; then what is the answer? Soes God actually have a wife or not?

I found it funny... Then again I am a godless heathen :P

Jesus, this world is like a cereal bowl. full of Nuts, flakes, and fruits. There is only one God. I've talked to him and his servants. 

Jesus, this world is like a cereal bowl. full of Nuts, flakes, and fruits. There is only one God. I've talked to him and his servants. 

No, he's married to his work.