So you want to peer into Jesus' bedroom? I guess it's only human to be interested in whether someone like Jesus, a person admired in many religions, had the same drives as the rest of us.

But there isn't really much to say on the subject!

There is no trustworthy evidence in any of the ancient documents that tells us Jesus had sex. He had a bit to say about sex, and we have that written in the Gospels (the part of the Bible which records Jesus' life and teachings). Here are a few examples of his teachings:

Jesus: "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery'. But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (from Matthew 5:27).

Jesus: "What God has joined together, let not man separate". (Matthew 19:6)

You can see from these quotes that Jesus took sex seriously-it wasn't 'cheap and easy' as it sometimes is for people today. Being Jewish, Jesus followed the teachings of the Old Testament, which taught him that men and women are made for each other, and sex belongs in marriage. There is no reason to think that he wouldn't have taken this ancient instruction in God's ways seriously.

Would it matter if Jesus had sex? It's a hypothetical question, so we can't pretend we know the answer to it. Nevertheless, we can say that Jesus would have seen nothing wrong with sex between a man and woman in marriage. God created life that way. In the first book of the Bible, Genesis, we are told that "a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh" (Genesis 2:24).

Christianity and some other faiths do teach that Jesus was fully human. He was just like us, with flesh and blood and all the desires that come along with it. But Christians believe that Jesus did the right thing with his body-he behaved in a way that pleased God. Unlike the rest of us, he could hold his head high when it came to sex. There aren't any skeletons in his closet. Which brings us to the claims of the Da Vinci Code. Robert Langdon claims that "Historically, intercourse was the act through which male and female experienced God. By communing with woman, man could achieve a climactic instant when his mind went totally blank and he could see God." (DVC, 410/308-9).

This might possibly be true were God a kind of 'nothingness'. But there aren't many religions that think so. Most religions teach that God is a being or spirit who can be encountered, who speaks, who does things and interacts with the world. To say that we find God in the 'emptiness' of orgasm (at least, male orgasm) is pretty unconvincing-have you ever met anyone who believes it? Furthermore, Dan Brown's novel claims that Jesus had sex with Mary Magdalene, and they produced a child called Sarah. Now things are getting interesting. If you want to know where this idea comes from, click here.