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To: FatherofFive
NO!!!!!!!! You are just making that up. Show me in Scripture where anyone other than Jesus is referred to as the Child of Mary.

I am not making anything up. Honestly it makes NO Godly sense for a denomination so obsessed with contraception, they could with a straight face require Mary to use contraception.

Mary was not is not a deity, no matter what the traditions of men claim to the contrary.

Matt. 12:46; 13:55; Mark 6:3; John 2:12; 7:3, 5, 10; Acts 1:14; 1 Cor. 9:5; Gal. 1:19).

98 posted on 04/14/2014 1:27:17 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Just mythoughts
I am not making anything up. Honestly it makes NO Godly sense for a denomination so obsessed with contraception, they could with a straight face require Mary to use contraception.

A non sequitor, and you are avoiding a simple question. We are not talking about contraception or Mary as a diety, which nobody believes.

The question was "Show me in Scripture where anyone other than Jesus is referred to as the Child of Mary."

I will await your answer. Crickets.

102 posted on 04/14/2014 1:36:38 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: Just mythoughts
Honestly it makes NO Godly sense for a denomination so obsessed with contraception, they could with a straight face require Mary to use contraception.

The problem is that you reject history. There is more to the story than what was recorded in Scripture (John 21:25 and others).

Mary was pledged to virginity for God. Why do you think there was a concern when she was found with child? Surely Joseph, being a righteous man, should have done the right thing and condemned her. He didn't, not just because he liked her but because there was a larger significance. He was chosen for her because of her vow.

Mary was given to the Temple at the age of three by her parents to serve God. You see, her father, Joachim was barred from giving his offerings to the Temple because he and his wife, Anna, were childless. Clearly, they were cursed. He went away ashamed and prayed in the desert and fasted for 40 days and nights. Anna prayed in a garden and was approached by an Angel who told her she would bear a child. Anna promised this child (Mary) to God to serve Him all the days of her life.

When Mary was 14 years old (the age at which is was customary for maidens to marry), there was a problem. She was known for being undefiled and had vowed to remain so. Zaccharia was told in a dream what to do. Bring the available men to the Temple and have them bring their staffs in hand. The Lord would make the staff of the right man bloom. No staff bloomed. Zaccharia was initially perturbed but learned that Joseph, a much older widower with grown children, had not been present. He was brought into the assembly and his staff bloomed.

Mary was not given to a man who was young and burning with lust. She was entrusted to a protector to be a foster-father to the Son of God. There was no contraception involved. Mary is not a deity. She was a vessel chosen by God to do His Will for the redemption of man.

104 posted on 04/14/2014 1:45:13 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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