What do you believe?
(I’m not going to make fun of you or put you down).
Based solely on Scripture, I believe that Mary is the mother of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who is God. Beyond that, Scripture does not reveal whether or not Mary had relations with Joseph or had other children. There are hints one way or another, but no explicit statement.
I never really gave much thought to this question. When I first saw this being discussed on this forum, my initial thoughts were that maybe Mary wasn’t a perpetual virgin. But as I followed the back and forth arguments on this forum, and read up on the history of this belief, I began to realize that we should not lightly discard a belief that has been almost universally held since the early days of Christianity. Beginning with Ireanaeus and Origin, Christians throughout the centuries, except for some fourth century writers who were widely condemned, have widely attested to perpetual divinity. Even several reformers, including Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, and Wesley, held on to this belief. It wasn’t until a short time ago in the 1800’s that some Christians started questioning the belief.
After giving it considerable thought, I believe the arguments in favor of perpetual virginity are stronger than the arguments against perpetual virginity.