No - I’m saying (again) that Scripture is silent on the subject because it is not relevant to our salvation. Therefore it is simply a matter of faith. My faith believes she conceived as a Virgin and remained a virgin. I’ll defend my reasons and you’re free to reject them. Problem is, you don’t simply reject - you mock and insult, then claim it’s “quite laughable” when you’re asked why.
So, I ask again - what does it matter to you whether they did or did not have marital relations? How does it affect your salvation and your relationship with God?
You keep insisting on a tangent here.
May I ask the same, exact question of you?
WHY is it necessary that Rome stresses it's TRADITION over what it's Book plainly states?
It doesn't.
So why do Catholics get their knickers in such a knot over the thought that Mary was a normal human being given by God a fantastic assignment, and then when the scripture was fulfilled, she and Joseph went on to enjoy a normal marriage that included sex and a passel of other children?
The issue isn't so much of whether she had normal relations with Joseph, her husband. If Scripture told us as much, that Mary and Joseph never came together, then it wouldn't be a problem at all.
The issue is that Scripture tells us one thing, that they did, and Catholicism tells us something completely contrary to it, that they didn't.
And Catholicism has ZERO Scripture to support their claim.
Catholicism is wrong because it doesn't line up with Scriptural teaching. When something that is not true is taught as truth and then infallibly declared to have to be believed by the faithful, then you guys have a problem.