His post #258 replied to my #244, saying
"I don't care what people THINK could or could not have happened.
If it is not recorded, then it is SPECULATION."
He was replying to my question in #244
"Do you think Joseph of Arimathea took the body from the cross and put it in the tomb straight away, without letting Mary hold the body of her Son?"
You said in post #220: "No one has said His mother was not allowed to touch or mourn, or even following close by when He was taken to the tomb. "
So you appear to agree that Mary held the body of Jesus.
When you mention it, Elsie is silent.
When I mention it, he demands proof, calling it speculation.
I call that inconsistent; I allowed him an out a few posts later, that it was trolling, or bombast, or talking without thinking.
Tell me if this verbatim quote by Elsie from post #260 is a lie, or speculation. Or, as I have said before, trolling.
Remember, by his own definition in post #258, if it's not recorded, it's speculation.
Then Thomas licked his fingers and got a MUCH better blessing than merely drinking some wine of the eucharist.
I'm not bitter. I'm half bored, half bemused.
True to form you try assigning to my post what is not in the post: “So you appear to agree that Mary held the body of Jesus.” As Elsie has explained to you, you are speculating. My post was worded in such a way that it is not speculation.
Sure you can see the same method used here; right?
It is EXACTLY like a lot of Catholic teachings.
Mary promise #5.
The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.