[aruanan]

Well, there's no evidence that he wasn't a widower, either.

In the absence of evidence that he was, indeed, a widower, it's intellectually dishonest to posit that he was in order to support some other doctrine for which there is no evidence.

[Desdemona]

In the absence of evidence that he was, indeed, a widower, it's intellectually dishonest to posit that he was in order to support some other doctrine for which there is no evidence.

Well, I trust the church on this one as the notion the Joseph was a widower is taught. They know better than I do.