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To: HarleyD
And is Saint John of Damascus any more correct than saint Harley of Virginia?

I think the answer is obvious. He has sufficiently refuted the idea that the passage you and others are so fond of parading around as proof of sex actually proves nothing of the sort. And more to the point, he did it with ease. So, when you say we will have a difficult time with Matt.1:25, I can honestly say this:

"No, not really."

5,989 posted on 05/09/2006 5:33:58 AM PDT by monkfan (rediscover communication)
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To: monkfan
I should point out Saint John's of D argument is exactly the argument John Calvin suggest, namely that the word "till" doesn't necessarily mean that Mary had relationships after the birth of Christ. I find this a very weak argument simply because there is no reason for Matthew to have included that clause. Instead of:

it should have read:

This coupled with the fact that

I think the scriptural evidence is a bit overwheming.
5,996 posted on 05/09/2006 6:50:00 AM PDT by HarleyD ("Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures" Luk 24:45)
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