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What I do care about is right thinking of those who are searching for answers about the incarnation of the Lord.

So what does Mary having sex tell you about the Incarnation? I believe there is a connection - that the Incarnation rules out Mary having sex with another man. What does Mary having sex tell you about Jesus Christ?

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Mary did not have sex prior to the incarnation.

What does Mary having sex after the incarnation say about anything?

Is not sexual relations within the confines of Marriage sanctified by God? Is it somehow that you believe Mary was God's wife and therefore would have been committing adultery by having relations with Joseph? I do not understand why anyone even came up with the idea that Mary and Joseph having a normal relationship would somehow sully her. Unless it is from the Medieval church's dislike of sex for anything other that procreation.

Hebrews 13:4 (Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition.)
Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

"So what does Mary having sex tell you about the Incarnation?"

I think the scriptures are pretty clear that Joseph and Mary did not have sexual relations until after the birth of Jesus. I think they are also clear that Jesus had brothers and sisters and that he was raised as a normal child in the family. Luke says He "grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom," and "He increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." Hebrews says, "He learned obedience by the things which He suffered" and "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

This a description of someone who has a normal upbringing. He has undergone all of the normal trials that a family, including siblings, and the relationships of His trade, would impose upon Him. I don't think He learned, grew, and suffered in the abstract, but experienced all of the vicissitudes of life, just as everyman did. He could not have attracted rugged men like fishermen, business men like tax collectors or intellectuals like religious leaders and Paul, if they were not convinced that He was a "real" man.