[redgolum]

But, as many here have said, and has been long acknowledged by many Protestant Bible scholars, adelphos can mean siblings, or close cousins. First born doesn't always mean that there were more than the first.

If you have problems with the having Mary as co redeemer and co mediatrix, then I can see your point. But if she had kids with Joseph doesn't have much to do with the rest of the stuff you talked about.

[annalex]

If you have problems with the having Mary as co redeemer and co mediatrix, then I can see your point.

People attack Marian pieties because they don't know how to worship God themselves, so anyone with a rich spiritual life is an irritant to them.

[Blogger]

I do have problems with it, and prefer to stick to what Scripture explicitly says about Mary. I believe it is explicit that she had other children. Some people disagree. I'm fine with that. I consider her as mother of other children a matter of interpretation. I consider her sinlessness anti-Scriptural. Her perpetual virginity, I consider a violation of the EWS, Until, but others disagree.

Mary with any titles of Christ, I object to. She is depicted in Scripture as Mother of Jesus and blessed among women. That's where I stand with Mary.