[wmfights]

"Blue, you're at the top of your game on this thread. Learned a bit from you here."

I'm taking notes ;-)
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"While I don't think it can be denied that the early church held to Mary's perpetual virginity, that's just narrative as tradition, Tradition as narrative."

I don't believe this is true. I think the "tradition" surrounding Mary developed in the first 100 yrs or so after the Apostolic Era ended, culminating in the "Protoevangelium of James". I think this forgery was written in support of the mythology surrounding Mary.

I think the truth is far greater than the myth. God took a humble normal woman and placed her in extraordinary circumstances and she was an example to us all staying to the end watching Jesus save our worthless souls on the cross.

[AlbionGirl]

I don't believe this is true. I think the "tradition" surrounding Mary developed in the first 100 yrs or so after the Apostolic Era ended, culminating in the "Protoevangelium of James". I think this forgery was written in support of the mythology surrounding Mary.

Learning from you too.

I think the truth is far greater than the myth. God took a humble normal woman and placed her in extraordinary circumstances and she was an example to us all staying to the end watching Jesus save our worthless souls on the cross.

I think you're absolutely right.

[proud_2_B_texasgal]

God took a humble normal woman and placed her in extraordinary circumstances and she was an example to us all staying to the end watching Jesus save our worthless souls on the cross.

Worth repeating.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I think the truth is far greater than the myth. God took a humble normal woman and placed her in extraordinary circumstances and she was an example to us all staying to the end watching Jesus save our worthless souls on the cross.

A resounding AMEN!