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To: kosta50
Everyone presumed the Child was +Joseph's and was no different than any other human child, including the way He was born,

Actually, people back then could count to nine. "Son of Mary" is, in a patriarchal culture, another way of saying "father unknown." A taint that dogged our Lord wherever the family moved.

561 posted on 12/07/2006 6:44:29 AM PST by TomSmedley (Calvinist, optimist, home schooling dad, exuberant husband, technical writer)
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To: TomSmedley

Where did you get that last sentence from. By working backwards from your conclusion?


564 posted on 12/07/2006 7:04:43 AM PST by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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