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To: AzaleaCity5691
"A Christian accepts that the god of the Jews is God, that he had a son named Jesus Christ, who was crucified, that Mary was an eternal virgin and was, along with Jesus, the only person on Earth to have never sinned. Those are the basic beliefs."

Umm Marys eternal Chasity is *not* a cornerstone of Christianity. To believe she was chased until death or only until after the birth of Christ is not a dividing line

There is more scriptural evidence for her *not* being chased her whole life then her dying without knowing her husband.

Matthew 1:

21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not **until** she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

Ill take my Shot at it: One God in three distinct persons together one God head and eternal. Christ, one of the Godhead, was sent to serve the punishment for our sins and this grace *alone* accounts for salvation. Once you step outside of this you're in trouble... Though I am no theologian so Im sure my post can be picked apart..

70 posted on 07/05/2007 11:34:17 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
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To: N3WBI3

N3WBI3:”Umm Marys eternal Chasity is *not* a cornerstone of Christianity. To believe she was chased until death or only until after the birth of Christ is not a dividing line

There is more scriptural evidence for her *not* being chased her whole life then her dying without knowing her husband.”

So who is chasing whom in the above cases? Perhaps it was chastity you were implying? (chaste).


73 posted on 07/05/2007 11:47:17 AM PDT by visually_augmented (I was blind, but now I see)
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