[dartuser]

What does the Bible tell us about Apollos, a man whom Paul greatly admired? That he was an apostle of the Lord, a preacher of great effectiveness. To many other names, no deeds are attached.

And you have EXACTLY the same Biblical evidence for Apollos being assumed into heaven as Mary.

[RobbyS]

So far as I know, Apollos was not a virgin who gave birth to the God-man Jesus. It seems tome that you think of the Virgin Birth as just a step up from the unlikely conception of Issac/Samuel/John. Rather it was an event that is as impossible for us to grasp as the Resurrection. I can’t imagine a more intimate relationship between the One God and man than that between Jesus and Mary. Unlike you, I don’t see the first two chapters of Luke as mere prologue to the Gospel. The doctrine of the Incarnation lies at the very heart of Christianity, which is why the Muslims reject it. They think of Mary pretty much as you seem to, as the mother of a Prophet of God.