[boatbums]

Uh Oh! Telling lies IS very important, and the consequence is grave. For example, saying that "Mary never intented to have sex with Joseph" while pointing to a verse that does not say anything of the kind is telling a lie and the consequence is very unplesant to the teller.

Also, how can it be telling a lie when Scripture says in many places that Jesus had brothers and sisters or that Joseph "knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son"? Who is really fabricating, the person who says Mary was a perpetual virgin (with no Scripture to back it up and only the statement that "Tradition" held to it) or the one who says she had a normal marriage and had other children (with Scripture)?

[OLD REGGIE]

Uh Oh! Telling lies IS very important, and the consequence is grave. For example, saying that "Mary never intented to have sex with Joseph" while pointing to a verse that does not say anything of the kind is telling a lie and the consequence is very unplesant to the teller.

Also, how can it be telling a lie when Scripture says in many places that Jesus had brothers and sisters or that Joseph "knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son"? Who is really fabricating, the person who says Mary was a perpetual virgin (with no Scripture to back it up and only the statement that "Tradition" held to it) or the one who says she had a normal marriage and had other children (with Scripture)?

For the record, I do not believe annalex has ever lied on this forum. My comment is a "turnabout" of the words as used by annalex.

I do believe annalex is incapable of reading Scripture with an open mind and merely parrots the words dictated by the Magisterium and apologetics media (Catholic Answers, et al).

[annalex]

how can it be telling a lie when Scripture says in many places ...

I don't make the scripture say anything it doesn't say, and I don't make the scripture not say what it does say. The passages you are citing MAY be interpreted your way, but they also may be interpreted the correct way. I prefer the correct way, and yes, that preference comes from also knowing the Traditin of the Church.