Oh, please. That is NOT “trashing”.
I happen to think that Mary was faithful to God, and was probably a kind, wonderful, loving woman, since God chose her to raise His Son, but she wasn’t perfect. Only God is perfect.
God thinks that saving we fallible human beings was worth the life of His Son. Why would he think a fallible human being wasn’t worthy of being His Son’s mother?
I also don’t think that God would reward her faithfulness by requiring her to relinquish having other children, especially in a culture which judged the worth of a woman by how many children she had.
David was a man after God’s own heart, but he was an adulterous murderer.
*shrug*
I leave it for the reader to come to his/own conclusion.
The backdoor bashing of the anti-Catholics contained in “I am just asking for the ‘TRUTH’” is a VERY old ploy here at FR.
As I have said, I am not a Catholic — but I can see when narrow minds congregate to bash that which they envy or fear.
David was a man after God’s own heart, but he was an adulterous murderer.
You are exactly right. And every one that God used was imperfect because all men are. And we know that because God tells us.
He gives us the grace to fulfilled what He has called us to.
I still maintain that since Jesus was tempted in every way as we are and yet was without sin, he HAD to have had brothers and sisters.
There’s nothing like sibling rivalry to test the quality of one’s character.
Can you see it now????
Mary: James, why can’t you be more like Jesus? He always does what he’s told without talking back.
Or imagine the siblings setting Jesus up to try to get him in trouble with mom and dad.
Does he tattle or not?
Would they have not provoked him to fight? Propped a bucket of water over the door to dump on him when he opened it and stood back and laughed?
Life would have been so much easier with a perfect mother and no siblings to contend with.