[verga]

>It is the Catholic church that has been pushing a twisted >view of scripture in order to sustain the false doctrine >of the perpetual virginity of Mary. The Jewish custom they >refer to as a sibling taking over the care of a widow >refers to the widow of a fellow sibling, not to widowed >mothers. It would have been Joseph's siblings, if any were >still living. not Jesus', that would have an obligation to >care for Mary.

Couple of problems with your opinion.
1) The Catholic Church was the one to compile the scriptures in the form that we know of today. Beginning with the council of Rome and completed at the councils of Hippo and Carthage in 393 and 397 respectively.
So our view is not twisted, it came first, it is the protestant view which is twisted from the original.

2) Second you are making a huge leap in your assumption that Joseph had brothers. In order for Jesus to take his place on the David throne there could not be any brothers of Joseph.

3) Did you forget about that whole Honor thy mother thing in the Decalogue?
As Mary's first (and only child) he had a responsibility to make sure that she was taken care of.

[tenn2005]

You have been well indoctrinated by the Catholic church. It seens that your own members are not sure whether it is Mary or Jesus that was immaculately conceived. I do not care what the Catholic church teaches, the scriptures say otherwise. The word translated "brothers" in Matt 13:55 means "from the same womb." There is an entirely different word for cousin which is what John the Baptist was to Jesus.