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To: Mrs. Don-o
What is a marriage?

A marriage is between a human man and a human woman. Not G-d and human. A union blessed by God. In this case, since the union was with God and Mary, it was certainly blessed by God and was in that sense a "marriage."

So since Mary was already married in effect to Joseph, doesnt that make G-d a polygamist? or at least that makes Mary an adultress. G-d did not get Mary pregnant. That is a common myth in pagan cultures. And again, Isaiah 7 was not a prophecy about a virgin birth anyway.

168 posted on 10/07/2010 10:04:14 PM PDT by blasater1960 (Deut 30, Psalm 111...the Torah and the Law, is attainable past, present and forever.)
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To: blasater1960

Such bitterness coming up from that bitteroot inside you! Must be tough being you and having to embrace your bitterness daily.


170 posted on 10/08/2010 6:47:19 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Morg, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: blasater1960
"A marriage is between a human man and a human woman. Not G-d and human.'

Well, that's generally true, escept for that one, very extraordinary time!

"So since Mary was already married in effect to Joseph..."

No, she wasn't already married in effect. They were betrothed. You could say there was a broken engagement due to Enormous Changes At The Last Minute... but Joseph was a real mensch, he took it nice!

"G-d did not get Mary pregnant."

Did too! (Ahem.) Now really, what a dilemma: "Who to believe? Blasater or the Angel? Blasater or the Angel? (Making a weighing motion with both hands.)-- Hmm, that's a toughie."

"That is a common myth in pagan cultures."

Irrelevant. All the truths about the True God can be found in some form in various pagan cultures. All the pagans have some access to the truth, some garbled and fragmentary, some quite coherent and noble. One reason -- the main reason, apparently --- that C.S. Lewis became a Christian, is that J.R.R. Tolkien impressed him with the insight that all the "good bits," that are benign and lovely and true in the vague legends of the pagans, were actually, concretely, historically true about Christ. His is the Reality that fulfills all the longings of men in all the ages, the longings that are disclosed in their dreams and myths.

Besides, if Mary is not united in mystical marriage with the Spirit, then who is? Who is the Bride in Revelation 22:17 "The Spirit and the Bride say, 'Come!'" ?

Just curious. My ears are perked.

176 posted on 10/08/2010 8:21:40 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("In Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Romans 12:5)
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