It is simply a fact, and truth matters. I have a historical religion that has to do with actual events that took place 2000 years ago and I would like the knowledge of these facts remain straight. I don't pick and choose what to believe and what to discard -- I am not a Protestant, thank God.
It's not a fact because nobody can prove it. It's an opinion.
I have a historical religion that has to do with actual events that took place 2000 years ago and I would like the knowledge of these facts remain straight.
Well, that's nice, but *religion* isn't going to help anybody, it's Christ alone. Following a bunch of do's and don't's doesn't save anyone.
If you'd like to keep the facts straight, then Matthew 1:25 says.........but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
Until. And then the Gospel writers go on to name the siblings.
The proofs that Mary had other children and was not perpetually virgin are far stronger than those which claim she didn't. Besides, why is her lack of sex life so important to Catholics? Does it make her a better person? Does it give her more power than they already attribute to her? Does it play a role in Jesus' work of redemption on the cross?
I don't pick and choose what to believe and what to discard --
FOTFLOL!!!
We've been demolishing your so-called *proofs* about Mary's virginity the whole time. It seems that there's becoming more and more desperation on the part of the Catholics looking and scraping for sources to back it up as each previous one is dispatched.
Catholics have elevated Mary to far too important a position and role, even to the point of assigning her titles and abilities which belong to God alone.
They have made a goddess of her.