Oh, goody, the literalists are at it again.
Just a note to the author: Catholic “tradition” and the selections as to what constituted the New Testament of the Bible were one and the same for 15 centuries, and the “Catholic” version of the New Testament hasn’t changed since then. Isn’t it highly unlikely that the Catholic Church just happened to miss, for 2000+ years, that the New Testament contradicted its teaching? But there are still those who think a smoking gun lurks somewhere . . .
This reminds me of the Sarah Palin email dump.
You mean like for 2000 years refusing to allow Bishops to marry when the Bible clearly teaches they can be and should be if they can’t bridle their lusts? Yeah, I think they missed this one too. The plain reading of it is, yes, he had brothers and sisters and Joseph knew his wife Mary.
If there's a smoking gun anywhere it'll turn up and blow the tush off of those folks who think five hundred years of carnal BS is superior to two thousand years of Christ directing His Church. Of course, they'll either reinterpret it or otherwise discount it as fact the same way they do everything else that doesn't agree with their own carnal understanding.
The same appeal Satan made to Eve works all the time these days as well. People want to be as god and place their own understanding above what they're commanded which is to take up their cross and follow Him. They're not commanded to reinterpret or rewrite everything to suit their own carnal understanding and then carry any little wood chips that remain after they're done carving everything up to suit themselves rather than accepting what has been Christian knowledge for two thousands years.