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The scriptural verses and testimonials of prominent early Christians in the OP illustrate "James" in Mt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3, "James the brother of the Lord," "Apostle James of Alphaeus," "James the Bishop of Jerusalem," "James the Less," "James the Just," and the author of the Epistle of James were...

You did not answer the questions and merely stating Mt. 1:25 "unequivocally states that Joseph had sex with Mary" does not make it so.

In Mt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3 Mary of Joseph is not called the mother of Simon, Joseph, James, and Jude (Judas), rather only Jesus is called Her Son, and in Ac. 1:14 She is only called "the mother of Jesus." Lk. 2:41–51 describes Joseph and Mary of Joseph taking Jesus to the Temple at the age of twelve...

Initially, you said, "Your entire argument is based on the names being the same -- nothing more-- and thats all your early Christian writers are going on as well." It is only after you inadvertently proved your own accusation to be wrong and me explaining why, that you changed your accusation...

Precisely. If my reasoning was based solely on any two people having matching names, I would not have included pointing out Apostle James of Alphaeus had a brother [sibling] named "Jude" (Judas) and Apostle James of Zebedee only a brother [sibling] named "John," etc. And it is just one example...

If my argument was solely based on names being the same then why did I reach the conclusion of Apostle James of Alphaeus, not Apostle James of Zebedee, and Apostle Jude (Judas/Thaddeus) of Alphaeus, not Apostle Judas Iscariot, as being the brothers of Jesus spoken of in Mt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3? Also...

If you read the entire OP — and at this point I have no reason to think you did not — then you know that is not it. Therefore, I have to ask, are you deliberately misrepresenting me? Jn. 7:5 does not say "For neither did his brothers Simon, Joseph, James, and Jude (Judas) believe in him,"...

The "James" in Ga. 1:19, whom you claim was a biological son of Joseph and Mary of Joseph, is not only called "the brother of the Lord" but an "apostle" as well. If you believe he was one of the twelve apostles, only two were named "James:" James of Zebedee and James of Alphaeus, and neither...

How so?

Considering the context, in Mt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3, Simon, Joseph, James, and Jude (Judas) were Jesus' brothers, as in "kinsmen," but their exact relation — e.g., siblings, uncles, nephews, cousins, etc., cannot be determined from the word "brothers" (ἀδελφοὶ [adelphoi]). The scriptural verses and...

I already covered that in the OP. It is not reasonable to assume the brotherly relationship between "James" in Mt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3 and Jesus were that of siblings because there are scriptural verses that illustrate they were not, which is confirmed by multiple prominent early Christians. You...

Who is "James" in Mt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3? Some teach that he and Simon, Joseph, and Jude (Jude) were Jesus' step/half-brothers, based on the assumption "sibling" applies to the word "brothers" in the following verse: "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers...

"And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd." (Jn. 10:16) Multiple folds are not one fold.