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Hi DNB, True...When she made that remark she was a virgin and unmarried at that time. But she was engaged to be married. Sooooo why would she then be surprised at being told she would conceive a child and say that she does not know man??? Logically it should not have been a surprise since she...

Hi mailmandan, If it is so clear then why have biblical scholars been disagreeing about it for 500 years? Why do you accept the 500 year tradition and reject the 2,000 year tradition? Curious Mary

Hi Pearl, Previously you said you prefer to stick with the clear truth of the bible and not rely on another mans interpretation.....You rely on yourself. Your statement that Mary was an ordinary girl is NOT sticking with the truth of the bible. Scripture clearly says that she found favor with...

Hi Pearl, Are you willing to entertain a different teaching on this? One that is based in Jewish law, Scripture and logic? :) Christ submitted to circumcision and Passover was that the Mosaic Law required it, and he (like Mary) was “born under the Law” (Gal. 4:4). He wanted to remove any cause...

If you determine that you are being led astray by your leaders over a certain passage or doctrine doesn't that make YOU always right and them always wrong? Basically what this discussion comes down to is that neither you or I are experts in Jewish and Christian history, translation, hermantics...

I think we agree Nowhere does it say that they didn't have sex. So that means that we have to look at the context of Scripture regarding this matter, we have to know the history of Judaism and 1st century Christianity and use hermantics with proper translations to find the answer. A proper...

Hi Pearl, Previously you stated that you feel sorry for Joseph for having a wife who never had sex with him.....Or so some people believe. For 2,000 years The Church has taught Mary was a perpetual virgin. It was AFTER the Reformation that the teaching came into question. How or Why does the...

Hi 2nd TG< Why are you writing to me when I never wrote to you? I wrote to "theefaith." I think you thought I was writing to you, but I wasn't. None the less I am a kind person and will engage in a convo with you. You have been unable to "back up" with scripture your theory on works=faith and...

Ummmm......I knew you were not writing to me but you do realize you are on a community forum of which all members are able to view and reply to your post? That is why there is a "reply" and "quote" button at the bottom of each post. Did you know if you wanted to have a private conversation with...

Hi Pearl, Uggg....abortion!!! You touched on a subject that get's under my skin. How can anyone ESSPICALLY people that call themselves Christian support it???? Baffling to me!! Scripture (the passage that I quoted) does not say it is good for single men/women to abstain from sexual...

Thank you theefaith. I figured there was more to this than my surface understanding. It makes sense now that I read the Aquinas quote you provided. The point I am trying to make is that it really isn't important to the average Christian who is dedicated to doing good works, trying their best...

Hi, I quoted Scripture soooooo are you saying that you find Scripture particularly confusing? Help me out here!!! Mary

This pandemic has increased my stress level but I will get thru it with His help. I miss traveling which is my biggest hobby.

Hi DNB, It is true that Mary was betrothed to Joseph when Gabriel visited her and Joseph! The problem with your theory is that when the angel Gabriel tells Mary that she will bear a son, Mary asked Gabriel “How shall this be, since I have no husband?”. As stated earlier at this point Mary was...

Good morning. I don't recall every communicating with you so I am not sure how you have decided to interpret Gods words. If, according to you, works are useless then how do you interpret these passages? What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works...

HI PEARL, We haven’t communicated in a while....How are you? Here is something I found that someone wrote in the 1st century about celibacy. I trust the author, but you can do your own research on him. It is an interesting read and helped me better understand WHY Mary remained a virgin: It...

The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine is not the teaching of The Church it is the writings of Father Peter Geiermann! Here is where you go if you want to know the teachings of The Church: The Holy See The NT Christians practiced Sunday as the Sabbath! You Don't? Thank you for your time!!

Hi Backlit, Please bear with me here and put all your bias aside. With that said, I have bias also!!! Your theory is that the "individual or group that continued in the faith throughout history and didn't apostatize" is The Church. You also said that "there were many" and they were the ones...

Whichever individual or group that didn’t apostatize The Church??????????????? A individual OR a group can be The Church???????????????? Hmmmmm........So Rome can’t be the place that has the Fathers house; The Church started by Christ. I wonder were the Fathers house is? Luke 2;49

Do you deny the universal authority of the Pope? Do you believe in justification by faith alone? Do you believe the Bible as the only source of revealed truth?