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Dear GG, Since you believe that Jesus is the ONLY mediator between man and God I will never ask you to pray for me and we need to throw out the four verses before 1 Timothy 2:5. That is unless we have a different interpretation of mediator? (a go between; one that mediates between two parties)...

Dear GodsGrace, My point is if YOU have to "agree with at least 90% of it's (a churches) doctrine" and YOU also believe that "no church has everything 100% biblically correct" and you are basing that belief on what YOU "can see as biblically correct" that means that only YOU know what good...

Hi Oz, Can you find anywhere in the NT that gives the names of Mary's other children? I can only find Jesus named as Mary's child. You quote 2 Timothy 2:15 to suggest that YOU are correctly handling the word of truth? Or am I misunderstanding you? You do know the Bereans were converted from...

Hi Oz, Did St. Augustine get it wrong? Or are you getting it wrong? Curious

Hi, You have me a bit confused. You state that "no church has everything 100% biblically correct" and then go on to state "at least what I can see as biblically correct". Does that not make you the arbitrator of what is 'biblically correct'? How is "the Protestant view closer to what Jesus...

Hi GG, I have not found any ECF's arguing for Mary's perpetual virginity. Maybe it was just an accepted fact and there was no opposition to it therefor there was no reason for them to defend it or write about it? That seems to be the reason the later Church Fathers started writing about it...

Hi mrhealth, For the average person putting someone on a pedestal (having great respect and admiration for them) is not the same as worshipping them as a God or Goddess (in this matter). God said "go out and multiply" to Noah and his family. How do you equate that with Mary and Joseph...

And you didn't answer the question. Instead you insult. Why did you chime in if it doesn't matter? Curious

Dear Oz, I quoted from the link YOU provided. Your disagreement is not with me, it is with the link YOU provided. If you choose to partially quote the link YOU provided then so be it. I agree with the link YOU provided. You don't. Quoting AGAIN from the link YOU provided: a brother (whether...

Interesting. I quoted what I wanted but you didn't quote what you wanted? Who is showing bias? Oz, who throws away 2,000 years of Christian belief and teaching? Oz who accepts a 500 year tradition? Or Mary who accepts what has always been since the beginning of Christianity? Mary

Hi Oz, This is the definition of adelphos from the link YOU provided: a brother (whether born of the same two parents, or only of the same father or the same mother) brethren of Christ all men apostles a fellow-believer having the same national ancestor, just as in Leviticus the word is used...

Hi, So why are you not getting involved? Curious Mary

Come on Oz, What about all of this? Strong's Greek: 80. ἀδελφός (adelphos) -- a brother Adelphos - Greek Lexicon Thayer's Greek: 80. ἀδελφός (adelphos) -- a brother Adelphos - New Testament Greek Lexicon - New American Standard Genesis 1:1 (KJV) Curious Mary

Hi GG, The Catholic Church has always defended the Truth of scripture. Scripture only names Jesus as her child. That is the truth. Scripture only describes Mary as a virgin. That is the truth. Adelphos does NOT mean blood brother. That is the truth. Brothers and sisters are used in scripture...

Hi, Matters of the heart, love and whatnot? One can love another with all their heart, that does not equate to same sex marriage. I love all the women in my life with my whole heart. That does not equate to marriage and sex with them. Scripture is VERY clear about marriage and it does not...

Hi mrhealth, If it doesn't matter why are you chiming in? Did the devil get you to join the argument? :eek: The argument that doesn't matter.... Curious Mary

Hi Oz, As we know Matthew1 sets up Jesus genealogy and ends with the birth of Jesus. It talks about everything before Jesus was born. Matthew2 then goes into life after Jesus was born (Matthew 2:2). When we interpret that passage, Matthew 1:25, we must consider what Matthew was trying to say...

Hi Oz, I should have stated that you and others were distorting Matthew 1:25. I apologize. I stated 'I know there is no changing your mind' because you recently wrote a very long dissertation on your blog about this exact same thing. You did a very good job of covering all the objections I...

Hi, Another way to look at that passage, and which we know to be factual, is that Joseph had no relations with Mary before she gave birth. Step one: He took her as his wife Step two: he had no marital relations with her step three: UNTIL she miraculously had a child. When we interpret that...

Hi, Raise Mary on a pedestal? You mean like God did? I sure would hate to do that. ;) You do know that even the reformers (Luther, Calvin) believed in her perpetual virginity. It was the men who disagreed with the reformers that started this new tradition. Your belief is about 500 years old...