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Unless I happen to have a gift gift card someone has given me, I almost always purchase the books that I read at AbeBooks | Shop for Books, Art & Collectibles The majority of my reading is in the field of theology. In this field I read at a professional level. The books typically are more...

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“The true religion of Jesus is a good thing for you.” - Charles Spurgeon

I wanted to comment separately on this statement of yours. This, of course, is standard Catholic belief / teaching. I’m neither Catholic nor Protestant. I don’t accept your premise. The Church Jesus founded had its beginning within and as a sect of Judaism. The Catholic Church came later, and...

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” - C.S. Lewis

Clearly that’s your position. Dogma concerning Mary. I mentioned two Catholic translations which identify them as brothers and sisters, not cousins. How do you account for that? The translators could have easily rendered the passage as “cousins”. That would have at least placed your belief...

* Grandma putting the kibosh on that foolishness. *

If it were true that you came to believe that Jesus had brothers and sisters by Mary you would be able to remain in the Catholic faith despite the Church insisting that he didn’t? You would be able to remain a Catholic while repudiating the Catholic teaching on the matter? I find that hard to...