[UA] Immaculate Concept

[nick wedig]

> 	The artifact is one the the KJV created. The Pentateuch uses the
> word Parthenos extensively to mean specifically virgin. Parthenos is
> not
> the word used to describe the mother of the messiah.  Also there
> exists
> the fact that virgin is synonymous with 'first marriage' in many
> texts.
> Most serious theologians consider her being a virgin pretty
> revisionist,
> but of course the serious respected theologians are not the ones in
> the
> pulpits banging out the hellfire and brimstone.

You would have to ignore the passages about Jesus's brothers and
sisters if you wanted to believe that Mary remained "ever virgin" as
some christian writings have it.  (Acts 1:14 and Matthew 13:55 refer to
Jesus's brothers).

Mr. Teapot
payed so much attention that he no longer believes

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