It's written that Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus.
However, she was married, so she would not be committing sin if she lost her virginity to her husband. She would still be sinless.
I began thinking about this question after watching Dogma. In the words of "Rufus" (Chris Rock):
"The nature of God and the Virgin Mary, those are leaps of faith. But to believe a married couple never got down? Well, that's just plain gullibility!!"
I asked all my family members and they all agreed that Jesus had no siblings. I looked into it and found this:
"Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
And His sisters, are they not all with us?" - Matthew 14:55-56
You could say that "brothers" and "sisters" is not used literally, but "mother" certainly is, so I would argue that all three are used literally. Did Jesus have siblings or not?
2006-11-18
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