Even if you say Jesus was 'virgin' concieved by God sperm, you can't possibly believe she remained a virgin all throughout her life.
So why does she get to retain her virgin status? That's not very fair to woman kind, is it?
2006-12-31 03:50:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
she was not a virgin after she gave birth to Jesus, she had sex with josepph after giving birth and had children with him after jesus
2006-12-31 03:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by KiTtYcAt7 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mary conceived Jesus by Joseph.
She is called "virgin" because that's the term which was used for ANY UNMARRIED WOMAN. And when Mary and Joseph came to Bethlehem, they weren't married already.
That Mary should have been and remained a virgin in the real sense is a catholic dogma from the 19th century.
2006-12-31 04:14:51 · answer #2 · answered by corleone 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I depends on what denomination one accepts The catholic church claims she remained a virgin ,however scripture does not agree since it clearly states she had other children Jesus brothere ans sisters and even stated she had relations with her husband
matthew 1: 24. When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
25. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
(impling that after Jesus birth they had a normal marriage!)
2006-12-31 04:26:16 · answer #3 · answered by revdauphinee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct. Mary was a virgin when she conceived and gave birth to Jesus. Mary had other children after Jesus. His brothers James and Jude wrote books of the Bible.
It is only the Catholic church that teaches that Mary remained a virgin all of her life. Christian Bible teaching churches refer to her as "Mary, Mother of Jesus."
Mat 12:46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.
The idea that Mary was a sinless virgin was one of the traditions that Pope Pius invented in 1854. This tradition along with many other Catholic traditions is man made and not Biblical.
2006-12-31 04:16:14 · answer #4 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She wasn't married to Joseph when Jesus was born.
Matthew 1: 18 -
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1: 24 -
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
Although Mary and Joseph did consummate their marriage, they waited until after Jesus was born. She is only referred to as a "virgin" in context with Jesus' birth.
2006-12-31 03:57:53 · answer #5 · answered by xxandra 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was a mistake that was made when the Bible was translated from Hebrew into Greek. They took the Hebrew word meaning "young" woman and it got translated as "virgin" woman. Since then everybody has said the virgin Marry. It is a quite amazing error but of course that just sums up religion.
2006-12-31 04:01:07 · answer #6 · answered by anon4nw 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe it is an insult to God to claim he came down and deflowered some young virgin.
Jesus said… “I am … the bright and morning star.” —Revelation 22:16 i.e, “I am Lucifer” In his own words, though most did not know that the Morning Star is the planet Venus that stands for Lucifer a Latin word meaning "light-bearer" (from lux, "light", and ferre, "to bear, bring")
Jesus said, "Perhaps people think that I have come to cast peace upon the world. They do not know that I have come to cast conflicts upon the earth: fire, sword, war.”
2006-12-31 04:26:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because apparently the ONLY thing of any value she ever did for the world (according to religion) was incubating Jesus. It's kind of a like a stupid nickname you get in first grade--despite all of the wonderful and important things you might do for the rest of your school career, that darn nickname will follow you around until you get to college.
2006-12-31 03:55:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
She cheated on Joe, and decided to lie and say she was still a virgin to keep Joe from leaving her! She was never a Virgin when she had Jesus.
2006-12-31 03:56:19 · answer #9 · answered by jarrow t 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
This is were Catholics and Protestants differ. Catholics believe she remained a virgin. The Bible clearly states otherwise.
2006-12-31 03:55:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋