[Natural Law]

"Nonsense, that is exactly what the NT says. (or do you think that Yeshua’s half brother James was the first pope?)"

Double nonsense, but I will give you partial credit for acknowledging Mary's perpetual virginity and that Jesus' brothers were the product of the marriage of Joseph and his first wife.

Peace be to you

[RPTMS]

Weren’t cousins sometimes referred to as siblings? That could be another explanation for Jesus’s “brothers”.

[editor-surveyor]

Mary was Joseph's only wife, and her fulfillment in raising a large and healthy family is to her greatest credit. The NT scriptures do not treat Mary particularly well, but that likely was due to the strong impressions Yeshua left on his disciples by having to make so many dismissals of her importance to him to counter the errors that he knew were coming from RCC heresy in the next few centuries.