They abandoned HIM, not her.
They were not at the cross OR Jesus knew that they would not be the best person to take care of her.
Him discharging His responsibility to someone He knew would be responsible does NOT mean that He didn't have brothers and sisters.
Again, what's the big deal if Mary had sex after Jesus was born? Why does the thought of it send Catholics into a rabid frenzy?
Do Catholics really deep down inside think that sex is dirty or sinful?
Cause that's about the only conclusion one can reach for their irrational defense of a clearly unScriptural doctrine.
Why would Jesus need to name a different ‘responsible’ person to take care of Mary if she had other children? Why would their abandoning Him, if not her, require this? And how do you know they abandoned Him? Why would God choose to be born into a family where His siblings would do that? Where is all of this information found in scripture?
I stated in my post that I do not believe that sex between Mary and Joseph would have been a sin, and I do not believe I am in a frenzy. I simply believe that Mary and Joseph would have chosen to remain celibate out of respect to Mary’s role as a living tabernacle whose body held the body of Jesus. It is clear that the biblical use of the words brother and brethren are not exclusive to blood relatives, even by Jesus Himself, so I see no contradictions to this belief in my interpretation of scripture.
There are others here who insist that a celibate lifestyle within marriage would be by definition sinful, and that if it happened between Mary and Joseph it was by Mary depriving Joseph of sex against his wishes. I do not believe that. Why do you think Joseph and Mary did not have sex while she was pregnant?
Love,
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I have a feeling many of them have different opinions about that. I know when I was a Catholic, I kind of thought it was dirty, but I don't know what others thought about it. It was just something we never discussed.