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In reply to the discussion: Nun receives death threats for suggesting Mary was not a virgin [View all]Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)11. I have heard that the church also promotes that Mary's mother was also a virgin
superstition abounds in the minds of the faithful
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The Guardian seems to have chosen to describe it as Mary not being a virgin, rather than Mary
braddy
Feb 2017
#6
The subtitle talks about "perpetual virginity", and calls him 'husband', not 'fiance'
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2017
#46
You're muddling the doctrine of the Assumption with the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.
rug
Feb 2017
#12
I have heard that the church also promotes that Mary's mother was also a virgin
Angry Dragon
Feb 2017
#11
"The fact of uncertainty, the uncertainty of facts and the cultural resonance of doubt"
rug
Feb 2017
#71
I don't believe she remained a virgin. I have no issue with people believing she did.
hrmjustin
Feb 2017
#17
"Are people really debating whether an imaginary woman from 2000 years ago got fucked or not???"
trotsky
Feb 2017
#40
Would you never read or reply to a thread about death threats about myths?
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2017
#47