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In reply to the discussion: Nun receives death threats for suggesting Mary was not a virgin [View all]Bretton Garcia
(970 posts)50. Probably used by the Church to co-opt pagan godesses
Later suppressed. But still there, even today.
Interestingly, if Mary is the "Mother of God," then she comes before God, chronologically and possibly in every way.
So the conscious conversion of Christianity to a form of goddess worship, is always just a few steps away.
Which would increase the status of nuns and mothers and women, I guess.
Even today, many Catholic fathers change their own name to "Mary."
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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