XPost: alt.atheism   
   From: ingilt@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   On Thu, 10 May 2012 18:29:10 -0700, linuxgal wrote:   
      
   > duke wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 10 May 2012 17:41:25 -0400, Brian E. Clark   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> calee@optonline.net says...   
   >>>   
   >>>> He came to Earth 2000 years ago and nobody will let him forget he   
   >>>> knocked up a virgin.   
   >>> Worse, he set up an organization that made sure she'd   
   >>> *stay* a virgin forever. Now that's just mean.   
   >>   
   >> And so she did, and so she is held in high esteem, unlike you, bc.   
   >>   
   >   
   > The Bible only says Joe didn't touch her until after she had Baby Jesus.   
   >   
   > Matthew 1:   
   >   
   > [24] Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord   
   > had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:   
   >   
   > [25] And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and   
   > he called his name JESUS.   
   >   
   > It doesn't say, "And knew her not, ever, period."   
      
   The bible also says that Jesus had siblings: four unnamed   
   sisters, and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas.  In   
   fact, his brother James was the first leader of the church when   
   Jesus died, and the first schism in the newborn religion was the   
   power struggle between James and Paul.   
      
   So unless Mary had at least eight more nocturnal visitations from   
   passing horny deities, Joseph must have been a very dutiful   
   husband.   
      
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