We were taught that Mary, mother of Jesus, is, was, and always will be a virgin. When pressed, priests told us that, yes, to this day Mary’s hymen is intact.
This means that Mary and Joseph were never really married, that is, they never performed the marriage act.
The sacrament of matrimony is performed by the couple involved. Sexual intercourse, “the marriage act”, is itself the sacrament. According to this definition Joseph and Mary were never married.
So, the fake marriage of Joseph and Mary was a cover-up, it was a lie designed to hide the fact that Jesus was illegitimate.
During his lifetime, Jesus presented himself as the son of Joseph and Mary. Then, after he’s dead, we’re told that Jesus was the son of Mary and God. Of course, duplicity is part of the divine repertoire. Yahweh’s approval of Jacob’s swindle sets the standard.
This kind of fakery doesn’t seem too God-like to me. It smells kind of human.
Absurd dogma serves as a filter, sort of like an IQ test, for admission to the Catholic Church. It’s like the zen student being asked “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” Most of us respond with dismissal—“Stupid question.” But some (lower IQ) initiates will stop and stroke their little goatees and muse, “What IS the sound of one hand clapping?”
“The mother with the intact hymen,” serves the same purpose. It weeds out the skeptics so they won’t taint the pool of the more “promising” candidates. In this way the Church identifies the “lambs” to be fed, and fleeced.
Another amusing aspect to the story is the notion that St Joseph was chaste. Not only did he refrain from intercourse with his sham-wife, Mary, he never had a voluntary orgasm. I guess the only discharge of semen Joseph ever experienced was nocturnal emissions.
Was there ever a knowing look in Mary’s eye when at bedtime she wished her husband, “Sweet dreams”?
This means that Mary and Joseph were never really married, that is, they never performed the marriage act.
The sacrament of matrimony is performed by the couple involved. Sexual intercourse, “the marriage act”, is itself the sacrament. According to this definition Joseph and Mary were never married.
So, the fake marriage of Joseph and Mary was a cover-up, it was a lie designed to hide the fact that Jesus was illegitimate.
During his lifetime, Jesus presented himself as the son of Joseph and Mary. Then, after he’s dead, we’re told that Jesus was the son of Mary and God. Of course, duplicity is part of the divine repertoire. Yahweh’s approval of Jacob’s swindle sets the standard.
This kind of fakery doesn’t seem too God-like to me. It smells kind of human.
Absurd dogma serves as a filter, sort of like an IQ test, for admission to the Catholic Church. It’s like the zen student being asked “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” Most of us respond with dismissal—“Stupid question.” But some (lower IQ) initiates will stop and stroke their little goatees and muse, “What IS the sound of one hand clapping?”
“The mother with the intact hymen,” serves the same purpose. It weeds out the skeptics so they won’t taint the pool of the more “promising” candidates. In this way the Church identifies the “lambs” to be fed, and fleeced.
Another amusing aspect to the story is the notion that St Joseph was chaste. Not only did he refrain from intercourse with his sham-wife, Mary, he never had a voluntary orgasm. I guess the only discharge of semen Joseph ever experienced was nocturnal emissions.
Was there ever a knowing look in Mary’s eye when at bedtime she wished her husband, “Sweet dreams”?
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Well written article.
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