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I just simply asked for an explanation as to why its "improbable in the extreme" that Joseph was a Nazirite (Num. 6:1-21), someone accustomed to taking vows for God, who met Mary and learned of Her vow of perpetual virginity for God, and decided to do the same for God, and thus they lived a...

Why?

Ok, why?

I just asked a simple question: "Do you rule out the possibility that Joseph was a Nazirite, someone accustomed to taking vows for God, and when he met Mary and learned of Her vow of perpetual virginity for God, decided to do the same, and thus they lived a chaste and holy life as husband and...

Why not? Also, have you ever heard of a Nazirite? They were men back in Moses's day who took vows of dedication for God (Num. 6:1-21). Do you rule out the possibility that Joseph was a Nazirite, someone accustomed to taking vows for God, and when he met Mary and learned of Her vow of perpetual...

Oh, so you know exactly how Joseph would've responded to Mary's admission of a perpetual vow of virginity? Why? Because you're a man who wouldn't be chaste in a marriage for God and all other men would do the same?

Have you ruled out the possibility that Mary did tell Joseph of Her perpetual vow of virginity for God, and in response Joseph respected it, and wanted to do the same, and thus they lived as a chaste married couple for God?

Does Jesus not say, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you" (Matt. 5:44)? Catholics who obey Jesus by loving their enemies shouldn't be trusted you say? Any idea of how un-Christian of a statement that is? God says that the virtues of holiness and purity are to be respected in...

Immediately after the angel, Gabriel, announced to Mary that She will bear a Son, and before he explained it'd occur by and with the Holy Spirit (God), Mary asked him how that would happen when She is a virgin. Therefore, at the moment Mary asked that question, which was before She received the...

You don't have to tell me. I'm the one who's been explaining that to people. However, there are scriptural verses and early Christian testimonies that give genealogical evidence, and collectively show that the kinsmen/relatives of Jesus believed to be His half-brothers were His cousins. Refer...

You would bet that an inanimate object, like a statue, talks to living humans? Oi.

They don't. Go ahead, quote any of the verses in the original language Koine Greek, as well those same verses in English, then tell me if you see the word "siblings."

O really? By all means, show us how. By the way, if you rightly agree that James, the brother of Jesus (Matt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3), and “James the Lord’s brother” (Gal. 1:19) were the same person, then even without the early Christian testimonies, and Maria Valtorta's writings, Scripture alone still...

The simple fact is that you read Matt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3, and other verses that refer to Jesus's family, and assert that they refer to Jesus's half-brothers, but they don't. You're ssuming and applying modern definitions to the English translation "brothers" of an ancient Koine Greek word that...

You are in error when you automatically assume and apply modern-day meanings to archaic words that aren't a direct definition of that original Koine Greek word used and its English translation, like you do with "brothers." So, whoever taught you to do that is in error as well.

You don't want to refer to modern Greek for archaic text... Also, you are in error when you automatically assume and apply modern-day meanings to archaic words that aren't a direct definition of the original Koine Greek word used and its English translation, like you do with "brothers."

Who said anything about modern Greek? No one. I said Koine Greek which is ancient Greek, the original language used. Again, you are in error when you automatically assume and apply modern-day meanings to archaic words that aren't a direct definition of the original Koine Greek word used and its...

The translators know how to do their job. You are in error when you automatically assume and apply meanings to words that aren't a direct definition of the original Koine Greek word used and its English translation!

And, the translators aren't the problem, but rather the reader. You, and others like you, often read the text in a modern way, rather than archaic. For example, you read the English word "brothers" and automatically assume it refers to biological half-siblings. You simply wouldn't do that if you...

The New Testament books were originally written in Koine Greek, so you should get familiar with the language.