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“The way I see it”, that’s ridiculous. Most Protestants don’t really care about whether Mary was a virgin or not, whether she was born with original sin or not, and whether she sinned in her life or not. The only time this ever comes up is when there’s some sort of snit between Protestants and Catholics.Sure! The way I see it, Protestants see Jesus as a divine parasite, leeching off a host body, then discarding Her when He is born. This is not what a mother is, but, this is how Protestants explain Mary.
Listen to Jesse DuPlantis sometime; he’s a Protestant televangelist who grew up Catholic and has a tremendous admiration for Mary.
The bolded part is good. The rest is not.Well, it pretty much is. I’ve noticed that many who outright deny the perpetual virginity of Mary don’t really know Jesus. **Our salvation is dependant on knowing who Jesus is, doing His will, following His teachings. ** How did Jesus begin to be Jesus – with His Mother. Belief in Mary’s Virginity, that She is still a virgin, chaste, and concecrated to God TO THIS DAY is necessary to believe.
For one thing, nowhere is it written, “How can you be saved? Believe that Jesus is the resurrected son of God and live a life of love and mercy. But if you don’t read further back in time, overanalyze a total non-issue, and accept this position, you’re screwed.”
I can’t imagine this exchange. While hanging on the cross, the criminal looks over and says, “Remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” Did Jesus look over and say, “You see that woman down there? That’s the woman who birthed and nursed me. Do you believe that she’s a virgin to this day and always be and has never sinned and was born without original sin?” “I don’t know; we’ve all been taught from the beginning that Adam stained every person born naturally of an earthly couple with original sin. As for her virginity, what difference does it make?” “Well, if you don’t believe that, then you can hang there until you die and then you can spend the rest of eternity getting jabbed with hot pokers, you Luther-loving heathen.”
