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That's some quick gestation. I know she's all immaculate and everything, but I think we have to face the inescapable conclusion that the virgin mother had some serious stretch-marks.
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Mary was holding out for a rent-controlled manger.
Here's something to consider: If Mary was really a virgin at the time of Christ's conception, was she still one when he was born?
I mean, as far as public opinion was concerned, the cat's already out of the bag so....
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"Here's something to consider: If Mary was really a virgin at the time of Christ's conception, was she still one when he was born?"
According to Catholic dogma, yes. Although, that's something they got from a scripture called the Protevangelium of James. It's also where they came up with Mary's parents' names, and the idea that Joseph was already an old man when he married Mary. And yet, it also claims that Jesus was born in a cave outside of Bethlehem, but that doesn't seem to worry them.
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Sweet: I see a hollywood re-telling in this scripture. Jesus, having not had the benifit of a father, travels the world as a young man learning the skills that will lead him to his destiny. Years later, a young man returns to his ancestral home, finds the cave and begins a one-man crusade against injustice. Joseph can be played by Michael Caine. We'll call it Jesus Begins, or possibly Jesus: Year One.
by the third or fourth sequel, we can establish a nice Dick Grayson/ Judas Iscariot vibe.
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Certain gnostic texts tell similar stories, if I recall. Or perhaps that's just the modern interpretation.
(That is, of Jesus traveling to, say, India or somewhere. That is to say, you can meet people who claim that Jesus went and studied Buddhism, which is probably not something explicitly described even in gnostic gospels.)
Of course, after making a point about the difference between the Immaculate Conception and Jesus' conception, I'm surprised Tim has let us go in this direction.
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He's suffering from Stigmata-related blindness.
...or he's been out shopping and is still shell-shocked.
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Because of Flare's strict adherence to church dogma and absolute ban on any sarcasm.
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