Australopithecus scobis wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 13:26:41 -0700, fredfighter wrote:

You might consider checking it out yourself.

Have done, long ago.

Evidently you did not understand the explanation, or have
misremembered it.

The point of the sentence was to contrast the
silliness of fundies with knowledge that is easily accessible. Is the
response "do it yourself" a refusal to entertain new knowledge?

The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic dogma. It holds the
distinction of being the only Catholic dogma that bears the
imprimatuer of Papal Infalibility.


And "irrelevant?" Duh. Ok, in easy words. Mary was a very young woman.
Joseph knocked up his wife. Somebody chose a wonky translation for
"parthenos."

No, the Immaculate Conception occurred before Mary was born.


And who the hell is "Ann?" The name doesn't appear in the bible: KJV, RSV,
N26, Wey, Byz, TR, WH, BHM/BHS, Mur, or ASV. Got a divine revelation your
ownself?

I must have mispelt 'Anne'.

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FF