http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/did-mary-eventually-have-sex-with-joseph an online magazine for spiritual seekers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/did-mary-eventually-have-sex-with-joseph/comment-page-1#comment-5656 William Bengle Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:45:25 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=9706#comment-5656 I used to think the answer was yes. But lately I doubt that for many reasons. 1) Joseph was older and a widower and more able to "control" his urges than a younger man. 2) when the angel of God tells you your wife is going to give birth to the Messiah your whole perspective changes...very less likely to give the handmaid of the Lord a filthy sanchez 3) until his public ministry began it's likely that Joseph and Mary were never not in the Divine Presence of Jesus. And within the complex dynamic of the 1st century palestinian extended family that kind of privacy never really happened anyway. I used to think the answer was yes. But lately I doubt that for many reasons. 1) Joseph was older and a widower and more able to “control” his urges than a younger man. 2) when the angel of God tells you your wife is going to give birth to the Messiah your whole perspective changes…very less likely to give the handmaid of the Lord a filthy sanchez 3) until his public ministry began it’s likely that Joseph and Mary were never not in the Divine Presence of Jesus. And within the complex dynamic of the 1st century palestinian extended family that kind of privacy never really happened anyway.

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