Joseph and Mary

[rabbitearbandicoot]

According to the Bible, did Mary convert to Christianity - ie follow the teachings of Jesus?

According to the Bible, did Joseph convert to Christianity - ie follow the teachings of Jesus?

According to the Bible, did Jesus's siblings convert to Christianity - ie follow the teachings of Jesus?

They were Jews, but did they convert?

 ** This is a genuine question for discussion - not one of a certain person's bates.

[donnashuggy]

Haven't you heard of Jews for Jesus?

[gleee58]

What difference does it make, in this century, what they did a couple of thousand years ago?

Christianity was probably not even a thing that had been invented in their day.

[the_great_she_elephant]

According to Matthew 5: 17 Jesus himself said "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."

I doubt whether he or Mary or Joseph or any of his immediate disciples ever thought of themselves as anything but  followers of Judaism.

[the_bob_delusion]

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

According to the Bible, did Mary convert to Christianity - ie follow the teachings of Jesus?

According to the Bible, did Joseph convert to Christianity - ie follow the teachings of Jesus?

According to the Bible, did Jesus's siblings convert to Christianity - ie follow the teachings of Jesus?

They were Jews, but did they convert?

 ** This is a genuine question for discussion - not one of a certain person's bates.

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According to the bible, Snakes and donkeys talk and a man turned water into wine. Get my drift. 

It still baffles me how gullible Joseph must have been to believe Mary got pregnant without having sex. 

[the_great_she_elephant]

It still baffles me how gullible Joseph must have been to believe Mary got pregnant without having sex.

why does it it baffle you?

If you are a believer and  the bible is true, then Mary's pregnancy was a miracle worked by God (to whom all things are possible) and revealed to Joseph in a dream.

If you are a nonbeliever and the bible is not true, then there was no Mary to get pregnant in the first place and no Joseph to either believe or disbelieve her. 

so what's to be baffled about?

[nevillesdaughter]

According to several translations, Joseph was embarrassed and shamed by Mary's pregnancy (knowing that he was not the father) and sought to terminate the engagement quietly (to save Mary from further shame), but was visited during a dream by an angel who explained things. When Joseph woke, he thought things over and changed his mind, continuing with the marriage.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@**bob_is_good** wrote:

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

According to the Bible, did Mary convert to Christianity - ie follow the teachings of Jesus?

According to the Bible, did Joseph convert to Christianity - ie follow the teachings of Jesus?

According to the Bible, did Jesus's siblings convert to Christianity - ie follow the teachings of Jesus?

They were Jews, but did they convert?

 ** This is a genuine question for discussion - not one of a certain person's bates.

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According to the bible, Snakes and donkeys talk and a man turned water into wine. Get my drift. 

It still baffles me how gullible Joseph must have been to believe Mary got pregnant without having sex. 

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Can't resist, can you Bob! Go baffle yourself - get my drift?

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@gleee58 wrote:

What difference does it make, in this century, what they did a couple of thousand years ago?

Christianity was probably not even a thing that had been invented in their day.

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I see. So the Romans didn't feed anyone to the Lions?

[gleee58]

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

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@gleee58 wrote:

What difference does it make, in this century, what they did a couple of thousand years ago?

Christianity was probably not even a thing that had been invented in their day.

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I see. So the Romans didn't feed anyone to the Lions?

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Where there lions in Rome a couple of thousand years ago?