““As a part of the holy trinity, Jesus was regarded as divine, and in predominant Christian belief this divinity was not compatible with human copulation. So Mary was a virgin, with the baby Jesus implanted by divine intervention. This was of course a marked departure from other religions in the classical world that had not ventured such a complex statement about divine presence among mortals, and that had often been quite comfortable with the idea of sexual exploits among the gods and as sources of other gods.””
![“[T]he contradiction in Catholicism, that at the same time marriage is holy and celibacy is holy. This simply realises as a practical contradiction, the dogmatic contradiction of the Virgin Mother. … [T]his wondrous union of virginity and maternity, contradicting Nature and reason, but in the…” quote by Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/27e/ludwig-feuerbach-3406_a-part_t-he-contradiction-in-catholicism-that-a_1485857.jpg)
![“She [the Virgin Mary] was normal. She had already had other children. The Bible tells us that Jesus had two brothers. Virginity, as it relates to Jesus, is based on a different thing: Mary initiated a new generation of grace. A new era began. She is the cosmic bride, Earth, which opens to the…” quote by Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b6f/paulo-coelho-10_bible_she-the-virgin-mary-was-normal-she-had-a_940180.jpg)
