tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post837455167755689648..comments2024-03-28T00:47:44.556+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: The Testament of Mary by Colm ToibinMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-63695750268621048282012-11-16T21:15:51.714+08:002012-11-16T21:15:51.714+08:00Risa. This book is attracting a lot of attention...Risa. This book is attracting a lot of attention already. Mary saw the events at the wedding at cannan where Jesus changed water to wine as probably a trick done my misdirecting and subterfuge. Mary was not concerned about the wine as she basically does not see it as her problem. She feels it was set up in advance to it look like a miracle was preformed. On the virgin birth, the idea seems to be that as Mary and Joseph were not married it was claimed she was a virgin to safe face. There were many legends of virgin births at the time. Mary's handlers, probably John and Paul, try to push her to support stories of a miraculous birth but she will not do it. Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-11755044111304762882012-11-16T19:44:33.535+08:002012-11-16T19:44:33.535+08:00At the very outset there is something very wrong w...At the very outset there is something very wrong with the premise. If one is a Chiristian then one believes in the virgin birth. And if Mary was a virgin when she had Jesus then she knew that he was the Son of God. This book then becomes absolutely redundant. I wonder how the writer explained the miracle at the wedding at Cannan, and the fact that Mary had complete faith in her son solving the problem of the wine that was running out...Songhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707280327803432082noreply@blogger.com