Catholic Church Scandal!

The Virgin Mary? Definitely a fundamental part of Christianity, and especially Catholicism.
Well it’s a contention of fact that numerous Catholics have killed and died for, so in that sense you’re right.

My point is that Jesus could have been and done everything they say, but it doesn’t matter what his (human) parents did or did not do. Methinks Matthew and Luke may have been more or less sincere in their reporting of the general morality/metaphysics of Jesus and his message, but they had to make up sexy facts to sell their story. (In this case not-sexy facts.). You got the walk-on-water to match Orion, you got the water-into-wine to match Dionysus, but to impress the pagans you got to match divine parentage of Hercules, etc.

Again, to tie it back to the top of this thread, it seems conspicuous that the same people who strive to maintain the secrecy of Mary having sex with a man, also strive to maintain the secrecy of their cohorts having sex with boys.