Fountain of Christianity — Page 28
28 Mary as to be the sister of Aaron as ? How vile are the people who raise such objections and then rejoice upon them! Is it not possible that Mary as might have had a brother named Aaron? 'Absence of knowledge about something does not prove that it does not exist. ' These people do not look into their own hearts, and do not see that the Gospel is itself the target of countless objec- tions. Just imagine how strong the objection that falls upon Mary as is, for she had pledged to serve the Temple all her life and not to take a husband, but when her pregnancy be- came apparent in its sixth or seventh month, the elders of the community married her off to a carpenter by the name of Joseph, while she was still with a child. And a mere couple of months after going into his house, she gave birth to a son who was named ‘ I s a or Jesus. The first objection is that, if this was indeed a miraculous conception, why did they not wait until the child was born? The second objec- tion is that while Mary as had pledged to serve the Temple for the rest of her life, why was this pledge broken and why was she withdrawn from the Sacred House and given in marriage to Joseph, the carpenter? The third objection is, why was she married to Joseph during her pregnancy, when it is strictly forbidden in the Torah, and when Joseph himself was unhappy with the marriage and he already had a wife living with him. Those who are against polygamy are perhaps unaware of Joseph’s first marriage. A critic, therefore, has every right to conclude that this marriage was affected because the elders of the community sus- pected Mary as of having conceived illegitimately. But we,