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"son of God." In the same way, if Jesus were really the
son of Joseph the Carpenter, and had four brothers and
several married sisters as the Gospels pretend, then why
alone should he assume this strange appellation of "the Son
of Man" which is common to any human being?
It would seem that these Christian priests and pastors,
theologians and apologists have a peculiar logic of their
own for reasoning and a special propensity for mysteries
and absurdities. Their logic knows no medium, no
distinction of the terms, and no definite idea of the titles
and appellations they use. They have an enviable taste for
irreconcilable and contradictory statements which they
alone can swallow like boiled eggs. They can believe,
without the least hesitation, that Mary was both virgin and
wife, that Joseph was both spouse and husband, that James,
son of Joseph the Carpenter, and had four brothers and
several married sisters as the Gospels pretend, then why
alone should he assume this strange appellation of "the Son
of Man" which is common to any human being?
It would seem that these Christian priests and pastors,
theologians and apologists have a peculiar logic of their
own for reasoning and a special propensity for mysteries
and absurdities. Their logic knows no medium, no
distinction of the terms, and no definite idea of the titles
and appellations they use. They have an enviable taste for
irreconcilable and contradictory statements which they
alone can swallow like boiled eggs. They can believe,
without the least hesitation, that Mary was both virgin and
wife, that Joseph was both spouse and husband, that James,