Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: vancleef@garg.nas.nasa.gov (Robert E. Van Cleef) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Mary's Virginity & Jesus's Siblings Message-ID: Date: 5 Jul 90 05:01:04 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: NASA/Ames Research Center Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article jmgreen@pilot.njin.net (Jim Green) writes: >Procreation is the sharing of the creation mirracle with God. And when >it is shared also with a dearly beloved spouse, it seems to me to be the >most holy practice accesable to mortals. (Could this be why the Lord Andrew Greeley, a catholic sociologist/priest, who is famous for the "sexual" content of his novels (ie:"The Cardinal Sins"), writes in detail in some of his latest non-fiction books (ie:"How to Save the Catholic Church") about sexual relationships and how they can be considered a "type" of God's love for us. A very short summary: The sexual attraction, sometimes close to uncontrollable, that we feel towards other members of the human race, is a poor example of the attraction that God feels toward us... I would recommend his books, both fiction and non-fiction, as being food for thought. You may not agree with him, but he will make you think. Bob -- __ Bob Van Cleef - vancleef@nas.nasa.gov RNS Distributed Systems Team Leader