--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > And then there's the 2 Marys. How the heck does the one > who was pregnant before she got married, and then proceeded > to have 4 or 5 more kids, get venerated as a virgin, even > after all the kids--while the one who was a devoted follower > of Jesus and whose name is not connected with any man at > all, get toasted?
You mean Mary Magdalene? How does she "get toasted"? By whom? She's the one to whom Jesus appears in the garden after he's crucified, the one who brings the news of the resurrection to the other disciples. She's sometimes referred to as "the apostle to the apostles" because of this. She's a *saint*, fer pete's sake, with her own feast day.
