The Virgin Prostitute

I won't say who, but someone I know turned to me and asked "If Mary was a prostitute, why do they call her the Virgin Mary?" Odd... A catholic asking an atheist about religion. I explained there were minimally two Marys in the bible; the mother Mary, or virgin Mary was the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, a buddy of Jesus, was a former prostitute.

The "Greatest Story Ever Told" blows me away. A virgin mother? So inconceivable it's surely the product of great genius (or translation error). Produces the child of a deity. Mortal, yet immortal. Betrayed, crucified, then rising from the dead. Wow! Imagine no religion and someone told you this story. You might be skeptical.

Quentin Tarantino can't hold a candle to how f'd up things get in the history of religion, which is a bit scary if you think about it. Then again, we don't. Think that is. It appears many people are not deeply religious; registered with one party or the other but unversed in the tenets thereof, setting foot in church three times a year. I guess the independents can't vote in the primaries...