Joseph, the Foster Father of Christ

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 bmzsp wrote:

Annie,
There are thousands of articles floating over the net. I read that
myself and it was exactly as I had described it. If I find it again, I
will let you know.
It's not me. The article written by Christian/s blames Joseph and
Mary. If you have something contradictory, I will question that and
raise objections and the onus will be on you to clarify.
For example, I read St Iraeneus said that Jesus lived to be 98 and
lived with John in Asia, I may accept that as he was a
respected figure. If he said Jesus was 98, that would mean Jesus
was "crucified" at 98! I can't be producing every link for you
here. You will have to take my word for it, as I never quote/write
anything that I have not read myself.

I know there are a lot of articles floating around on the net, but you
left a quote and we should be able to google it and come up with the
article.  This is the only one I could come up with:

http://bcc.rcav.org/05-11-07/columns.htm

Which says:

For
example, in commenting on Luke 2:41-52, which recounts how at Passover Mary and
Joseph return to Jerusalem to find Jesus, at age 12, preaching in the temple,
Sri writes, �At first glance this story is shocking. How could Mary and Joseph
forget their Son and leave Him behind in the large city of Jerusalem? What kind
of parents would do such a thing?�

It is a review of a book as far as I can tell.  And "At first
glance" leads me to believe that he probably went on with an
explanation such as I gave you.

Did you add your own thoughts in the quote?  The onus is on you.  Right now I think you may have misquoted or made your own quote.

 BMZ wrote:

For example, I read St Iraeneus said that Jesus lived to be 98 and
lived with John in Asia, I may accept that as he was a respected
figure. If he said Jesus was 98, that would mean Jesus was "crucified"
at 98! I can't be producing every link for you here. You will have to
take my word for it, as I never quote/write anything that I have not
read myself. 

This is a very good example of you misreading what Iraeneus said. 
It was John who lived to be 98, not Jesus, and it says nothing about
Jesus living with John in Asia.

Annie