"ukutholakala kwalezi zincwadi kuye kwandisa inkolelo yokuthi ngekhulu lesine c.e., isonto lamakatolika lenza umkhonyovu wokugqiba iqiniso ngojesu, kwashatshalaliswa okunye ukulandisa kokuphila kwakhe okusemibhalweni ye--apocrypha, kwashintshwa nokulandisa kwamavangeli amane atholakala emabhayibhelini anamuhla. u--elaine pagels, uprofesa wenkolo uthi: “manje sesiyabona ukuthi lokho esikubiza ngokuthi ubukristu—nalokhu esikuchaza ngokuthi isiko lamakristu—eqinisweni kususelwe emithonjeni embalwa ekhethwe phakathi kweminingi.” A woman is barren. She goes to a doctor, and she follows the doctor's instructions, but because she is not pregnant, her husband is angry, insisting that she is “not meeting your obligations to me!” But the doctor assures her that she is indeed pregnant. She gives birth, but before she can return to normal, her husband must go to the doctor to appease her. His wife tells him, “Now you understand what this is all about. I almost died because of the mystery of my barrenness, as if I were the reason for my inability to conceive.”