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Stephen T-B · 07-23-2002, 06:36 AM

Sorry if it's an old chestnut (I'm quite new here so don't know what's been covered in the last few years) but isn't it a bit daft to believe in the Virgin Birth?

HelenM · 07-23-2002, 06:41 AM

("daft" is such a great English word - especially said with a Yorkshire accent!

please excuse the off-topic comment

)

atheistdave · 07-23-2002, 06:56 AM

A lot of teen age girls have tried that story over the years and it hasn't held water. But the same people still go along with the biblical BS. It's absolutely amazing. The only way a virgin gets pregnant is via artificial insemination. I doubt that was part of the technology back then.

Dave

Stephen T-B · 07-23-2002, 07:28 AM

Actually I pronounce it DARFT because I'm only a pretend Yorkshire person.
Doens't alter the fact, though, that I am pretty much bemused by the Virgin Birth thing

slh · 07-23-2002, 07:31 AM

God works in mysterious ways. Who are you to question our Creator?!

Godless Dave · 07-23-2002, 07:51 AM

Yes it is daft. Even dafter would be to believe that the Christian virgin birth really happened, but the virgin births in the myths of other cultures did not.

Brian63 · 07-23-2002, 07:57 AM

Aren't all babies born virgins?

Brian

DarkBronzePlant · 07-23-2002, 09:22 AM

The funny thing is that Christians didn't even believe it until hundreds of years after Christ's death, when it was that story was borrowed from other religious folklore and added to the collection of Christian stories.

atheistdave · 07-23-2002, 09:28 AM

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Originally posted by Brian63:
<strong>Aren't all babies born virgins?

Brian</strong>

In a couple of places around here I have my doubts.

Dave

Gemma Therese · 07-23-2002, 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by DarkBronzePlant:
<strong>The funny thing is that Christians didn't even believe it until hundreds of years after Christ's , when it was that story was borrowed from other religious folklore and added to the collection of Christian stories.</strong>

Yo ho, the Gospels were written around 130 AD.

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Stephen T-B Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 5,878	Virgin Sorry if it's an old chestnut (I'm quite new here so don't know what's been covered in the last few years) but isn't it a bit daft to believe in the Virgin Birth?

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07-23-2002, 06:41 AM	#2
HelenM Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ill Posts: 6,577	("daft" is such a great English word - especially said with a Yorkshire accent! please excuse the off-topic comment )

07-23-2002, 06:56 AM	#3
atheistdave Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Dana, IN USA Posts: 225	A lot of teen age girls have tried that story over the years and it hasn't held water. But the same people still go along with the biblical BS. It's absolutely amazing. The only way a virgin gets pregnant is via artificial insemination. I doubt that was part of the technology back then. Dave

07-23-2002, 07:28 AM	#4
Stephen T-B Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 5,878	Actually I pronounce it DARFT because I'm only a pretend Yorkshire person. Doens't alter the fact, though, that I am pretty much bemused by the Virgin Birth thing

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slh Regular Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO USA Posts: 481	God works in mysterious ways. Who are you to question our Creator?!

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Godless Dave Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: With 10,000 lakes who needs a coast? Posts: 10,762	Yes it is daft. Even dafter would be to believe that the Christian virgin birth really happened, but the virgin births in the myths of other cultures did not.

07-23-2002, 07:57 AM	#7
Brian63 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: My own little fantasy world Posts: 8,911	Aren't all babies born virgins? Brian

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DarkBronzePlant Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 3,568	The funny thing is that Christians didn't even believe it until hundreds of years after Christ's death, when it was that story was borrowed from other religious folklore and added to the collection of Christian stories.

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