RE: Christians - What would you do if it were discovered Jesus never existed?
September 8, 2015 at 5:34 pm
(September 8, 2015 at 4:28 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote: The difference between the two stories is that one involves an act of penetration (sex) and the other doesn't.
As an old college prof of mine said "it wasn't the finger of god that touched her!"
Same shit, my friend. A god gets horny and produces a human kid. Don't be dense.
Nope, different purpose for each story. The virgin birth was later introduced to the Jesus story in order that he stand out from all other figures born of women. No act of penetration is ever implied in the nativity accounts in the Bible. Whereas with the story of Danae, it is clearly implied with the purpose of simply showing that Perseus was a great hero born of the king of gods. The Greeks didn't care about sinful natures and such.
