(July 6, 2011 at 5:22 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Why Joseph was chosen as the "father", or mary the mother, and why the idea of god impregnating her rather than he simply being Josephs actual son are important. You could take this back to the stories of the old testament as well, but many christians are willing to just write that book off completely.
You mean, other than the fact that she was, according to some traditions, impregnated by a Roman soldier named Panthera. Or, that she had 5 other sons, even though she is referred to by the Roman Catholic Church as a perpetual virgin.
The Christians write off the Old Testament, even though their founder and Savior said, in Matthew 5:17-19, that they'd BETTER follow all of the Law. It just shows that the Christians cherry-pick what they will and won't follow, regardless of what it says is or is not important. This is just more evidence that they don't believe in the whole story any more than I do - it's all pretend.
