(July 6, 2011 at 7:29 pm)BethK Wrote:(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.
In my inspirational video collection, I have a video of a Japanese woman being impregnated without rupturing her maidenhead. It was possible two thousand years ago, though I don't know why anyone would want to. (In the case of the video, it was for lots of yen.)
And if Mary had given birth, she would no longer be a virgin. Unless it grew back, in which case she would be a virgin again, not a continuous virgin (unless Christians claim Jesus could walk through walls [probably a claim] and be birthed without breaking a hymen [never heard that claim]).
But there are surgeons who will do that for a woman, for a price.
James. Always with a way to turn threads to the suggestive. Must be the Romance editing.

"Be ye not lost amongst Precept of Order." - Book of Uterus, 1:5, "Principia Discordia, or How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her."