(October 25, 2012 at 10:31 am)John V Wrote:(October 25, 2012 at 10:29 am)FallentoReason Wrote: Spot on. And what does that sound like?It sounds like he's speaking of a real flesh and blood man.
Wrong. It has the same air to it as the OT i.e. "he will be born of a young woman". Paul fails to mention Mary's name and the fact that it fulfilled a "prophecy", namely, that it was a virgin birth.
Clearly, to a Christian this would seem incoherent, but to me it makes perfect sense because it aligns with all the other evidence to show Jesus wasn't human but a spirit, or more to the point, the Sun of God, the Light of the world whose reflection against water makes it seem like he can walk on water.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle