Mary's 10 Year Pregnancy!

[Drich]

ah, no. I thought it funny that you defaulted to matthew when Luke was being discussed, but I see now you only intended to use matthew because if you stopped mid verse you had a chance to formulate a biblically "Based" argument. All one has to do to refute your argument is to Keep reading matthew's account.

DP was using Luke to discuss the dates surrounding Mary's pregnancy. I am using Matthew since it is the only one that provides sufficient detail to examine the circumstances surrounding Joseph's actions. I did not stop "mid-verse" and including verses 20-25 does nothing to "refute" my argument. Nor am I trying to formulate a biblical argument. I made it pretty clear what I was discussing.

All that your 'explanation' does is take a confusing text and make it even more so. Again: why would anyone check the virginity of a woman who was found to be pregnant? How did they know that she was pregnant "through holy spirit"? Why would Joseph be concerned about bringing shame... or even death... to a woman carrying god himself in her womb?

Who would have believed her? If a 40 year old man bought the rights to a 12 or 13 year old girl (which was considered "18"/the magic legal age back then,) and she show up prego, before she was to be married, you don't think their would be a question or two?? even if it were a life and death matter? Do you think if she went to court with the story of being a virgin something that easy to check for would not have been checked? To make such a claim (a claim that full fills prophesy) were it not true was a death sentence in of itself, let alone the societal/sexual morality issue.