RE: Virgin Births a dime a dozen
December 18, 2013 at 11:50 pm
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2013 at 11:53 pm by Lion IRC.)
Why announce to everyone that Joseph married a woman who was already pregnant?
In today's society nobody would even care but in THAT society such an embarrassing admission would heap shame and ridicule on those involved.
Skeptics would say ...oh that detail was added/fabricated to help build the Messianic prophecy case, but;
a) You couldn't do that in isolation. There were many other prophecies which needed to be fulfilled apart from just a virgin birth.
b) If you knew it was a fabrication, so too did other people. And why invite persecution or martyrdom for something you and everyone else thinks is a lie to cover up an unmarried mother scandal.
c) If every claimant to the title of Messiah is dismissed as a pretender who merely contrives to make it appear that they are fulfilling ancient prophecy, how then does the REAL Messiah differentiate themself from every other person
born in Bethlehem, who had prophetic ancestry, rode a donkey, was born of a virgin, got Crucified...
In today's society nobody would even care but in THAT society such an embarrassing admission would heap shame and ridicule on those involved.
Skeptics would say ...oh that detail was added/fabricated to help build the Messianic prophecy case, but;
a) You couldn't do that in isolation. There were many other prophecies which needed to be fulfilled apart from just a virgin birth.
b) If you knew it was a fabrication, so too did other people. And why invite persecution or martyrdom for something you and everyone else thinks is a lie to cover up an unmarried mother scandal.
c) If every claimant to the title of Messiah is dismissed as a pretender who merely contrives to make it appear that they are fulfilling ancient prophecy, how then does the REAL Messiah differentiate themself from every other person
born in Bethlehem, who had prophetic ancestry, rode a donkey, was born of a virgin, got Crucified...
