RE: The universe appears "old", but it is still less than 10,000 years old
February 25, 2014 at 11:54 pm
(February 19, 2014 at 8:38 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:(February 15, 2014 at 12:19 am)JuliaL Wrote:
1. This is irrelevant because Old-Earth Christians believe the virgin birth was a result of the immaculate conception- which is a supernatural event and not some means of artificial insemination.
2. Are you really going to argue that 1st Century Jews had late 19th Century technology? Really? If not, then this was irrelevant for a second reason.
I'll take "moving the goalposts" for 500.
My comment was in response to your question:
Statler Waldorf Wrote:Really? What evidence is there that a virgin can give birth?Why did you ask that question if you weren't suggesting that virgin birth could not be easily explained.
If you had intended to ask, "What evidence is there of a magical impregnation," you could, and perhaps should, have done so.
With respect to your second claim of irrelevance; What difference does it make what technologies were available to first century Jews? Some event was reported as miraculous which clearly could have had several simpler explanations.
You still get full marks for the mental gymnastics necessary to retain the mystical when the mundane would suffice.
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ME!
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat?
