(May 1, 2014 at 4:32 pm)Tonus Wrote:(May 1, 2014 at 4:05 pm)Laza Wrote: I read that there could gave been a mistake during the translation of the Hebrew scriptures into Greek. The word Almah has a few possible meanings in Hebrew, one of which is a virgin , but then another is just a young woman. They chose the word virgin. So it could all be just a mistranslation of the texts.It certainly has led to a weird arrangement, where for some reason the fact of her virginity matters. Would the act of heavenly insemination of the soul of god into a woman's uterus be any less miraculous if she wasn't a virgin? Would having already experienced sex have made her "impure" and incapable of receiving the GodFetus? Was god afraid that Joseph would mock him for "getting my sloppy seconds"?
The fact that she's a virgin lets us know that Jesus was definitely divine. How else would you know for sure. Of course christianity took the virgin birth story from older sources, much like a lot of their teachings. Jesus' tale wasn't unique.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
