Is it possible that Mary cheated on Joseph and got pregnant so she made up the "virgin" thing to cover it up?

Answer 1

abosoluty!!

great story, but you can only use it once :)

oh yeah, and the hebrew word "virgin" is actually their word for any unmarried woman, the virgin thing was just a language assumption

Answer 2

Well if you took the Bible literally then yes I say it's the most logical explanation for the angel BS Mary fed Joseph .
On a side note ..... in numerous mythologies a theme that repeats itself constantly from religion to religion is how most half mortals were conceived by virgin mothers . A virgin mother gave reason never to doubt that the child was the son/daughter of a god and was conceived by supernatural means. Just another fact that proves Christianity is not as original as believed by its followers .

Answer 3

Very possible. Though, I have my own theory: Joseph impregnated Mary out of wedlock. Now, back in their day, women were stoned to death if they were pregnant outside of marriage because the child would be considered impure - or something similar.

Now, I don't know about you, but rather than being stoned to death, I would have made up some radical story, too!

Answer 4

i do no longer likely have faith in any of those claims. the guy wrote it in a seventeenth century type english and the guy lived interior the nineteenth century. is senseless! A god does not want a human to translate something and to jot down it down. He could make his very own e book (or DVD or VHS). Now, that makes greater experience! additionally, you do comprehend that the church modifies the BoM each so oftentimes? what proportion revisions has it long previous by way of? there is no reformed egyptian. Archeology does not help Joe Smith. No golden plates have ever been got here across and not in any respect would be. ~~~~atheist, serving the atheist schedule

Answer 5

Yes, it is possible that someone would follow the course of events as you described. However, is it likely that Mary (who we are now posturing to be a cheat and a liar) raised a son who changed the world as we know it? Is it possible that she claimed to be giving birth to the prophesied Messiah, and then raised a son who perfectly fulfilled Old Testament prophecy - even to the point of his death and resurrection? Jesus did exactly that. Was Jesus was who He claimed to be...the Son of God? Were the eyewitnesses who knew His Mother, heard Jesus teach, and saw Him resurrected reliable?

If Jesus was who He claimed to be, and was actually raised from the dead, the remarkable circumstances of His birth are minor in comparison.

Answer 6

its not only possible but very likely. It is also supported by the bible itself.

near the end of some of the Gospels you see that people started to question Jesus including his own mother! Now if she actually had a virgin birth dont you think that she would not question that her son was divine?

Answer 7

It is impossible that Mary would cheat. Simply because it is God's will that the Messiah would be born on a virgin. In the culture of the Jews women were stoned to death when they commit immorality.

Answer 8

yes. why? does it says on the bible "jesus the son of David"and also things that had happen before it also happening even today woman they cheat, people they kill remember that cain killed his brother.also people they still so i believe that what Mary cheated on Joseph

Answer 9

Very probable its very irrational to say that a baby comes down from heaven.Wow thats preety much the oldest excuse in the book literally.

Answer 10

Humanly possible, maybe... but NOT in this case. Mary knew she was chosen, she agreed to carry the baby. And SHE didn't tell Joseph, and angel did. He was ready to leave her quietly and avoid any embaressment... but was asked not too, so he didn't.

Answer 11

Of course. Organized religion wrote the book on hypocrisy.