So if a girl told the neighborhood, "I'm pregnant, but I never had sex with anyone.", what would you honestly think?
Would the baby be the son of god, conceived by a ghost?
Or would you think she got drunk and forgot?
Or would you think she is ashamed and doesn't want to admit she had sex with a Mexican gardener?
Please no flaming, I am interested in rational thoughts here, not a general backlash.
2006-09-28 05:28:23 · 31 answers · asked by Judge Smails 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Are you asking what is the difference between the story you described and the one about the birth of Jesus in Bible?
One key difference is that very few people (if any) will believe in the girl in your story. On the other hand, there are millions of people believe in Jesus throughout the entire human history.
You bring up a very good point that it is very difficult for anyone to believe in virgin birth. The fact that there are so many believe in Jesus, may indicates that there is some truth in it. It may be useful to explore it with an open heart and an open mind.
2006-09-28 06:25:39 · answer #1 · answered by DD 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the best thing to do would be to pull a CSI and investigate. Take a sample of the amniotic fluid and run the DNA. If it only has half the number of chromosomes with the other half being made up of something we've never seen before, well, call the Pope and CNN 'cause do we have a story here or what?
More than likely, the developing fetus will have the correct number of chromosomes. From there, getting the girl some psychiatric help would be an excellent thing to do!
2006-09-28 12:35:41 · answer #2 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this is a silly question but I'll answer rationally. Truthfully, I would think she was lying. In the Bible not only those who concieved a supernatural birth were visited by an angel or had a vision, also other members of family and friends were visited by an angel or had a vision. You can't pick out just one thing you have to peice the peices together. I believe if God wanted to give a supernatural birth the mother wouldn't be the only one who would know about it!
2006-09-28 12:34:53 · answer #3 · answered by Chris B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
...Why don't you ask a real-life question, not some made-up story filled with hypothetical information? I would prefer a real-life situation, not a hypothetical one, but...
...She would obviously be lying - babies aren't caused by viruses, but by sexual activity. I don't see the value in trying to decide what she thinks.
...The baby could not be the son of God. The unique and only Son of God (the Lord Jesus Christ) has already been born, lived, died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures.
...What about you? Have you trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior?
Hebrews 2:3 says, "How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?"
2006-09-28 12:40:35 · answer #4 · answered by carson123 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Methinks you are likely to get a backlash though...
I'm on the fence, but I suppose you would need to look at the context and society back then. I don't think that drinking was a large part of the culture for young women in those times, and I'm pretty sure Mexico did not exist.
2006-09-28 12:32:14 · answer #5 · answered by Kiwi Chicken 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, I would be doubtful that she's telling the truth. However, so were the people of the Bible when Mary told them the same thing. She was afraid that Joseph wouldn't marry her.
That just goes to show that the situations that appear in the Bible are not just ancient chatter, that situations that happened then could and probably will happen again, just in a different time and social setting.
2006-09-28 12:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by GLSigma3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would wonder if she were mentally stable or if she really did forget due to a bad situation that maybe happened to her, and I'd wonder if she was really even pregnant, and would try to talk to her to help her.
Obviously, there would be a problem going on for her and she'd need some help, and hopefully she'd have a family around to do that. To announce something like this to "a neighborhood" would also be unusual for someone to do, so it would seem likely something is probably not emotionally right with her.
2006-09-28 12:36:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're trying to figure out how Mary handled her pregnancy.
A) In her time if the community knew of it and there was no husband, stoning was the accepted response.
B) But Mary was affianced to Joseph. Most folks would just think that they jumped the gun, as it were, and as long as they did get married it was no biggie. Being engaged was almost as binding as being married back then.
C) If this happened today, who'd care? Except her folks. And they'd probably just sigh and start planning a layette.
2006-09-28 12:33:20 · answer #8 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting.
About 15 years ago, a local Nun said the same thing after the body of her baby was found.
The normal response is "Who'd you have sex with?"
I think they did a movie about her, "AGNES OF GOD."
Anyway, if someone said that today, doubts would be evident.
But when Mary found out she was pregnant, it was not only a fulfillment of scriptures, but it was the hope of every Jewish woman that she might be the one to give birth to Messiah.
2006-09-28 12:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by Bob L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since this will not be happening in the present time, I will think of myself as a girl in the town that Mary grew up in and I found out about it. I would think it was Joseph's.
I thought about that. Times don't change all that much, do they? Here she was carrying the son of God and I'm sure tongues wagged then, just as they would now.
2006-09-28 12:33:36 · answer #10 · answered by Esther 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋