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2006-12-11 07:29:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
While events leading to the birth of Jesus were miraculous, the fact is that as far as I can tell His birth was purely natural. It was His conception nine months before that was supernatural. Jesus had no human biological father, but the Holy Spirit came upon Mary and an egg cell became an embryo by miracle. An infant developed naturally within Mary's womb for about nine months and then when the due date came Jesus was born in the natural way.
Of course, the significance of this is that Jesus is God's Son, the promised one. The angel later appears to Joseph to assure him of Mary's chastity and explains how in her the ancient prophecy given through Isaiah was to be fulfilled:
"But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is
He who will save His people from their sins. Now all this took place that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name 'Immanuel,' which translated means, 'God with us.'" (Matthew
1:20-23).
The evidence that Jesus is who He claimed to be is overwhelming. His miraculous conception is merely one of a very great many others. His coming was anticipated by the Old Testament Scriptures written down centuries before. The birth on that long ago night in the little village of Bethlehem (also prophesied centuries before) to a young woman who was a descendant of David (also prophesied centuries before) and of the tribe of Judah (also prophesied centuries before) whose baby would shortly be hunted by a murderous king willing to kill other infants in the attempt to kill Jesus (also prophesied centuries before) was all written in the prophetic Scriptures of the Old Testament.
With the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, documents that predate Jesus' birth by over one hundred years, we find that these prophecies do indeed predate Jesus and had not been later altered to make them fit the events.
2006-12-11 08:07:45 · answer #1 · answered by brightstar 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It seems natural to me that if one religion was derived from another, something of the parent religion's worldview would be reflected in the other. I'm not sure that this article makes any point other than to flesh out how that occurred in the relationship between Judaism and Christianity.
I'm not too sure how an introductory level world religions paper found its way into Newsweek, but hey, I'm not an editor of a major weekly news magazine. Apparently the qualifications aren't as high as I once thought.
2006-12-11 07:40:06 · answer #2 · answered by The Man Comes Around 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a born back believer, i experience generalizing about all Atheists, & all Christians isn't a good theory. some those who call themselves Christians imagine that bashing Atheists is a pastime & a lot of Atheists do a similar element. I have also suggested that maximum persons in this website opt for to make harsh judgments about Christians mostly even as screaming do not decide me. I face have u suggested even as a question is requested of Atheists maximum christians ignor it, yet even as a question is requested of Christians a lot of Atheists look to imagine it is the time for equivalent rights to be voiced. yet even as it does not often ensue a lot of harsh adjectives r used to positioned across their dislike of all issues that look of God. yet on different web pages even as a question is requested about a puppy I not often see someone answer, 'i do not personal a puppy, yet all of them stink.'
2016-11-30 10:51:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She broke the law and should have just been stoned to death. So should the author for not knowing how to proof read "morals": "How Jewish mores became Christianity's customs"
Her religious education most likely did not allow for those meaningless things though.
2006-12-11 07:41:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the same article I've read for the past 10 years...
There is no doubting the impact of the alleged birth of jesus. The "jewish family values" spin on it is old news.
2006-12-11 07:36:05 · answer #5 · answered by JerseyRick 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it's too long to read on a whim. But it looks interesting. I especially liked the "I'd rather be Herod's pigs than Herod's sons." quote.
2006-12-11 07:36:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Um, duh? They're looking at the Jesus myth. So what?
They're not endorsing it, they're simply pointing out that many early Christians were in fact Jews and this Jewish heritage was woven into some of the early Christian's practices.
2006-12-11 07:36:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's amazing that mainstream media will publish crap like that. It just goes to show how biased toward religion they have become.
2006-12-11 07:33:08 · answer #8 · answered by nondescript 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
a nice story but doesn't prove Jesus was anything other than a good man, if he even existed.
2006-12-11 07:37:21 · answer #9 · answered by Dr. Brooke 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
5 pages longer then it needed to be.
Yes, western culture has been influenced by chrsitianity.
Your point?
2006-12-11 07:34:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋