that she was still a Virgin and even though she was starting to show as pregnant still a Virgin. Why do you think deleting a question that asks this is protecting her good name when it is described in the gospel of Luke.
Are you realy that insecure about Mary and your God having sex.
2007-01-06 11:10:57 · 8 answers · asked by Barabas 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
OPld and infirm baloney, Elizabeth and Mary grew up togewther and good old zech had just got one and then the other pregnant. He had enough wealth and political power that Joseph could do nothing about it. Get real people, and it is still all there in your Gospels, all you have to do is read them without your preachers cover story blinding you.
2007-01-06 15:07:05 · update #1
I'm a science freak and hate everyone and I'm goth.
2007-01-06 11:12:38 · answer #1 · answered by Tighty 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Mormons teach that their god and Mary had actual sex, which is typical for a pagan religion--little different than "Leto and the Swan." However, God said, "And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God" (Luke 1:31-35).
I'm not at all insecure about what I believe. I mean, it's not like you can change it with mud-slinging. But I am curious to know why you bring Zechariah into this. He was the husband of Mary's cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1:36). Oh, tending to Elizabeth? Read the rest of Luke 1. Mary shows up and first thing, Elizabeth knows what's up because HER child all but told her. It was no secret from anyone there. We are told that Mary remained with Elizabeth until she delivered, which would have been in another 3 months. We are not told when Mary told Joseph about Gabriel's visit and message; we only know she didn't return to Nazareth for 3 months. But Joseph could have walked out to see her and she told him then. Yours is an unanswerable question.
Seems as if God feels that He's given you enough information to decide to believe or not. No point in giving you any more if your decision is to not. Ya know?
2007-01-06 11:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zechariah is the husband of Elizabeth, they were the parents of John the Baptizer. Mary and Elizabeth were cousin.
Joseph found out soon, even before Mary went to visit Elizabeth. Matthew 4:18During the time his mother Mary was promised in marriage to Joseph, she was found to be pregnant by holy spirit before they were united. 19 However, Joseph her husband, because he was righteous and did not want to make her a public spectacle, intended to divorce her secretly.
It was the holy spirit at work, no sex involve...and since the holy spirit is God's force it aint impossible. The holy spirit was used by God in creation, Jesus' miracles, helping the apostles preach.
2007-01-06 11:23:20 · answer #3 · answered by Tomoyo K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mary went to visit Elizabeth, her cousin, when Elizabeth was "in her sixth month" of pregnancy. Zechariah was elizabeth's husband. Both were "old and stricken in years". Mary stayed for "about three months". The Bible doesn't say exactly how long she was there or when Mary became pregnant with Jesus but it seems to make sense, in my opinion, that she would have stayed with Elizabeth to witness John the Baptist's birth and then hurry home to Nazareth and Joseph before she began to "show".
And, no, I am not insecure about the Holy Spirit impregnanting Mary. But I do not believe it was an act of "having sex" like your comments suggest.
god bless
2007-01-06 11:22:25 · answer #4 · answered by happy pilgrim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sure, i'm nicely conscious of this. To me, the virgin start tale is a metaphor. it is not a historic certainty. Mary became not a virgin whilst she had Jesus. it incredibly is my perception - and it is in keeping with, between different issues, the certainty that the earliest Christian writings (which is composed of biographies of Jesus, at the same time with Mark), comprehend not something of a virgin start. Had Jesus incredibly been born of a virgin, you will possibly think of that they might point out that. you may virtually hint the form of the virgin start tale as you examine in the process the Christian writings in chronological order. the story is going from non-existant, to further and extra tricky. back then, biographies weren't comparable to biographies right this moment. they did not even seek for to be traditionally completely precise. They fairly sought to color a image of the character of the guy being written approximately. They used many techniques to tutor you what that man or woman became like, how the guy might have probable reacted to particular situations, what the guy meant and skill to the community, etc. as a manner to color this portrait, it became consumer-friendly for the biographer to make up a tale that would desire to tutor you the way he considered the priority, and how he feels the priority might desire to be considered with the aid of others. So the virgin start tale tells you something approximately Jesus - even no remember if it is not traditionally precise. It tells you that - a minimum of interior the techniques of the biographers who wrote this - that Jesus is very a distinctive man or woman than something human beings. he's only partly "of this international." he's "from above." His nature, in different words, is to be centred on heavenly issues, not non everlasting, cloth, earthly issues. The virgin start tale has been utilized in many cultures in this same way. It became a commonplace delusion, that, because of the fact it became so nicely-commonplace, became useful. it is like how right this moment, we are saying "So-and-so walks on water." because of the fact the story of Jesus walking on water is so nicely-commonplace, we can use this word to describe somebody who we expect of can do approximately something. No elaboration is mandatory, because of the fact all of us know what that word skill. And so with the virgin start, human beings back then (and now) comprehend what it skill to declare somebody became born of a virgin. It skill that man or woman is dazzling, superhuman, somebody with a particular purpose and venture that's divine in nature.
2016-10-30 04:51:44 · answer #5 · answered by mosesjr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do not deserve an answer, you deserve a day out playing in the traffic of a seven lane freeway after work. Goddid not have sex with Mry but your little mustard seed sized mind will not be able to comprehend and understand it.
2007-01-06 11:14:49 · answer #6 · answered by Andre G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the relationship between mary and zacheria has been deliberatly removed from scripture by the church fathers do you think you should know better than they
2007-01-06 11:17:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well obviously mary wasn't a virgin... duh
2007-01-06 11:17:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋