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2007-01-24 12:06:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I wouldn't feel comfortable stating it's IMPOSSIBLE for a mammal such as a human to conceive without a male's participation. It might have happened, and got sensationalized into the Christ birth. It's also possible that Jesus was simply Joseph's son, but the story of the virgin birth was created. Or, the whole story in the Bible is true as written. No way to prove it though.
2007-01-24 12:10:51 · answer #1 · answered by Pelz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many Protestant religions do not believe in Original Sin -- so the Immaculate Conception is not an issue for them. Many of the teachings of the Catholic Church are not actually IN the Bible -- but follow logically from what is there. I think that the idea of the Immaculate Conception follows logically from the believe that Jesus is God -- and God would not be carried by a woman whose soul was marked with sin. As for Mary remaining a Virgin, there are two reasons why Catholics believe she stayed a virgin while Protestants think that she had other children. The first reason involves translation errors and the second reason is that Protestants have excluded books from the Bible that imply that she remained a virgin. First -- the translation errors. The KJV says that Mary had no relations with Joseph until Jesus was born. In English, it is implied that they DID have relations after his birth. However, in the original Greek, there is no such implication. The KJV also refers to the brothers of Jesus. However, the original Greek uses a word that merely means 'close relative.' Catholics believe that these people are cousins. The Apocrypha has been part of the Catholic Bible since the Bible was finalized at the Council of Rome in the fourth century. Protestants have thrown out those books. But in one of those books, Mary expresses concerns over her marriage to Joseph because she has taken a vow of virginity. Catholics believe that the mother of Jesus would never break a vow to God -- so she would have remained a virgin -- even after the birth of Jesus.
2016-05-24 05:50:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's it. Jesus has returned as a lizard. I feel sorry for all the Christians who were expecting a human Jesus.
2007-01-24 12:10:24 · answer #3 · answered by Lee Harvey Wallbanger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahaha!!! Nope!!! Reptiles have been know to do this for decades....
Actually, a cool reference was made to this fact in the movie "Jurassic Park" -
2007-01-24 12:11:23 · answer #4 · answered by waynebudd 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they have evolved to where they can produce both sex organs to reproduce their species. Cool, interesting but not a miracle.
2007-01-24 12:11:31 · answer #5 · answered by Pantherempress 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
jesus douse look a lot like a kamodo dragon
2007-01-24 12:11:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ugh, no.
A lot of organisms are asexual, like sponges and bacteria.
Komodo dragons aren't people.
2007-01-24 12:10:46 · answer #7 · answered by Jay 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh boy is this world ever ready for that iron rod of correction thats coming. Ripe and ready.
2007-01-24 12:11:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
aahh people might object to thinking that Mary self-fertilized herself
2007-01-24 12:10:00 · answer #9 · answered by Stalled 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aphids are born pregnant, does that count?
2007-01-24 12:10:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋