Comments on: Are There Really Virgin Births?

By: Maran

Maran — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:23:00 +0000

@Witty Nickname

Josephus was not a contemporary of Jesus. He was born in 37 AD.
Some of his writting have been proved to be forgery.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:24:00 +0000

My wife is having a virgin birth…or so she says. Is this possible or should I be suspicious?

By: Lilly

Lilly — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:16:00 +0000

From an historical perspective, the term virgin doesn’t mean now what it did them. Way back when virgin meant young un-wed female, which if you accept Mary existed that she was regardless of your religious viewpoint.

I’m not debating the religious vs non-religious side though…

By: jg

jg — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:32:00 +0000

i have a virgin red-eared slider turtle that had virgin eggs. dunno if they were fertilized because she ate them.

By: BET

BET — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:58:00 +0000

I also have to add that whether or not you believe in Jesus as a divine figure, you would be hard pressed to find a historian who doesn’t believe that Jesus existed, there are numerous historical sources that point to his existence outside of religious texts.

By: toddes

toddes — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:10:00 +0000

Nothing like the holiday season to bring out the athiestic furor.

By: tigernest

tigernest — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:53:00 +0000

There were many tales of virgin births before Jesus.

By: Witty Nickname

Witty Nickname — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:15:00 +0000

@Moran

If you want to debate Jesus as God that is a discussion we can have. But before saying there was no historical Jesus I suggest reading the works of Josephus, Jewish Historian who was a contemporary of Jesus, but did not believe he was the son of God. He mentioned he was the brother of James, the illegitimate son of Mary and Joseph, and that he was ‘just’.

By: MaW

MaW — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:30:00 +0000

I believe there’s some other evidence which is considered to point to the existence of somebody who could’ve filled some of the roles of Jesus as described in the Bible, but I don’t know the details. I don’t much care either.

Surely if you want a virgin birth these days you can just use IVF? No sex required, but you end up (if it’s successful) with a perfectly ordinary baby.

By: Etrigan

Etrigan — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:19:00 +0000

The mention of Jesus in the Koran proves his historical existence to an even lesser degree than his mention in the Bible. Which is to say, not at all.