#virgin birth

[apenitentialprayer]

Have been thinking about the virgin birth since yesterday, and to just reiterate: This is what I'm willing to stake my salvation on.

That Mary conceived Jesus without the aid of a man.

That Jesus, conceived with the help of the Holy Spirit, is Mary's true biological Son, His sacred Humanity taken from and formed by her own humanity.

That Mary was never in danger of dying during childbirth.

That Jesus is Mary's only biological offspring.

This is what I feel certain of. I am unsure of anything else, but submit to the judgement of the Church.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

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Exactly as mythological and anti-science as "a virgin can get pregnant."

This is a female-lead ideology.

[rubiks-to-the-third-power]

Totally Original Thought:

Kinda hilarious that Easter landed on Trans Day of Visibility this year. Here's your regular reminder that if Jesus truly had a virgin birth, then he is almost certainly a trans man, personal identification notwithstanding.

And yes, I said "is" and not "was" because he was likely a powerful wizard (miracles) who, allegedly, turned himself into a truly immortal lich by making his phylactery "anyone who believes in me". Truly some fae-level rules lawyering. They do say he resides in anyone who believes in him, or rather, a piece of his soul does.

I for one, welcome our trans lich savior, whenever he shows back up 🏳️‍⚧️💀🧙‍♂️✝️

[dress-this-way]

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[wisdomfish]

The realness of Jesus...

Systematic theology, which we love, doesn’t love us in return. But Jesus loves us. The doctrine of the virgin birth cannot comfort us when the news of cancer hits home—but the one born of the virgin will. Do you see the difference? Francis Schaeffer put it this way, “Doctrine is important, but it is not an end in itself. There is to be an experiential reality, moment by moment.” A real Jesus really matters. Spurgeon again:

The gospel is very precious to those of us who know its power; but, beyond all question, Christ himself is even more precious than his gospel. It is delightful to read any promise of the Scriptures, but it is more delightful to come into communion with the faithful Promiser. Whenever you hear one of the Lord’s promises, think of the divine lips that spoke it, and you will love the promise all the better because you have thought of the lips that uttered it. Why should we not believe more in a personal Christ, and why should we not always see the connection between the mercy and the hand that gives it, and between the promise and the lips that speak it?

The more we understand the realness of Jesus, the more we experience him. Or, as Paul tells us, "to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge" (Eph 2:19).

J.A. Medders

[revretch]

I think people get confused about parthenogenesis. It's not self-fertilization by hermaphrodites/monoecious individuals--it's a female making diploid eggs, so they don't need to be fertilized to begin with! Literally, virgin birth. As a result, some species (like whiptail lizards, bdelloid rotifers, some mantises etc. etc.) can be all female!

[ananke-xiii]

I'm leaving this one here as a reminder that "immaculate conception" doesn't mean "virgin birth". The two are, of course, related because Catholics are crazy and these notions clearly go against all good sense and logic, but! the two still don't mean the same thing.

Mary was conceived the normal way (lol) but she was conceived without sin (immaculate) because she was being prepared to be fhe Holy Spirit's vessel and give birth to God's son who's also God ("virginity" in the sense that was later solely attributed to the word).

I just keep seeing it used incorrectly and I'm like no! This is actually worse than you think! The craziness level is up the wazoo! It's the beginning of the whore/madonna thing and it's not even just about sex! It's about being a sinner by default (which is a given anyway) but you can not be a sinner ONLY if God takes a fancy to you and "spares" you of said sin in order for you to become a vessel for him anyway. In comparison to this virgin birth seems totally bland as a concept if you ask me.

[hale-nathan]

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[booradleyboo]

My latest creation:

Blessed Virgin Crocodile

Based on this story:

[gramarobin]

👀

[apenitentialprayer]

If Mary was free from original sin, does that mean she was not subject to the consequences of the fall, and therefore did not endure birthing pains?

That Mary did not experience birth pains is a popular belief held by both the Eastern and Western Churches, but it is not a dogma that has to be believed in.

There is also some variation among those who hold this belief as to whether it is the result of Mary being free from Original Sin, or if it just has to do with the gentleness of the Infant Christ.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

According to the Bible, the birth of Jesus Christ was in this wise. When his mother, Mary, was espoused to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

And the Greek demigod Perseus was born when the god Jupiter visited the virgin Danaë as a shower of gold and got her with child.

The god Buddha was born through an opening in his mother's flank.

Catlicus the serpent-skirted caught a little ball of feathers from the sky and hid it in her bosom, and the Aztec god Huitzilopochtli was thus conceived.

The virgin Nana took a pomegranate from the tree watered by the blood of the slain Agdestris, and laid it in her bosom, and gave birth to the god Attis.

The virgin daughter of a Mongol king awoke one night and found herself bathed in a great light, which caused her to give birth to Genghis Khan.

Krishna was born of the virgin Devaka.

Horus was born of the virgin Isis.

Mercury was born of the virgin Maia.

Romulus was born of the virgin Rhea Sylvia.

For some reason, many religions force themselves to think of the birth canal as a one-way street, and even the Koran treats the Virgin Mary with reverence.

There's no end to the way in which this kind of thing can be fabricated, but those who say that you can just tell by the potency and pungency of the story, or the memorability of it, that there must be something true about it, are simply inviting you to rely not on your thinking faculties or your intellectual capacity at all, but on straight out credulity and on the repeated manufacture of things that appear to be part of the hard and soft wiring of legend, in our mammalian primate history.

Apparently if you want to have a prophet, it’s better if his mother is a virgin.

For the Greatest Story Ever Told, it sure is derivative.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Unto Us a Child is Born

1 But there is no gloom upon her who is distressed, as when at first He humbled the land of Zeḇulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward more heavily oppressed her, by the way of the sea, beyond the Yardĕn, in Galil of the nations.

2 The people who were walking in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death a light has shone.

3 You shall increase the nation; You shall make its joy great. They shall rejoice before You, as in the joy of harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

4 For You shall break the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Miḏyan.

5 For every boot of one trampling in tumult, and coat rolled in blood, shall be used for burning and fuel of fire.

6 For a Child shall be born unto us, a Son shall be given unto us, and the rule is on His shoulder. And His Name is called Wonder, Counsellor, Strong Ěl, Father of Continuity, Prince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of His rule and peace there is no end, upon the throne of Dawiḏ and over His reigna, to establish it and sustain it with right-ruling and with righteousness from now on, even forever. The ardour of יהוה of hosts does this.

8 יהוה sent a word against Ya‛aqoḇ, and it has fallen on Yisra���ĕl.

9 And the people shall know, all of them, Ephrayim and the inhabitant of Shomeron, who say in pride and greatness of heart:

10 “The bricks have fallen down, but we rebuild with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we replace them with cedars.”

11 And יהוה set up the adversaries of Retsin against him, and stirred up his enemies,

12 the Arameans before and the Philistines behind. And they devour Yisra’ĕl with an open mouth. With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out.

13 And the people have not turned back to Him who smites them, nor have they sought יהוה of hosts.

14 And יהוה cuts off head and tail from Yisra’ĕl, palm branch and reed in one day.

15 Elder and highly respected, he is the head; the prophet who teaches falsehood, he is the tail.

16 For the leaders of this people lead them astraya, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

17 Therefore יהוה does not rejoice over their young men, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is defiled and evil, and every mouth speaks foolishness. With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out.

18 For wrongness burns as the fire; it consumes thornbushes and weeds, and sets the bushes of the forest ablaze, and they roll up like rising smoke.

19 The land shall be burned up by the wrath of יהוה of hosts, and the people be as fuel for the fire. A man shall not spare his brother,

20 and cut down on the right hand, but shall be hungry; and he devours on the left hand, but shall not be satisfied; each one devouring the flesh of his own arm:

21 Menashsheh Ephrayim, and Ephrayim Menashsheh; together they are against Yehuḏah. With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out. — Isaiah 9 | The Scriptures 1998 (ISR 1998) The Scriptures 1998 Copyright © 1998 Institute for Scripture Research. All Rights reserved. Cross References: Judges 7:25; 1 Samuel 30:16; 2 Chronicles 28:6; 2 Chronicles 28:18; Psalm 46:9; Psalm 68:2; Ecclesiastes 4:5; Isaiah 1:31; Isaiah 7:1-2; Isaiah 7:8-9; Isaiah 31:1; Matthew 1:1; Matthew 1:23; Matthew 4:15-16; Matthew 12:34; Matthew 15:14; Matthew 24:24: Luke 1:32; Luke 1:79; Luke 19:4; Revelation 18:8

[utaitemusic]

【ママに内緒で】ショウコ隠滅、少女純潔 / みつあくま fealty. 初音ミク【プロセカNEXT】 (Virgin birth)

[atheostic]