This is something the Bible should have dwelt on just a bit. If they want us to believe that Mary didn't just make up a story about getting knocked up by a deity, she should have had some supernatural symptoms.
It also made me think of Rosemary's Baby, the book and the movie about a woman who is impregnated by Satan when he wants to propagate himself. I read the novel as a teen and I remember that it terrified me so much I didn't want to see the movie.
Then there was the immaculate conception episode of Star Trek, which was rather amusing. The womb that got appropriated was that of Counselor Troi, and the "supernatural" being was a ball lightning kind of being that wanted to see what it was like to have a body. The pregnancy lasted just a few days and after the birth Troi's body was completely healed, as if she'd never had a baby.
It's disappointing that the Bible didn't dwell on the pregnancy and birth. It would have made the whole immaculate conception thing more believable to me. ... but not to the people of the times. Virgin birth and gods inseminating human women were well-worn tropes for them. They would expect anyone claiming to be part god to have this kind of story. In fact, if it weren't part of the family lore, it would have been added by the prosletyzers to lend credibility to their claims.
...and with so many gods about, not to mention Satan and all the angels, how would we know that the pregnancy was really caused by the god, and not SATAN????? It's not like there's a DNA test for it.
It comes down again to wanting to believe what your authority figures believe. Your parents, pastor, teachers, and the writers of the Bible know what they're talking about, right?
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Never thought if it that way but you make a good argument, at least as good as the xtian one.
But no I think it was good as Satan was a fairly nice guy in the buyBull and Yeh-Wow-Way is a real schite so I can believe him raping a young hebrew girl. Satan could have done it if Mary lied about the rapist and really had a good time with a gentleman who whispered sweet truth in her ear and not g0dly lies.
Sorry even after a reread I missed ...
'But no I think it was good as Satan was ...'
Should be ...
'But no I think it was g0d, as Satan was
The 'key words' to mine/yours blog crack me up. Somehow it always has to do with sex, which is not a reflection of us, but of the searches.
Didja know (you prob. know this) that when the 'good book' wuz translated from Greek 'it' was supposed to be young woman and not virgin. i.e. Dude was born of a young woman (not a virgin). That makes sense.
Happy Atheist sunday, so awesome.
Kriss
*lol* @ typo
Yep, I knew that and the top theologians of all the Christian denominations also know that and they won't change their mythology to correct it.
I wonder how many other falsehoods, lies, mistranslations, and misrepresentations they know about and won't acknowledge...
Maybe Jesus was the Son of Satan; can Christians objectively prove that he wasn't? Maybe he started Christianity because it saw all of the wars, deaths, and social stigmas it would produce. And maybe Christians are the ones going to hell for worshiping the devil while the rest of us go to heaven. Reading your blog is fun!
Thanks B.R. It's great to have an outlet for my insights, weird as they may be!
there's no pretty way to say that you are going to hell if you don't stop with this website and follow God... call me a Jesus Freak or whatever you want, but i know for a fact that I don't waste my breath for the sake of it. Jesus Christ is real and He's coming back. I can't make you fall in love with Jesus I can only give an introduction to your Creator and what He did for you.. He loves you so much, that He would give His only Son who was without sin, to die for you so that we don't have to be in that waiting line to hell but instead be in paradise with Him in heaven... please repent there is hope for the hopeless... God bless you...
Thanks but I've already been introduced and I'm not selfish enough to believe that it's a great thing for someone else to pay for my "sins."
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