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Originally Posted by awareness
If the virgin birth of Jesus was made up why was it made up?
a]Was it an attempt to cover for Jesus getting baptized by John, who baptized for "remission of sins?"
b]Or was it a seed, a early beginning, of the idea of original sin; by virtue of his virgin birth only Jesus didn't have that?
c]Or was it to defeat the early Gnostics, who held to the total depravity of the flesh; by virtue, again, of his virgin birth Jesus didn't have that either?
d]Or was it an attempt to gain the gentile pagans, who had divine humans on their coins; by virtue of his virgin birth Jesus had that.
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Multiple choice. You forgot:
[e] it actually happened the way the gospels record it [Ohio's pick]
f] some combination of two or more of the above
g] all of the above
h] none of the above