Virgin Birth questioned: the implications

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Originally Posted by awareness

If the virgin birth of Jesus was made up why was it made up?

Was it an attempt to cover for Jesus getting baptized by John, who baptized for "remission of sins?"

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?

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?

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.

Or did it actually happen the way the gospels record it?

Could it be? Could it really be? Is our God really able to do what was prophesied? Could Jesus really have been born as the Son of God (and the Son of Man) as the bible records?

Inquiring minds need to know. Believing hearts know the answer!