- And I say: the whole shtick–from Mary’s “Immaculate Conception” to “Jesus’ Conception in a Virgin”–very likely had more to do with early “educated” Jewish Christians trying to wrap their heads around the Son of God’s incarnation in a human body without contracting Original Sin.
- My rationale for that claim can be found here: Notes on the Jewish Roots of the Christian Doctrine of Orinal Sin.
- If God can incarnate, two biological parents (i.e. Joseph AND Mary) wouldn’t have forced Him to perform a mundane magic trick.
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