Trans Jesus 🙏
Trans Jesus 🙏
Trans Jesus 🙏
I have heard that that word most often translated as "virgin" is elsewhere translated as "maiden" aka young woman just out of girlhood. I always wonder how much emphasis has been placed on that translation effect:-).
Sure, but also, the post here starts with a false premise. In the story we're talking about, Mary doesn't produce Jesus on her own. She's impregnated by God. Why would Jesus only have Mary's DNA? A better question is if he has any of her DNA. He could easily be made bespoke, with Mary just a surrogate. The answer to that question isn't in the story - believing Jesus is actually related to Mary by blood is wholly an article of faith.
In the context, the most likely translation does mean virgin.
There's a lot to that - e.g. transgressions passed down - but also there seems a lot that could be said against that as well, e.g. looking at David's lineage including an actual prostitute, so not only is God not "above" using sinful people, but He in fact often uses the weak things of the world to show how foolish the "wise" are.
I am no biblical scholar, so I cannot weigh in on what the various likelihoods are - e.g. are the odds for vs. against 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, etc.? But the point I was making here is that the odds, to me, seem to not be infinity to zero. Even if they were very very high like 9:1, that's still a good enough chance at being wrong that if someone saw that on a weather forecast they might legit bring along an umbrella, if they had something important to protect like a laptop or even a brand-new hairdo that they don't want to ruin the day before the special event it was meant for. And this is so crucial that I do not want to miss it even at the risk of stating the obvious: people's lives, especially for eternity, are far more important than a chance of rain.
So what are the chances that this INTERPRETATION is incorrect? It's not like "the Church" has never been shown to be incorrect before...
So yeah, I do wonder.
Doesn't this just prove that God is male?
It depends on what type of reptile Mary was