12-18-2007, 05:04 PM | #31 | |
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In other words, I think you're reading more into the quote than is there.
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12-18-2007, 05:08 PM | #32 | |
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I don't have expiration dates for doctrine but silence can be deafening. If something is not being taught and hasn't been for decades, then I think there's a very strong chance that the original teaching was not correct. If the church through official spokesperson said we don't know how Mary was impregnated, then I'll take that as a refuting of any quack who said God stuck his penis in Mary's vagina. |
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12-18-2007, 05:10 PM | #33 |
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I'm more concerned about foxnews answering 50 Cent's 21 Questions.
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12-18-2007, 05:28 PM | #35 | |
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I actually do that you have articulated a tenable possible there. But it does set up an interesting discussion about whether a person working the church's PR department speaks with more authority than does a prophet speaking across a pulpit in an official capacity. To me the interesting paradox is this: on the one hand we have a living prophet and so theoretically he could give us a definitive answer on absolutely anything. On the other hand, the giving of definitive answers by prophets in the past has led to exactly these sorts of uncomfortable statements. Go figure.
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Having a modern prophet is like having a football game with instant replay and review--people are still going to see what they want to see.
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I'm open to any and all possibilities on how Mary became pregnant, and I fail to see how any of the possibilities really are that shocking or controversial.
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This is actually how I feel too. This is how I feel about most things, which then often leads me to scratch my head when I think people are going through contortions to defend some idea that doesn't need defending.
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I take it to mean that the normal biological processes involved in the gestation and birth of a mortal human life were the same for Jesus as they were for anyone else. But we start to entry really weird territory when we speculate beyond that. I'm trying to avoid being crude here. We know God does not have blood. Does he have semen? Does he become "aroused"? What are his genes like? Could we sample his DNA, just like anyone else? We may as well speculate on how spirits are created, because it's about as useful. Do you have the context for this quotation?
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We don't know how, and all that matters is that she became impregnated. Believers believe that Christ was the Son, and nonbelievers don't.
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