Comments on: Virgin Birth

By: nyokki

nyokki — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:07:53 +0000

@rattybad: Ah yes, I knew someone would save me the trouble of looking it up. It's been decades since I'd read it.

By: rattybad

rattybad — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:56:39 +0000

@nyokki, et al. It’s Joseph. You’re talking about either The Hero with a Thousand Faces or The Power of Myth (with Bill Moyers).

By: nyokki

nyokki — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:19:18 +0000

Campbell (Joeseph, I think, too lazy to go find the book) talks about Miraculous conception and birth when he writes about The Hero’s Journey (i.e. monomyth). He goes through the various stages of a hero’s journey that show up over and over in myths from every part of the world, throughout mankind’s history. Great stuff and really interesting if you’re interested in this sort of thing. He’s pretty easy reading too.

By: Dreth

Dreth — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:24:45 +0000

@dieAntagonista: No, God is a virgin.

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:22:29 +0000

@natedog: Whoa is that really true? But it was also necessary to prove that Jesus wasn't an ordinary man right.

By: natedog

natedog — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:14:29 +0000

the reason jesus needed to be born of a virgin is that the Sin Gene passes to the next generation through the father.

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:51:19 +0000

@Dreth: Err, no? The virgin thing supposedly happend to make it apparent that Jesus birth was a miracle. Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY YO.

By: angrymatt

angrymatt — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:58:57 +0000

Less enjoyable for god? or for Mary?

By: Tyger42

Tyger42 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:44:28 +0000

@TGGeko: Yes yes. So in the Christian version, God snapped his fingers rather than doing the nasty. Only difference is it's less enjoyable...

By: Lamb

Lamb — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:03:26 +0000

@TGGeko: Yeah they do and no they don't