Sentences with phrase «as virgin birth»

Bryan knew that the so - called religious scientists who were insisting on the compatibility of evolution and the Bible would have surprised many Americans with the extent of how much of revelation they did not believe (such as the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection), even as they professed a kind of general religious faith.

The latter became known as liberal Protestants, and they would earn notoriety for denying cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith, such as the virgin birth, the divinity of Christ, and his resurrection from the dead.

For more than two hours he seemed to dance around such questions as the virgin birth and Jesus» miracles.

Just as in the gospels the most important thing is the incarnation, death and resurrection, while the how of the incarnation, the virgin birth, lies in the hinterland; so also in respect to the doctrine of Scripture, while inspiration is as clearly taught as the virgin birth, it lies rather in the hinterland.»

When Creationists pick any inconsistency in science as proofs that sciences are wrong, but provide no proofs of any kind about the «magic» events happened in the bible such as virgin birth, walking on water, turning water to wine, and parting the red sea.

Just as the Virgin Birth, and the physical Resurrection of Christ are and were requirements of his literal Divinity and uniqueness upon the human scene, so also this type of development to which we appeal can not take place, except in a Church which claims the infallible magisterium on earth of the same Jesus in the name of his Divinity, and can manifest a line of consistent and coherent, definition because she has done so.

Most biblical stories were adoptions of earlier myths and legends, such as the virgin birth, creation and Noah's flood.

Don't forget the part where back then, cesaerean section was also referred to as virgin birth.

Not exact matches

Gone are the virgin birth, divine healings, exorcisms and the resurrection of the dead, all of which the chief executive dismissed as «superstitions, fanaticisms and fabrications.»

Paul and the Romans made the rumor of a crucifixion into a savior story by usurping other existing traditions, such as the Mithraic virgin birth, and death of the sun god Mithra.

Talking snakes, talking donkeys, a boat at sea for half a year with a couple million animals, a temple less than 5000sq feet taking 150,000 workers and 7 years to complete, and then sacrificing 14 animals a minute for 7 days straight, a virgin birth story (like there weren't already a few of them before), a zombie invasion that no third party seemed to witness, a dude living in the belly of a fish for a couple days, a guys last words (before become back as a zombie) being «My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me.»

He was dubbed by some as the «unbelieving bishop» after doubting that God would have arranged a virgin birth and the resurrection, however Very Rev Michael Sadgrove, the former Dean of Durham says that the name is unfair.

Reuters: Pope Benedict's third book on Jesus reaffirms doctrine of his virgin birth Pope Benedict published the last part of his trilogy on the life of Jesus on Tuesday, delivering an early childhood narrative which strongly reaffirms the doctrine of the virgin birth as an «unequivocal» truth of faith.

... like scripts thousands years before the bible that talked about virgin births and resurrections after 3 days... and the mythological connections didn't strike you as just another fool's story?

historical Jesus, lmfao... show me any historical evidence of jesus... let's start with his remains... they don't exist - your explanation, he rose to the heavens... historical evidence - no remains, no proof of existence (not a disproof either, just not a proof)... then let's start with other historians writing about the life of Jesus around his time or shortly after, as outside neutral observers... that doesn't exist either (not a disproof again, just not a proof)... we can go on and on... the fact is, there is not a single proving evidence of Jesus's life in an historical context... there is no existence of Jesus in a scientific context either (virgin birth... riiiiiight)... it is just written in a book, and stuck in your head... you have a right to believe in what you must... just don't base it on history or science... you believe because you do... it is your right... but try not to put reason into your faith; that's when you start sounding unreasonable, borderline crazy...

And the Virgin Birth is not so much an exception to the rule as within the foundation and exemplar, the source of and summit of all other births.

As one who lived life to the full, he was able to embody the mature faith required to wrestle with high doctrine in a challenging poem like «In my Grandfather's Mansion» — or «Grandfather God,» in which he struggles with the doctrine of the Virgin Birth:

There has been much debate about the Virgin Birth or, as it is properly described, the virginal conception of Jesus.

The virgin birth in Bethlehem as well as the descent from David, even if not taken as factual, serve to connect Jesus with the hundreds of years of seeking God in the Old Testament.

Yet they largely agreed with the fundamentalists on such questions as biblical inerrancy, the Virgin birth and the physical resurrection of Jesus.

At the beginning of Advent it is as well to say that the truth concerning the Virgin Birth of Christ does matter, and the truth concerning the physical resurrection of Christ as well, and that with all deference to the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Durham.

The doctrine of Christ's pre-existence as given by St. Paul and St. John is difficult to reconcile with the legend of the Virgin birth in St. Matthew and St. Luke.

We as Latter - day Saints actually do believe in the virgin birth.

The hermaphroditic blasphemy is a generated or vegetated Christ and a virgin Eve — the orthodox image of Christ, for the Church castrated Jesus when it locked the memory of his generation in the image of a virgin birth, just as it dehumanized and falsely spiritualized his body in its belief in the ascension.

After all, we're part of a story that began with a virgin birth, traverses through the resurrection of a man who was God, travels through His ascension back to heaven and concludes when He returns to Earth to reign as King.

In one of his Christmas sermons, Eckhart spoke of the virgin birth as something that happens within us.

In some cases» such as the Lucan account of the virgin birth or eyewitness reports about the risen Jesus» Cox mentions the troublesome passages but discourages his readers from grappling with their literal meaning and supernatural elements.

William Barclay, in his commentary on the Gospel of John, pointed out similarities between pagan rituals and the baptism of John, as well as pagan lore resembling the Virgin Birth.

No one has ever managed to do that, after hundreds of years of wild claims of talking snakes, virgin birth, and rising from the dead, as well as the brutal tales of vicious, vindictive, bible god.

As was the idea of monotheism, a virgin birth and a trinity.

As for evidence: Evolution proves the creation story wrong; we know a virgin birth is impossible; we know a resurrection is impossible; we know that Noahs Ark was impossible.

Where the facts were damaging, they had to deny their historicity or hide them; but where they could easily be given an anti-Christian meaning (as in the case of the virgin birth), they could be left standing.

The belief in the resurrection, as in the virgin birth, is faced with innumerable intellectual and theological problems.

Belief in the miraculous conception (virgin birth as it is usually called) is derived from this story, and from Matthew 1:18 - 25 (see page 18).

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is considered by Muslims to be the greatest of all women, and to have given birth as a virgin.

Debate at Fuller has never touched such major orthodox doctrines as the deity of Christ, the resurrection, virgin birth, or second coming.

The divine priority in the Incarnation is symbolized both by the Annunciation, God's messenger announcing his plan in advance, and by the virgin birth — more precisely, the virginal conception — of Jesus; also by the concept of the pre-existence of Christ, whether as Logos or Son of Man.

We ought not speak as though all that matters about her is the virgin birth.

Certainly in his prediction of the birth of the child Immanuel in Isaiah 7, the prophet did not consciously have in mind the virgin birth of Jesus Christ; yet this text points to and is fulfilled in the virgin birth as this is attested in Matthew 1:23.

They often take away the diety of Our Lord by placing more emphasis on so called human fallible «saints» and «pray» to humans such as Mary who did not remain virgin once she gave birth to Christ and had more children.

By that time various legends about Jesus were growing steadily, such as that of the Virgin Birth, and the more miraculous stories of what he did during his earthly ministry.

CNN: Las Posadas: Joseph and the Virgin Mary travel in Maryland Guitars strummed and the cheerful voices of young and old sang «Feliz Navidad» as people in the streets cheered the birth of Christ with Spanish lyrics and upbeat rhythms in Oakview, a neighborhood in Silver Spring.

The religious event commemorates the grueling journey of the Virgin Mary and Joseph as they traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a haven to give birth to their son.

The alleged «silence» about the virgin birth from other New Testament authors can not be used as an argument against it since its factuality would have been revealed by Mary only after the resurrection and it did not constitute the centre of the Easter message; Redford even finds hints thatother New Testament authors framed their affirmations to allow for the virgin birth.

By the fundamentalist Protestant type we mean those churches which hold to the verbal inspiration and hence the literal inerrancy of the Bible, and which defend as of vital importance certain creedal dogmas, notably the virgin birth, the blood atonement, the physical resurrection of Christ, and his visible second coming.

«So let me get this straight, you have two - way conversations with invisible spirits, you think the earth is 10,000 years old, you believe the world was once covered in water (about 5,000 years ago), you believe your invisible sky father came to earth in human form after a virgin birth, then rose as a zombie, from the dead, then ascended into an invisible sky city... all because the first people on earth ate and apple before proceeding on with decades of incest... am I getting this?»

Bonhoeffer claimed that this led Barth to say «in effect, «Like it or lump it»: virgin birth, the trinity, or anything else; each is an equally significant and necessary part of the whole, which must simply be swallowed as a whole or not at all.»

Most of us don't get nearly as excited about the resurrection of Jesus at Easter as we do for the virgin birth of Jesus at Christmas.

As the Northern and Southern kingdoms fought bitterly, leaving them vulnerable to enemy attacks, and eventual ruin, God promised them a Savior: «Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.»

I hate to step on your humor, but the «Immaculate Conception» myth is not the same as the «Virgin Birth» one.