Hans Blaster
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This isn't about "science." One not need to be a scientist to know that virgins don't get pregnant. (That's what makes the whole "virgin birth" thing a "miracle". )Science can show [on paper] that Jesus couldn't possibly have been born of a virgin, and so end-up with weak-in-the-faith book authors changing "virgin" to "young lady."
As for the "young lady" thing, that isn't scientists either. It is scholars of ancient Semitic languages and texts. (I'm sure you also have issues with the various forms of "Critical Biblical Scholarship", but don't lay that on us scientists. If we wanted to understand the composition of the Bible, we'd take a sample and use a mass spectrometer.) It's not *my* problem (or science's in general) that "Matthew" repurposed a passage about a young woman in the king's court (or something like that) to talk about Jesus and his mommy. (Matthew was the all time master of repurposing until George Lucas came along turning airplane battles into spaceship battles, etc., etc., etc.)
But when Jesus comes back and, if He so chooses, take those authors back in time to Joseph and Mary's days to see for themselves, they're going to weep.
If I see Jesus at the Home Depot looking for work, I'll say "Hi!" for you.
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