Posted on 10/02/2014 3:27:27 PM PDT by matthewrobertolson
This is from “AnsweringProtestants.” Am I to assume that Catholics believe that protestants do not believe in the Virgin Birth? I have never heard of a Protestant that questioned the Virgin Birth.
Oooohhh Kay.
Maybe your liberal pope, bishops, and theologians will jettison the virgin birth next just like they did with Genesis. Then you'll have to claim that you "never believed that nonsense" and that only low-intelligence "rednecks" ever did.
As we understand “science” today, it means, “demonstrable by replicable experiment.” Where’s your replicable experiment on the Virgin Conception?
If we have to use the word “believe,” we’re not talking about science, in the strict sense. I don’t “believe” what astronomers (or biologists, or meteorologists) say about a lot of things that aren’t subject to replicable experiment. I consider their statements and evidence either more or less persuasive, depending on what else is out there, but always subject to reevaluation.
However, I believe in the virgin conception of Jesus with the faith given me by God Himself.
Sorry...you've proved NOTHING, scientific or otherwise. If Mary had to be "perfect" - and nothing God told us in Scripture says that - in order to bear the sinless human/divine Christ, then Mary's mother would have had to be also. As believers in Christ, we have "the mind of Christ" as it is part of the new birth.
Answer: In 1 Corinthians 2:16, Paul quotes Isaiah 40:13 and then makes a statement concerning all believers: We have the mind of Christ. Having the mind of Christ means sharing the plan, purpose, and perspective of Christ, and it is something that all believers possess.
Having the mind of Christ means we understand Gods plan in the worldto bring glory to Himself, restore creation to its original splendor, and provide salvation for sinners. It means we identify with Christs purpose to seek and to save what was lost (Luke 19:10). It means we share Jesus perspective of humility and obedience (Philippians 2:5-8), compassion (Matthew 9:36), and prayerful dependence on God (Luke 5:16).
In the verses leading up to 1 Corinthians 2:16, we note some truths concerning the mind of Christ:
1) The mind of Christ stands in sharp contrast to the wisdom of man (verses 5-6).
2) The mind of Christ involves wisdom from God, once hidden but now revealed (verse 7).
3) The mind of Christ is given to believers through the Spirit of God (verses 10-12).
4) The mind of Christ cannot be understood by those without the Spirit (verse 14).
5) The mind of Christ gives believers discernment in spiritual matters (verse 15).
In order to have the mind of Christ, one must first have saving faith in Christ (John 1:12; 1 John 5:12). After salvation, the believer lives a life under Gods influence. The Holy Spirit indwells and enlightens the believer, infusing him with wisdomthe mind of Christ. The believer bears a responsibility to yield to the Spirits leading (Ephesians 4:30) and to allow the Spirit to transform and renew his mind (Romans 12:1-2). http://www.gotquestions.org/mind-of-Christ.html
Me, too! ☺
RE: I have never heard of a Protestant that questioned the Virgin Birth.
Those Protestant who believe the Bible have never questioned the Virgin Birth.
What they question is the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ( Mary herself conceived without original sin ).
In any denomination, you can find looney toons who question the most basic facts of Christianity. The Episcopal Church famously had Bishop Spong, but there are nuts attending any kind of congregation.
These people are no more believing “Protestants” than they are believing “Catholics.” They are simply non-believers in Christianity.
How can it be proven by science?
We don’t need no stinking science if we have a consensus.
Gad what a painful read.
Twisted, convoluted, tortured logic, if you can even call it that. No scientific proof whatsoever, as if any was needed.
BTW. I’ve not ever heard that Protestants dispute the virgin birth.
If one believes that God created the entire universe, then one has to hold it as child’s play for Him to create a baby or Baby without one little cell contributed by a mere mortal male human.
This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read, and I read one of Obama’s speeches one time.
1 Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Silly Catholics.
The bits about genetics, the role of sperm, and “female sperm” is essentially unsupported by modern science.
Any chance “virgin” could have meant young and/or unmarried woman? Could a change meaning of the word through 2000 years and three languages have over complicated this?
Oh, man.
The Second Person of the Most Blessed Trinity deserves only the most undefiled and holy human being as His Mother.
Christians either believe it or they don’t. Basta!
This kind of religious gobble-de-gook is ridiculous.
It could have, and sometimes did, linguistically. However, since the earliest years of Christianity, it has been understood that Jesus Christ was the Son of God and the son of Mary, with no human father.
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