Jesus Christ was miraculously born of the virgin Mary who concieved by the pwoer of the Holy Ghost. He went on to miraculously take all of our sins and trnansgressions upon himself in the atonement, and then miraculously arise in a glorious resurrection on the third day, overcoming sin and death and allowing us all the opportunity to do the same.
And He (our Savior) did it all as a result of His matchless love for us.
A belief, and faith in those principles and truths is patently not “less intellectual”, it is faithful and aligns with eternal truths mankind’s science is incapable of grasping, but which nonetheless are true.
At thei Christmas time, when we celebrate His holy birth, I thank God for Him and for those very truths that are meant to set us free, and lead us to Him and His guidance in this world of so much uncertainty, so much suffering, so much pain, and so much evil and crime.
It allows us to overcome all of that and bring peace and true charity and love into the world and to those around us.
“Kristof is absolutely aghast that so many Americans believe in the Virgin Birth.”
That is hysterical. Just a hoot.
God can make the heavens and the Earth, all that is seen and unseen, but creating one strand of DNA at a particular time and place is beyond Him.
Clusters of galaxies, no problem. One strand of DNA: sorry, out of the question.
I hope other people get as much merriment from my folly as I do from theirs.