Old Blues Day attendance list

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:59 pm

No No No

Immaculate conception. (somewhere else on here too)

Mary was conceived 'without sin' i.e. she (Mary) was perfect and without sin, not that Mary's mother was a Virgin.

kerrensimmonds · Post by **kerrensimmonds** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:07 pm

It's all to do with textual analysis. The OT prophecy was that a 'maiden' would conceive. The 'maiden' was not necessarily 'virgin' but was the daughter of a king or something.. as I recall.....
The OT prophecy (fulfilled in the NT) was not about biology...
My memory of my early Theological studies is pretty vague now but I do remember thinking that if this is so, how on earth can ordained priests stand in a pulpit at Christmas time and spout on about this baby born to a 'virgin'.
Personally, in terms of Christian faith (and speaking as someone who has an early start in the morning to be on duty in a Church of England parish church at 7.30 a.m.) I don't have a problem with that.. or with the allied debate about the technical likelihood of the resurrection. I' ve found a way round these debates, to retain my Christian faith with personal integrity. Has anyone read Don Cupitt and the Sea of Faith?

(I have got a feeling I am opening a can of worms here!)

Kerren

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:22 am

No wonder my trips to Church are now limited to Hatches, Matches and Dispatches !