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Originally Posted by Georgies Dad
The truth is out there
I wonder who the Angel Gabriel was.(a flying man who came from above)
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wonder no more ............ it was a star. Cant remember if it was the Polestar or not, but there have been astroloical studies done to explain the story in the bible. Accounting for the time differences due to the various calendars and change in numbers of months, star patterns were studied and it was shown to be a celestial body. Hearing voices is another story, but it is believed now that the so called three wise men were unlikely to have traveled together.
Some have even suggested a low asteroid with its roar explaining the noise - as for voices, poetic licence as much of the bible is. Parables told to make it easy for those of low education to understand, for an early form of law.
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Originally Posted by Georgies Dad
And how did Mary get pregnant if she was a virgin.
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She lied. Many reasons can explain a reason for lying. One being rape and the so called 'honour' attached to chaste, with the victim being blamed and stoned, as it was in Old Testament, and other scriptures of the various deities of the time (as in their laws).
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And poor old Joseph took it all in his stride
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he lied too, married at that time and not consummated the marriage is highly unlikely.
