tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post113550381106276873..comments2023-08-05T21:48:58.831-04:00Comments on Philochristos: Silly objections to miraclesSam Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884738370893218595noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-1135865200992696202005-12-29T10:06:00.000-04:002005-12-29T10:06:00.000-04:00I'm not a catholic, but I have understood ...The i...I'm not a catholic, but I have understood ...<BR/><BR/><I>The immaculate conception has to do with Mary being without original sin from the time she conceived.</I><BR/><BR/>... that the immaculate conception was on the part of Mary's mother (Anne?) conceiving Mary (who is help to be without original sin).<BR/><BR/>Curious are the rationalizations of the mind of man ... Christ couldn't have been born of a virgin due to the Y chromosome? But 2 Xs from a female will never join either -- the X ovum will only accept a preferred X or Y sperm.<BR/><BR/><B>And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.</B><BR/><BR/>Furthermore, it isn't a stretch to see the complete duality of the nature of Christ.Thomas Doddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110005258316999015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-1135776108410032032005-12-28T09:21:00.000-04:002005-12-28T09:21:00.000-04:00Well, Steve, I think that's definitely a legitimat...Well, Steve, I think that's definitely a legitimate argument against miracles. It's not really an argument that miracles <I>can't</I> happen, but an argument that they probably <I>don't</I>, or at least that a lot of the claimed miracles are not really miracles after all.<BR/><BR/>But you know, even if there are natural causes to things, that doesn't completely take away their miraculous nature. God does use secondary means sometimes. If some storm blew up to "part" the Red Sea just as Moses lifted his staff, we might say it had a natural cause, but gosh, you gotta admit it's a pretty big coincidence that the natural event happened at just the right time.Sam Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884738370893218595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-1135745699772728362005-12-28T00:54:00.000-04:002005-12-28T00:54:00.000-04:00Steve, if you consider the span of time the Bible ...Steve, if you consider the span of time the Bible covers, even the miracles in the Bible are few and far between.<BR/><BR/>The immaculate conception isn't the same thing as the virgin birth. The immaculate conception has to do with Mary being without original sin from the time she conceived.Sam Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884738370893218595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-1135707652168253362005-12-27T14:20:00.000-04:002005-12-27T14:20:00.000-04:00Oh yeah, I've heard the "My God wouldn't..." from ...Oh yeah, I've heard the "My God wouldn't..." from people who aren't even Christians. I had a history teacher use the "My God wouldn't..." in class one day. He said his God wouldn't punish anybody. I remember thinking, "Wow, your God <I>literally</I> lets people get away with murder."Sam Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884738370893218595noreply@blogger.com