"Of course, after all this, perhaps I'm reading too much into what Shoghi Effendi wrote, and he didn't mean to suggest the Virgin Birth should constitute good proof, but simply that it indicated Jesus' station (going by our belief that it happened)."
This last (reading too much into...) is something with which I can agree to a certain extent. What does science call a virgin birth? I have no idea. Consider for miracles however, that the Jews, knowing that Joseph had not yet married Mary when her condition was discovered, knowing that she had been determined pure enough by the highest rabbis to live and work in the Temple, should discover her condition and not stone her,and should let her return home with the child; that Joseph a devout Jew, possibly a widower with two or more children, possibly allowed to support her as a religious act while she worked in the Temple, should then marry her, a marriage which would have required the sanction of the rabbi's and hence the community; and be allowed to live peaceably in an area that had once been known as Samaria. Jesus had no genealogy, save that of His mother. Mirza-Abu'l-Fadl pointed out that the Jews, who had memorized genealogies, were not aware of the genealogy of Jesus. Yet He was not stoned, nor was His Mother, nor was Joseph. Consider the life of Moses. Also compare the reported miracles attending the death of Numa, the last king of the Romans. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.net/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
