I was raised in the same kind of upbringing, and I find this man's discoveries and courage to share them is refreshing
@ruth40199 ай бұрын
The New Testament says that Jesus was born of a virgin which is impossible and the Old Testament says that Sarah gave birth to Issac in 90 yrs of age. If Christianity is not true then Judaism is not true as well.
@CharlesEllis-ph6ge5 ай бұрын
The Gospels were written in Greek which means Good News Of Military Victory and Mary means rebellious female who was at odds with Rome !!! 🦉
@thegrunbeld68763 ай бұрын
@@CharlesEllis-ph6geJesus was barely a rebel, he was killed like any other criminal
@Airic Жыл бұрын
@ 37:22 ... Matthew 1:19 says:"Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately." - so if Matthew describes Joseph wanting to divorce Mary quietly to protect her from disgrace of infidelity, how can anyone imply that Matthew thought Joseph was the father?? 🤔
@of94905 ай бұрын
Lil hussy running around the village with roman soldiers.
@tomr20075 ай бұрын
That's a huge problem since the Messiah is supposed to be a descendant of David. Without Joseph being the father there is no line back to David.
@BennyJay33 ай бұрын
It never mentions infidelity, implying she could be pregnant by Joseph himself
@Airic3 ай бұрын
@@BennyJay3 Incorrect. It says, "and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately." - this is implying that he wanted to divorce her for infidelity, hence the concern to "disgrace her"...until the next verse (Matt. 1:20) which says he got the message from a messenger angel to trust her so he was reassured and stayed. Read Matthew 1:18-25 for the full context.
@Airic3 ай бұрын
@@tomr2007 1. Mary and Joseph had other kids, namely James. If James and Jesus share DNA, then the lineage is still connected to David within that family tree. 2. God can (and did) incarnate Jesus from a virgin birth, you really think He can't have all the DNA genetics he needed to extend from David's line? 😅 You can't limit what God can do.
@mzmscoyote Жыл бұрын
Listening about saintliness = sexual abstinence I again wonder why sex became the thing obsessed about and not one of the other sins. I still find it puzzling that lying, stealing, and killing never reach these heights of obsession in Christianity.
@herminepursch2470 Жыл бұрын
The Bible was translated by monks I don't think they liked women just my opinion
@herminepursch2470 Жыл бұрын
@user-ci6oj2ih8s back then there weren't as many people as now the Bible said be fruitful and multiply
@GarySpryJr Жыл бұрын
Calling it "obsession" is quite a bit over the top but every one of those things are extremely important to every core doctrine of every church I've ever been to so I don't know why you would say that. Sexual immorality is the most prolific sin that is constantly and openly shoved in everyone's face. It only appears to be the most "obsessed" over.
@HeatherAngus-vj2jq Жыл бұрын
Those things a true Christian would never commit. Although EVERYBODY lies and hardly anybody saves themselves for marriage.
@rosevan7845 Жыл бұрын
@@GarySpryJr The phrase shoved in everyone's face is actually an admission of obsession. Most people are careful where they put their face. Those who put their face where it doesn't belong tend to have shoving incidences that most people avoid by minding their own business.
@tabularasa060611 ай бұрын
Next you're going to tell me she didn't have a little lamb too.
@mobilephoneuser-pr8cj7 ай бұрын
That's right she didn't have a Little Lamb she had the big lamb the Lamb of her God as the mythology dictates
@Heroball2996 ай бұрын
Well that's just pure blasphemy now
@slik00silk846 ай бұрын
@@Heroball299 No god so no foul !!!
@emmazoryonmoore38405 ай бұрын
Not even a chicken
@slik00silk845 ай бұрын
@@emmazoryonmoore3840 LOL Nice pun!
@erikt1713 Жыл бұрын
In mammals, a virgin birth would always produce a female because of how our sex genes work. In bees on the other hand, males are routinely produced via parthenogenesis from eggs not fertilized by sperm.
@2Hot210 ай бұрын
So what is the Jesus pronoun? (just kidding)
@camilleespinas28989 ай бұрын
Interesting
@anushkasekkingstad13007 ай бұрын
Both our babies from virgin births are female but we made that choice before conception. If what you claim is correct, our geneticist would be surprised to hear it.
@erikt17137 ай бұрын
@@anushkasekkingstad1300 You used sperm in the process, didn't you? Is this what the Christians meant, that Maryam impregnated herself by self-insemination with sperm, but without sex? That would not be the sort of miracle it is often presented as. I was talking about actual parthenogenesis which occurs in vertebrates, for example fish and reptiles, but has as yet not been observed to occur in mammals or birds (except potentially the biblical case, and artificially via cloning of cattle).
@erikt17137 ай бұрын
@@anushkasekkingstad1300I meant without using sperm.
@ArleonBee5 ай бұрын
This was intriguing. As being a son and grandson of pastors and knowing how women were classified during the Bible days, why didn’t anybody or any of his disciples asked for Mary’s account on her conception?
@Irishpenguinirish4 ай бұрын
They may have done so. Especially John, because he was given the responsibility to look after Jesus' mother after the crucifixion. John probably talked to her a lot, and considered her perspective. But as he would want people to read what he had to say, he would not have overtly quoted a "mere" woman.
@Dave01Rhodes10 күн бұрын
@@Irishpenguinirishif the Gospel of John is based on the testimony of John, then its failure to report a virgin birth is some pretty damning silence, huh?
@777Rowen10 ай бұрын
I’ve been raised Catholic, so Marty’s virgin birth and her being free of sin is heavily emphasized and given great importance. It’s really interesting seeing this from a historical and philosophical perspective
@generallyuninterested49566 ай бұрын
Yes they always laid it on thick that the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION means without sin. Mary was without sin, her whole life, and that's why she was chosen.
@sjo92925 ай бұрын
@@Bob94390 Dear Friend, An attack against Mary's perpetual virginity is an attack on Jesus' divinity. If Jesus is not God, then His teachings have no authority. No need to care for your neighbor as Jesus commnaded--we are back to a paganistic 'strength makes right.'
@slik00silk845 ай бұрын
@@sjo9292 Now you got it! Religion is nonsense!
@bavariancarenthusiast27224 ай бұрын
@@generallyuninterested4956 Almost, but the only human who wandered the earth without sin was Jesus. Mary was a mortal sinner too.
@bavariancarenthusiast27224 ай бұрын
@@sjo9292 For me it would not make any difference whatsoever
@johnandmarylouwilde7882 Жыл бұрын
Years ago when I was a theological seminary librarian the newsletter of the National Association of Evangelicals published an interview with someone who had been on the team that translated the New International Version of the New Testament. Among other things he stated that all members of the team had to sign a pledge that they subscribed to the inerrency of the Bible. I couldn't find that stipulation in the preface to the translation. The interviewer then asked what they would do if some passage in the sources contradicted accepted dogma, for instance, "what if the word usually translated as "virgin" actually meant "young woman"? He replied that in that case they would have to translate it virgin since the virgin birth was a fundamental doctrine. I asked a seminary professor, a New Testament scholar, to comment. Right away he stated, "They are putting creed before scripture". I wrote the editor of the NAE newsletter and asked for his comment. His reply was, "That's an interesting question".
@susanrhodes907911 ай бұрын
In the early 1970s one of my professors told us young woman was mistranslated as virgin and that the miracle was not in the birth but in what he did during the 3 years of his ministry.
@Jehucurliss2kings11 ай бұрын
@@susanrhodes9079 and the greek word for sabbath ( sabbaton) was replaced with " first day of the week " several times. See interlinear and strongs exhaustive concordance
@PazPinhasRahamim922011 ай бұрын
*Proof that isiah **7:14** speaks of a woman that is already pregnant.* It seems that everyone is fixated with the word almah being young woman or a virgin (young woman, and I have plenty of proof for that from the OT), when there's another word in that same verse (!!), that makes it clear that this woman is *already pregnant* - e.g. couldn't even be thought of as virgin! *This is the original text from Isaiah 7:14:* לָכֵן יִתֵּן אֲדֹנָי הוּא, לָכֶם--אוֹת: הִנֵּה הָעַלְמָה, *הָרָה hara* וְיֹלֶדֶת בֵּן, וְקָרָאת שְׁמוֹ, עִמָּנוּ אֵל. *See the correct translation (chabad):* 14Therefore, the Lord, of His own, shall give you a sign; behold, *the young woman is with child,* and she shall bear a son, and she shall call his name Immanuel. *Hara - present tense examples: (KJV + NIV)* ___________________________________________________ *Genesis 16:11* וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה הִנָּ֥ךְ *הָרָ֖ה hara* וְיֹלַ֣דְתְּ בֵּ֑ן וְקָרָ֤את שְׁמוֹ֙ יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־עָנְיֵֽךְ׃ And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, *thou art with child* and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. ___________________________________________________ *Genesis 38:24* וַיְהִ֣י ׀ כְּמִשְׁלֹ֣שׁ חֳדָשִׁ֗ים וַיֻּגַּ֨ד לִֽיהוּדָ֤ה לֵֽאמֹר֙ זָֽנְתָה֙ תָּמָ֣ר כַּלָּתֶ֔ךָ וְגַ֛ם הִנֵּ֥ה *הָרָ֖ה hara* לִזְנוּנִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֔ה הוֹצִיא֖וּהָ וְתִשָּׂרֵֽף׃ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, *she is with child* by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. ___________________________________________________ *Genesis 38:25* הִ֣וא מוּצֵ֗את וְהִ֨יא שָׁלְחָ֤ה אֶל־חָמִ֙יהָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁר־אֵ֣לֶּה לּ֔וֹ אָנֹכִ֖י *הָרָ֑ה hara* וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַכֶּר־נָ֔א לְמִ֞י הַחֹתֶ֧מֶת וְהַפְּתִילִ֛ים וְהַמַּטֶּ֖ה הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, *am I with child:* and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff ___________________________________________________ *1st Samuel **4:19* וְכַלָּת֣וֹ אֵֽשֶׁת־פִּינְחָס֮ *הָרָ֣ה hara* לָלַת֒ וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת־הַשְּׁמֻעָ֔ה אֶל־הִלָּקַח֙ אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וּמֵ֥ת חָמִ֖יהָ וְאִישָׁ֑הּ וַתִּכְרַ֣ע וַתֵּ֔לֶד כִּֽי־נֶהֶפְכ֥וּ עָלֶ֖יהָ צִרֶֽיהָ׃שמואל א', ד', יט' And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, *was with child, near to be delivered:* and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. ___________________________________________________ *2 Samuel 11:5* וַתַּ֖הַר הָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה וַתִּשְׁלַח֙ וַתַּגֵּ֣ד לְדָוִ֔ד וַתֹּ֖אמֶר *הָרָ֥ה hara* אָנֹֽכִי׃ And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, *I am with child.* ___________________________________________________ *Jeremiah 31:8 NIV* הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אוֹתָ֜ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֗וֹן וְקִבַּצְתִּים֮ מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־אָרֶץ֒ בָּ֚ם עִוֵּ֣ר וּפִסֵּ֔חַ *הָרָ֥ה hara* וְיֹלֶ֖דֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו קָהָ֥ל גָּד֖וֹל יָשׁ֥וּבוּ הֵֽנָּה׃ See, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, *expectant mothers* and women in labor; a great throng will return. ___________________________________________________ *Isaiah 26:17* כְּמ֤וֹ *הָרָ֥ה hara* תַּקְרִ֣יב לָלֶ֔דֶת תָּחִ֥יל תִּזְעַ֖ק בַּחֲבָלֶ֑יהָ כֵּ֛ן הָיִ֥ינוּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ יְהוָֽה׃ As *a pregnant woman* about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, Lord. ___________________________________________________ *Exodus 21:22* וְכִֽי־יִנָּצ֣וּ אֲנָשִׁ֗ים וְנָ֨גְפ֜וּ אִשּׁה *הָרָה֙ hara* וְיָצְא֣וּ יְלָדֶ֔יהָ וְלֹ֥א יִהְיֶ֖ה אָס֑וֹן עָנ֣וֹשׁ יֵעָנֵ֗שׁ כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׁ֤ית עָלָיו֙ בַּ֣עַל הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וְנָתַ֖ן בִּפְלִלִֽים׃ 22 “If people are fighting and hit *a pregnant woman* and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. ___________________________________________________ Hebrew is my mother's tongue 🙏🏼
@benny-yj7pq11 ай бұрын
@@PazPinhasRahamim9220 The text in Isa 7:14 does not say, the alma is already pregnant. No translation says that, it is your own interpretation, even the JPS Tanakh 1917 says "behold, the (not a) young woman SHALL conceive and bear a son. The word alma we find also in Gen 24:43 for Rebecka, she is a virgin (24:16), and the sister of Moses is called alma, a young girl or maiden (Exo 2:8). All of them are virgins. Your scriptures are not virgins, but married women, or playing the harlot, or Hagar, being with child from Abraham. The young woman (virgin) will be with child and that is a sign, a miracle from God for Israel to see the birth of their Messiah, who is EL immanu, God with us, born of a virgin (Luke 1:26-38), the seed of the woman (Gen 3:15), the only God (EL), who was ever formed (Isa 43:10), the only Savior (Isa 43:11); the Word that became flesh (John 1:1-4+14). The sign (oth) here is a prophetic promise of a certain predicted event, as in 1.Sam 10:7+9 (Strong's), which is thrown into the text of Isa 7:14 and therefore belongs to the hidden God (EL, Isa 45:15), you do not know. He is the I AM HE of the burning bush (Exo 3:2), the Angel of the LORD; the Word (1.Sam3:1+7), The one that let the Israelites out of Egypt into the promised land and made HIS covenant with Israel on Mt. Sinai (Judges 2:1; Deut 4:20). Seek Him and you will find Him, He is the only way to the Father (John 14:6+9), the truth and the Lord from Heaven, the 2nd Adam without sin (1.Cor 15:47), a life giving Spirit (eternal life), a gift from the Father of lights.
@PazPinhasRahamim922011 ай бұрын
@@benny-yj7pq The translations was taken from the Chabad site, and as Hebrew is my mother's tongue I can tell you IT IS CORRECT - I gave more than enough examples FROM CHRISTIAN TRANSLATIONS (!!) how that same word means the same thing !! Pregnant - present tense. You can take your excuses somewhere else - time to get acquainted with Hebrew. This is just one example. There are plenty more. The woman Isaiah spoke of was already pregnant - Matthew lied - knowingly!! He also changed what the verse said that SHE will call him imanu-el to fit with the Christian narrative, as Mary was told to call him Jesus - not Imanu-el. And here is proof regarding*Almah*: *Proof that Alma in Isiah **7:14** means a young woman:* Alma (young woman) cannot be translated as Virgin and the proof of that is that the woman in question is already pregnant (!) and the text is clear about that as I already showed you in the previous response. Here are other citations from the OT that Alma or the derivative of said word can be found, and the way they were translated. Words in hebrew that derive from youth and young age - examples from the OT עלמה - alma - young woman; עלם - elem - young man עלמות - alamot - young women עלומיו - alumav - his youth עלומיך - alumecha - your youth __________________________________________________ *Genesis 24:43* הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי נִצָּב, עַל-עֵין הַמָּיִם; וְהָיָה *הָעַלְמָה,* הַיֹּצֵאת לִשְׁאֹב See, I am standing beside this spring. If a *young woman* comes out to draw water __________________________________________________ *1 Sam. **17:56* יֹּאמֶר, הַמֶּלֶךְ: שְׁאַל אַתָּה, בֶּן-מִי-זֶה *הָעָלֶם* The king said, “Find out whose son this *young man* is.” __________________________________________________ *1 Sam. **20:22* אִם-כֹּה אֹמַר *לָעֶלֶם,* הִנֵּה הַחִצִּים מִמְּךָ וָהָלְאָה--לֵךְ, כִּי שִׁלַּחֲךָ יְהוָה But if I say to *the boy,* ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, because the Lord has sent you away __________________________________________________ *Isiah 54:4* כִּי בֹשֶׁת *עֲלוּמַיִךְ* תִּשְׁכָּחִי, וְחֶרְפַּת אַלְמְנוּתַיִךְ לֹא תִזְכְּרִי-עוֹד You will forget the shame of *your youth* and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood __________________________________________________ *Psalms 68:25* קִדְּמוּ שָׁרִים, אַחַר נֹגְנִים; בְּתוֹךְ *עֲלָמוֹת,* תּוֹפֵפוֹת In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are *the young women* playing the timbrels. __________________________________________________ *Psalms 89:46* הִקְצַרְתָּ, יְמֵי *עֲלוּמָיו;* הֶעֱטִיתָ עָלָיו בּוּשָׁה סֶלָה You have shortened the days of *his youth;* You have enwrapped him with shame forever. (Chabad) __________________________________________________ *Job **20:11* עַצְמוֹתָיו, מָלְאוּ *עֲלוּמָו;* וְעִמּוֹ, עַל-עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּב The *youthful* vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust. __________________________________________________ *Job **33:25* רֻטְפַשׁ בְּשָׂרוֹ מִנֹּעַר; יָשׁוּב, לִימֵי *עֲלוּמָיו* let their flesh be renewed like a child’s; let them be restored as in the days of *their youth’* __________________________________________________ *Proverbs 30:19* וְדֶרֶךְ גֶּבֶר *בְּעַלְמָה* and the way of a man with *a young woman.* __________________________________________________ *Song of songs 1:3* רֵיחַ שְׁמָנֶיךָ טוֹבִים, שֶׁמֶן תּוּרַק שְׁמֶךָ; עַל-כֵּן, *עֲלָמוֹת* אֲהֵבוּךָ Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder *the young women* love you! __________________________________________________ *If you'll read Isaiah 7 in context you will see that there was an imminent threat - that boy eating the curds and the honey (products you can't find in the city in a time of siege) is a sign for king Ahaz that the two kings that invaded his country will not succeed in taking him down and Jerusalem along with it, they would die within a few years - its in verse 16.* *That is the sign ! Not a virgin birth!*
@ArchDragon88811 ай бұрын
An unmarried woman declared "virtuous" under Davidic Law in the eyes of God= Virgin
@gavinmickwee885329 күн бұрын
Except there is a specific word Betulah and that simply wasnt used. Almah the word used means young woman.
@brotherbob592311 ай бұрын
What an interesting and an insightful podcast.Thanks to Megan and Professor Bart.If I had a chance to ask Prof. a question,I would like to ask why does he think most English translation of Isaiah 7:14 translated that bit about almah as "..SHALL/WILL concieve and bear a son.." instead of "..IS WITH child, and she shall bear a son.."? Is there anything ambiguous in the original Hebrew text? If indeed Hebrew has no future tense as some may want to argue,then why not interprete the verse as "IS WITH child, and she BEARS a son,"? Another question I would like to ask is if it is 'a' almah as with indefinite article or 'the' almah as definite?
@benny-yj7pq11 ай бұрын
It is the alma, the only one, descendant from King David through the root of Jesse, namely Nathan, a branch out of dry ground, betrothed to the kingly line of King David, a virgin, to bring forth the Messiah in His given time, before the destruction of the 2nd temple, 483 years after the decree of Artaxerxes in Neh 2 in his 20th year (445 BC), converted to our time 365,25 days of the year, we come to 32 AD, when Yeshua was crucified Dan 9:26.
@eurech Жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to listen to Bart and Megan
@stevearmstrong6758 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad Bart covers Isaiah 7:14 (again) but it will (again) fall on deaf ears.
@herminepursch2470 Жыл бұрын
People believe what they want to believe. Everyone thinks they know the truth
@chrisstathe9183 Жыл бұрын
The NT says she was a virgin until the birth of Jesus and I trust God over men who are sinful and will parish because of sin.His coming seems very close.
@sciptick Жыл бұрын
@@chrisstathe9183 They promised it would happen before the last Apostle died. The only possible conclusion is that it already happened, way back when. All the chosen went to heaven, back when; there were so few, nobody noticed. Everybody left behind were ... all our ancestors, sorry.
@SeanusAurelius Жыл бұрын
@@sciptick "Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” 23 Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?”
@evanthomas872611 ай бұрын
@@chrisstathe9183the NT was written by men and then edited and mistranslated numerous times.
@kevonkenna98911 ай бұрын
Working in Bangladesh in the late 1980s I read a newspaper story headined "Virgin mother and her undesirable child killed". An English speaking Bengali explained that this just meant 'unmarried mother and her bastard killed'. Even in English "Virgin" needn't mean Virgin.
@elisemiller134 ай бұрын
Thank you, this was very helpful in understanding some ( for lack of better word) fundamental things regarding controversial Christian beliefs
@Airic Жыл бұрын
quick input @ 15:55 ... but Matthew is also implying Jesus' divinity as well by alluding to Micah 5:2 which says "out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, *whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”* - Keywords: *from ancient times,* therefore this is not only predicting Yeshua as a divine being who already existed in ancient times, but also the fact that he's born as a human in Bethleham ...
@stephenwodz7593 Жыл бұрын
That final listener's question to Bart was mine. Thanks for asking it, Megan. I believe this is a fact that acts as a useful antidote to the Sola Scriptura fundamentalists.
@coconoir618711 ай бұрын
Thank you for asking this question. I have had a problem with this Sola Scriptura doctrine.
@letsomethingshine10 ай бұрын
Yes, which scripture canon and why? Jesus and Paul contradict each on many important points and they both quote from the missing book of Enoch/Necho, no?
@VJacquette Жыл бұрын
Dr. Ehrman says that there are 4 terms that people get confused, but he only discusses 3 of them: virginal conception, virgin birth, and the perpetual virginity of Mary. The one he didn't get to was the immaculate conception, which is a totally different thing still.
@scotthix2926 Жыл бұрын
Luckily 3 of the 4 topics are not biblical, virgin birth - Jesus teleported out of Mary, perpetual virgin - we have evidence Jesus biological brothers and sisters,
@aussierob7177 Жыл бұрын
Jesus did not have biological brothers and sisters.@@scotthix2926
@herminepursch2470 Жыл бұрын
Mary was a good Jewish woman and the old testament part in Bible says be fruitful and multiply and I believe she was
@lucillebonds2196 Жыл бұрын
@@scotthix2926 December 27, 2023 St. John the Beloved. Christus natus est nobis; venite, adoremus! In what book does it say that Our Lord Jesus Christ had biological brothers and sisters? If He had, why did Jesus gave His Mother to John when He was dying on the Cross. Would His brothers or sisters would not get mad that He gave His mother to another person not His biological brothers and sisters? We're in the 21st century I have never heard or known that Jesus or Mary's descendant step up that Mary or Jesus was their direct blood relatives and they are proud that God-Jesus was part of their BLOODLINE? Lol!!! Conclusion: You don't understand why God the Father sent His Only Begotten Son to be born to THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (MARY, Most Holy The Virgin Mother of God). To save the human race from sin. To open heaven again because Adam and Eve's sin denied us heaven. PRAYER TO THE HOLY GHOST. "Come Holy Ghost, *fill the hearts of Thy faithful * and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love. *Send forth Thy Spirit, * and they shall be created, * and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. * O God, Who by the light of the Holy Ghost, * didst instruct the hearts of the faithful, * grant that in the same Holy Spirit * we may be truly wise* and ever rejoice in His consolation. * Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
@AgeOfNefarious_Deception11 ай бұрын
Let's not trust anything this guy says shall we. Immaculate conception is Catholic and they say that Mary was sinless. Mary was in no way sinless but Jesus was and that is because sin is inherited from the father and not the mother. We have all inherited sin from Adam and not Eve.
@LewisLittle6611 ай бұрын
My guess is a translation error. But I like to think of an alternative idea; Mary runs to Joseph in a panic; "Joseph! Joseph! I'm pregnant! But we're not married, they'll stone me to death! What will we do?" Joseph considers for a moment, then says, "Don't worry love, I've got a BRILLIANT idea..."
@ilih54874 ай бұрын
Lol, I love that. Imagine if there was an after life and there's Joseph and Mary having to break the news to new comers about their premarital devils tango
@johnheaton50584 ай бұрын
Puerile and cynical at the same time...
@anushkasekkingstad13003 ай бұрын
Your alternative idea sounds eminently credible.
@demonking864203 ай бұрын
@@ilih5487 more common than one thinks(especially when you factor in the kind of couple who wants to make their marriage "special and unforgettable"... yknow the kind, the ones that go "No it cant be during the harvest!" "No, I want it to be on or near the new year!" and then they keep postponing)
@jamesmulvey138610 ай бұрын
The term I recall is Immaculate Conception --- hope this little message is helpful.
@philipgregg791210 ай бұрын
I found this lecture very interesting. I'm not a Christian, but have been always been interested in how Christianity was formed and developed. Thank you
@tasmarkou568110 ай бұрын
Listen to jay dyer for christian history, was born baptist then was catholic 10 years now orthodox
@philipgregg791210 ай бұрын
@@tasmarkou5681 thank you
@hankhouke Жыл бұрын
The big confusion here, is that in that day, if a man was killed in battle, or abandoned his wife, or died, the "Temple" would hold a "service" that declared the woman a "virgin". This would serve to announce that she was socially and legally available to remarry. (not really what we perceive as a "virgin")
@Demandroid Жыл бұрын
I found this amusing: At 14:46 Bart uses the word 'maiden' to clearly just mean young woman in a neutral sense, contrasting it with 'parthenos' which meant young woman at one point in Ancient Greek but then more unambiguously came to mean 'virgin'. But 'maiden,' ironically, used to unambiguously mean virgin, but now is more neutral, the exact opposite semantic trajectory of 'parthenos'!
@KaiHenningsen Жыл бұрын
And as I always mention when this comes up, the German word for virgin, "Jungfrau", is literally "jung" (young) + "Frau" (woman). This really shows how, when these words formed, societies thought about women.
@BenjWarrant Жыл бұрын
Is the word _parthenos_ related to the Parthenon?
@ronaldroell9244 Жыл бұрын
@@BenjWarrant "temple of the virgin goddess"
@jnmincali Жыл бұрын
how does the english word maiden have anything to do with the hebrew text he was speaking of
@michaelodonnell824 Жыл бұрын
@@BenjWarrant Exactly. The Patron Goddess of Athens, to whom The Parthenon was dedicated was Pallas Athena also known as Athena Parthenos, because she was a Virgin Goddess.
@remaeburney83211 ай бұрын
Was Joseph a virgin, also? Nobody ever commented on this. Male partiarchy doesn't require Joseph to be pure. Only the woman. In answer to the question. She had a full pelvic exam by God and the Holy Spirit or whoever the OB/GYN was back in that time. 😊
@Airic Жыл бұрын
the key question is, was Isaiah 7:14 actually "mistranslated" from Hebrew to Greek, or, was it *properly* translated since perhaps the Greek writers of that time knew the original Hebrew context that was implied? Matthew didn't translate the OT himself, others did before him, so is Bart implying that the writers before Matthew were also illiterate or inaccurate with their portrayal of the Hebrew scriptures?
@michaeltelson979811 ай бұрын
There are several translation errors in the Septuagint. For example: Moses comes down with Sinai with horns (see Michelangelo’s statue of Moses), it was supposed to be a halo or glow surrounding him. As well parting the Red Sea and the Reed Sea. Where it doesn’t matter because it doesn’t change the meaning is the parable about “the camel through the eye of a needle”, it is discussed that the Greek word for hawser (thick ropes) was probably meant there. A camel or a hawser would either be too large to through a needle’s eye.
@Airic10 ай бұрын
@@michaeltelson9798 yeah I heard about the needle's eye error, but those aren't errors that change the meaning of the text, that's merely a "non-meaningful variant".
@stephenbouchelle770610 ай бұрын
Excellent interview from both of you. Very interesting and informative. Thanks.
@onlyme972 Жыл бұрын
A woman tells her husband shes pregnant but its not his, 😮instant stoning, even today in some countrys.
@ericbilodeau3897 Жыл бұрын
So hilarious that many Christians quote fulfillment of prophecies as their best evidence justifying their belief when very little of it is contained within Mark, but pretty much just seems like Matthew and John went fishing for as many prophecies as possible and found a way to write them all into their gospels as modifications to the story they copied from Mark
@of94905 ай бұрын
I'm glad they used the septuagint, or many of these failures would not be so obvious when compared to Torah.
@sjo92925 ай бұрын
Dear Friend, All the Gospels proclaim the virginity of the Mother of Jesus by pointing-out that Jesus is God: St. Mark by Jesus' Baptism: "This is My Beloved Son", and St. John's teaching on the Word being God. Today, 2000 years removed from Jesus’ earthly life, married deacons in the Catholic Church embrace celibacy for the sake of their consecration. The virgin Mother of God’s consecration is far greater: she who was immaculately conceived herself conceived the God-man through the power of the Holy Spirit, bore Him in her body for nine months, and lived closely with Him for 30 years before His public ministry. Mary and Jesus are intimately united; they cannot be separated! The no one can think of her for more than an instant before being led to thoughts of Jesus-she ‘magnifies the Lord.’ The teaching of Mary's perpetual virginity is one of the longest defined dogmas of the Church. It was taught by the earliest Church Fathers, including St. Turtullian. Meditating on the life of Jesus in the Gospel through the prayer of the rosary is the source of tremendous graces and blessings as the demons, unwillingly, testify: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6mVpJKFaLBkmZosi=tq5KfOg_woZBA3CU
@slik00silk845 ай бұрын
Yup
@sjo92925 ай бұрын
Friend, that is one way of looking at it. OR they recognized the fulfillment of the prophecies; they didn't have to look for it--Acts 15:21: the OT was proclaimed in every synagogue for generations. You appear to be agnostic; may I ask what caused that?
@BlueLightningSky5 ай бұрын
@@sjo9292if they recognized it why didn't Mark write it down?
@nutricook1 Жыл бұрын
Bart D. Ehrman's teachings pushed me into the dark night of the soul and spiritual awakening. Been researching, learning, and growing spiritually ever since. Much respect for the person.
@abdulrazarc53211 ай бұрын
You shouldn't be in the dark for ever. Have you researched Islam ? It definitely will be your next destination
@@abdulrazarc532 I took a course in comparative religion. I understand the basic tenets of Islam. Very intrigued by the pilgrimage to Meca. I enjoyed Buddhism as well. My attention was captivated by the levels of consciousness and enlightenment. Next by Reiki and Kundalini awakening. This led me to New Age philosophy, unity consciousness, and ascension of the soul. Right now I am into co-creator through oneness with the One God/Devine Source.
@paigerasmussen521211 ай бұрын
Check out any show on this channel with a Rabbi who can recite the New Testament for the absolute most comprehensive Biblical context (and correction) for all kinds of issues in it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXPMfKqLetSfhtksi=fEOqFns1Xqd2_hav
@judyswiderski268211 ай бұрын
Jesus said, You must be born again. John 3:3-8. "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Why? "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter i to the kingdom of God. That whjch is born of flesh is flesh, and that which is born of Spirit is spirit." Verses 3:5-6. Born again is also called regeneration. Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary online. 'Regeneration means; Reproduction, the act of producing anew. In theology, New birth by the grace of God, that change by which the will and natural enmity of man to God and his law are subdued, and a principle of supreme love to God and his law, or holy affections, are implanted in the heart.' Humbling isn't it. We cannot do that on our own, even with tons and tons of repenting God. Jesus said, My words are spirit and life." John 6:63. We cannot walk by the Spirit when we walk by our own understanding, called sin. Ask God to send the Holy Ghost, Luke 11:13. He will bring your sins to mind. As he does ask Jesus to forgive you. This will be painful, pride hates it! When you see your desperate need, call out to Jesus to see save you. He came to save sinners. Then do as the risen Jesus commanded, be baptized. Matthew 28:18-20. Think on Mark 1:1-5, 16:16, John 3:3-8, 2 Peter 3:9, Romans 6:3-11, 1 Corinthians 12:13 and Colossians 2:6-15.
@christianrapper5 Жыл бұрын
I am protestant and have been in the baptist and holiness church. I have never seen any protestant that believes in the perpetual virginity. That’s taught in Catholic churches.
@curious011 Жыл бұрын
Protestant preachers stay far far away from that topic. They all know about this from seminary, unless they hate any education, which is spoken of a LOT in the pentecostal movements, but they all have heard this and many other contradictions, they choose not to preach about any of that.
@christianrapper5 Жыл бұрын
@@curious011 “contradictions”? That’s not even in the bible.
@StevenHughes-hr5hp4 ай бұрын
@@curious011The virgin birth is in The Bible. Mary not being a good wife after Jesus was born was made up by the Catholic church. It is not at all scriptural.
@whtiequillBj11 ай бұрын
One thing I noticed this past Christmas season was the Christmas mass didn't talk about the virgin birth at all! It was about the coming of Jesus and how it will be important to Easter! There was literally nothing about the significance of the birth. It was all about a way to transition to Easter.
@strongtools.sigfrido Жыл бұрын
"Who Says Mary Was a Virgin?" - The promotion department of THE BUSINESS MODEL CHRISTIANITY says so.
@thelyrebird1310 Жыл бұрын
I have had standup arguments with priests, bishops and nuns about the crazy things that they throw out
@letsomethingshine10 ай бұрын
Like standup comedy? 🎭
@Bluets023Ай бұрын
Blessing with a guitar ?
@harper626 Жыл бұрын
Alexander the Greats mother told his father, on returning from battle, that she was raped and made pregnate by the god Zeus. That's her story and she's sticking to it.
@jeffryphillipsburns Жыл бұрын
Pregnant, not “pregnate”. Alternatively, you could say “WAS IMpregnated”.
@bavariancarenthusiast27224 ай бұрын
Yes and it was true of course :) That was the best story for many young women who got pregnant and it would have been deadly for her otherwise.
@RobertBee-fs8hv3 ай бұрын
@jeffryphillipsburnoh really?. So that is how ìt is spelled or pronounced
@lawrenceehrbar8667Ай бұрын
Perhaps, but biographies of Alexander weren't written until at least five hundred years after his death. Lol
@paganphil1003 ай бұрын
Apparently the word "virgin" in those days meant "unmarried". Most biblical scholars believe she was probably about 14 or 15 years old when she became pregnant so that makes more sense than the belief that she was magically impregnated. Don't forget, the meanings of words change over time.
@scottythetrex5197 Жыл бұрын
I don't get why Ehrman is so convinced Jesus existed given all the inconsistences in the gospels and all the material that seems to have been added later or flat out made up.
@tyronecox5976 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Jesus just means saviour in Greek, Titus called all rebellious leaders Jesus, satire, why all the Gospels contradict each other, different Jesus's, Titus was Jacob, Israel, Enoch before that, Titus wrote All biblical scripture,read Isaiah 63 and you'll see Titus's satire and proof that he's the author,Titus was Dionysus God of wine fertility and the underworld,why wine's mentioned so often,satire.
@glumet1 Жыл бұрын
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎶 *The Virgin Birth Introduction* - Exploring the origin and significance of the Virgin birth in the New Testament. - The prevalence of the Virgin birth story during the Christmas season. - Questioning the story's importance to early Christians and its subsequent central role in various denominations. 03:03 🤔 *Virgin Birth in Other Religions* - Clarifying the uniqueness of the Virgin birth of Jesus compared to Greek and Roman traditions. - Distinctions between miraculous births in Greek and Roman myths and the Virgin birth story in the New Testament. - Highlighting the absence of virgin birth narratives similar to Jesus in contemporary religions. 05:03 📚 *Differing Virgin Birth Accounts* - Addressing the contrasting narratives of the Virgin birth in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. - Noting the contradictions and differences between Matthew and Luke's accounts. - Emphasizing the absence of the Virgin birth story in Mark and John, the earliest and latest canonical gospels. 08:13 📖 *Matthew's Scriptural Fulfillment* - Analyzing Matthew's viewpoint on the Virgin birth's significance through the lens of fulfilling prophecy. - Explaining Matthew's use of Isaiah's prophecy to depict Jesus' birth as fulfilling scripture. - Discussing the linguistic discrepancy between the Hebrew text and the Greek translation in Isaiah 7:14. 15:22 🌟 *Luke's Divine Origin Narrative* - Contrasting Luke's perspective on the Virgin birth as portraying Jesus' divine origin. - Exploring Luke's focus on Jesus' divine heritage rather than fulfilling prophecy. - Highlighting the differences in theological emphasis between Matthew and Luke. 17:23 🔍 *Significance of Absence in Mark and John* - Significance of the absence of Virgin birth narratives in Mark and John and its theological implications. - Speculation on reasons behind Mark's omission and John's lack of reference to the Virgin birth. - Observing the combination of Virgin birth and Incarnation by later theologians in the Creed. 19:54 📜 *Virgin Birth Beyond Matthew and Luke* - Discussing the scarcity of references to Jesus' birth in the New Testament apart from Matthew and Luke. - Pointing out Paul's indirect mention of Jesus' birth without specifically mentioning the Virgin birth. - Highlighting Acts' omission of Jesus' Virgin birth despite being written by Luke, the author of one of the Virgin birth narratives. 22:09 📖 *Early Christian writings on Virgin birth* - Christian writings assume Jesus born of a virgin based on Matthew and Luke. - Non-canonical sources like the Proto Gospel of James elaborate on Jesus' birth details. - Traditions from non-Christian sources suggest Mary was impregnated by a Roman soldier. 24:40 🤰 *Perpetual virginity of Mary* - Clarifies terms: virginal conception, virginal birth, and Perpetual virginity. - Perpetual virginity arose in the 3rd-5th centuries, emphasizing a chaste life. - Joseph's supposed previous marriage or cousins presented as explanations for Jesus' siblings. 30:49 🌟 *Evolution of the importance of Virgin birth* - The Virgin birth was not initially crucial in early Christianity, absent in Mark and John. - Gradually gains significance in 2nd-3rd centuries, marking Jesus' uniqueness. - Heightened importance in 4th century: seen as proof fulfilling scripture, emphasizing spiritual life over bodily desires. 36:31 🎄 *Bart's upcoming Christmas course* - Bart's upcoming course challenges the notion of Jesus' virgin birth. - Focuses on New Testament evidence suggesting Joseph as Jesus' father. - Discusses contradictions between the accounts of Matthew and Luke regarding Jesus' birth. 39:52 📚 *Theological reflections in Gospel narratives* - Gospel stories seem shaped around Jesus' death and resurrection. - References in the text hinting at later events, such as Jesus' prediction of his death. - Narrative elements subtly hinting at a broader cosmic plan tied to Jesus' death and resurrection. 44:40 📜 *Interpretation of Old Testament references to Jesus* - Early Christians sought passages in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) to align with Jesus's life and suffering. - Passages like Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22 were construed as references to Jesus' suffering for others. - Various Old Testament instances, such as the story of Adam and Eve, were interpreted to foreshadow Jesus's sacrifice. 46:27 📖 *Author's portrayal of Jesus in Mark's Gospel* - Mark's portrayal in his Gospel emphasizes Jesus facing death and its significance. - Mark's depiction shows Jesus in deep agony and despair, questioning why he must endure his fate. - The narrative aims to convey that even Jesus, facing death, didn't comprehend its necessity, but the readers would understand the divine purpose behind it. 50:31 📚 *Absence of scripture in early Christian creeds* - Early Christian creeds, like the Apostles' and Nicene Creed, do not mention belief in the Bible as a criterion for being Christian. - These creeds express theological views rooted in biblical interpretations rather than explicitly stating belief in the Bible. - The absence of a direct mention of the Bible in these creeds suggests that historical Christian identity wasn't based on belief in the Bible itself. 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@jeffryphillipsburns Жыл бұрын
Wow. You really put some effort into this.
@knotlock Жыл бұрын
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@SineN0mine3 Жыл бұрын
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@ZsuzsannaBudapest Жыл бұрын
All great heroes must be born from virgins.
@newnoggin2 Жыл бұрын
Greatest word about religion on history which nobody read.
@Cookie69697 Жыл бұрын
I don't know why this was explained to me by a Greek Orthodox Priest but in short a lot of the Bible was originally scribed in Greek and was converted to other languages which caused problems. One thing I remember that Mary was recorded as being pure which over time got translated to virgin which has stuck and is taken literally.... Now will watch the video and see what is revealed 😄 Edit: I should have explained I was 11 and had been told to leave conformation class in Dr Barnardos 😂 this is the short version....today I'm still an atheist
@63grandsport1111 ай бұрын
Is a absolutely chaste young woman pure ?
@ryanshannon696311 ай бұрын
@@63grandsport11 you mean *young girl*, woman indicates above 18 years of age in modern linguistics. She was 12 to 15 years old when she was married off and impregnated. I guess the Ibrahamic god likes'em young.
@idigamstudios746311 ай бұрын
@@ryanshannon6963 This was pretty common at the time and gets very disturbing when God commanded his children to slaughter everyone of a particular tribe/nation *except* the young girls. Those he commanded be made into sex slaves (so much for all loving.)
@SeekingVirtueA Жыл бұрын
I’d really love an episode on why to think that Luke 1 and 2 is an interpolation!
@evanmalt15457 ай бұрын
At 30:40 Professor Ehrman says that the Greek word for cousin is anipsios as oppoed to adelfos (brother). But anipsios means nephew, not cousin. The Greek word for cousin i esadelfos which ounds very much like adelfos.
@MarkSmith-ou7ty5 ай бұрын
Love Barts knowledge and how Megan asks the questions fab!
@ReboneMora Жыл бұрын
Every time I come across information like this I ask myself, “How many misconceptions can I take but retain my faith?” Or also “Does this directly undermine my faith?” Because honestly, I’m not going going to just stand here with my blood over something I was taught…but also I’m not letting it go without having studied it rigorously..
@jessknauftofsantaynezvalle4111 Жыл бұрын
You can argue over whether the original prophesy in Isaiah was meant to be taken as rectilinear. But at the end of the day it doesn’t matter. That’s because it could still be quoted in the sense of being a typological fulfillment in Jesus. As a typological fulfillment it works like this. Anyone can take a passage out its native habitat and describe it as being fulfilled. For example, a Christian could quote a passage out of its native context “I have plans for you to give you a future & a hope” and say that’s a passage that was fulfilled for them. The first order question is whether the reporting of Jesus promising the gift of recall and being guided into all truth (John 14:26; 16:13) was likely an accurate reflection. If so, then Jesus’ resurrection provides an epistemic routing for the acceptance of the rest of the Gospel accounts, such as the birth narratives, being totally accurate in its reporting.
@robinhood20253 Жыл бұрын
The time to believe something is after it is supported by evidence.
@indimist Жыл бұрын
Faith is the lowest order of cognition
@markantrobus8782 Жыл бұрын
See Wittgenstein's "Culture and Value".
@markantrobus8782 Жыл бұрын
Also new translation of Tolstoy "Gospel in Brief."
@rabokarabekian409 Жыл бұрын
Mother Angelica answered this on screen as she popped another piece of candy in her mouth, "She is an honorary virgin." Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Hebrews 1:11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Benjamin Franklin, "The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason."
@dthomas923010 ай бұрын
Faith has less efficacy than a lottery ticket.
@sjo92925 ай бұрын
If Mother Angelica had candy in her mouth, then you cannot be sure what she said. The Immaculate Conception and Mary's Perpetual Virginity are dogmas of the Catholic Church, and Mother Angelica was publicly Catholic--she would never have disavowed these teachings. BF was not Catholic. Faith and reason go together: God is the source of both.
@sjo92925 ай бұрын
Friend, If Mother Angelica had candy in her mouth, then you cannot be sure what she said. The Immaculate Conception and Mary's Perpetual Virginity are dogmas of the Catholic Church, and Mother Angelica was publicly Catholic--she would never have disavowed these teachings. BF was not Catholic. Faith and reason go together: God is the source of both. Scientific evidence of a soul: kzbin.info/www/bejne/moSmfKOmpZZni5osi=FZ_SdLJfF9s1zEDl
@kubhlaikhan2015 Жыл бұрын
I read (I forget where) that the marriage customs in Palestine at that time often happened in two phases - first a firm betrothal ceremony, followed only many years later by a completion of the marriage rites. The delay between was often a decade or longer and if a child were conceived during this interval it was customary to refer to them as "virgin births". I still agree that Matthew's interpretation is motivated by the need to fulfill Isaiah's prophecies, it just lends itself to that reinterpretation.
@jersmith1486 Жыл бұрын
Israel not "Palestine"
@kubhlaikhan2015 Жыл бұрын
@@jersmith1486 The whole region was never called "Israel". This is a modern invention. The Romans called it Palaestina or Syria Palaestina. The word can be traced to the first Philistine state in 1200BC (if not earlier). Besides, this extended period of 'semi-marriage' was probably common to the whole region.
@jersmith1486 Жыл бұрын
@kubhlaikhan2015 the Romans (Emperor Hadrian) started calling it Philistine to piss off the jews. It was the kingdoms of Israel and Judah for centuries. Fun fact: philistine means; invader, trespasser, occupier.
@balafama2120 Жыл бұрын
@@kubhlaikhan2015 Stop being sly and disingenuous .there was no palestine when Jesus was born. it was Judea and Samaria.,along with other towns .
@kubhlaikhan2015 Жыл бұрын
You need a history book @@balafama2120 . Fortunately Roman records are very extensive and reliable - it was always called Palestine.
@dontheis53426 ай бұрын
If God and Jesus are one, how is the insemination of Mary by God/Jesus explained?
@oml81mm Жыл бұрын
Could there have been a requirement that Jesus should be free of original (or inherited) sin?
@margaretlouise6200 Жыл бұрын
Rocco Errico, an ancient Aramaic scholar, said that "born of a virgin" was Aramaic idiom meaning an honest, good man. Like a lot of Aramaic idioms translated literally into Greek, they become incomprehensible or give a factual interpretation to a metaphorical meaning. If this is true, people talking in Aramaic may have given rise to a big misunderstanding in early Christianity. Another example Errico gave is the passage "...it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle." The word for camel in Aramaic is also the word for rope. So the passage in Aramaic would have been "easier for a rope to pass through the eye of a needle."
@yakinyisrael8308 Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate these interviews. Mostly I enjoy the information. Meaning Bart simply gives info for us, the listener, to make our judgments. Better yet provokes us to study more not just to rely on what we are told.👍👍👍
@ChristoverMarxfortheWin Жыл бұрын
Um, Atheists and other anti-Christ's are relying on what Ehrman is telling them to believe. You know that right?
@zapkvr Жыл бұрын
How can you possibly make judgements when you dont know the history? Whom do you trust for your information, yourself?
@RichardKipkiruirono Жыл бұрын
I find Dr Bart very scholerly, that's why he bring mistakes in translation which I concur with him , but God tells us to abide in him that he might express his word to us. That's why at Pentecost, it was said ' this was that spoken by Joel.
@RichardKipkiruirono Жыл бұрын
David in psalms says God spoke once and I heard twice psalms 62:11. Meaning that if we approach the Bible reverently we'll know the truth.
@jaclynrichmond1049 Жыл бұрын
@user-tn8oe6eb7u bart has talks on how the spirit filled belief was added, some of the gospels don't focus on spirit at all, some do. They are fighting over the subject.
@randelhodge3277 Жыл бұрын
These commentaries are fantastic. Much appreciated. Here's a question for Bart: Are there any indications, in the gospels or extant, that the gospel writers actually knew one another?
@Spamlett Жыл бұрын
He doesnt read comments, if you go on his website you can submit questions there
@CelineRockIt Жыл бұрын
That's a great question!
@normative Жыл бұрын
Knew personally or knew the work of? It’s basically universally agreed that Luke and Matthew both had (and extensively copied) Mark. Most scholars think John didn’t know the prior gospels, but there’s some debate. No indication that any of them personally knew each other, and various reasons to think it’s unlikely.
@randelhodge3277 Жыл бұрын
@@normative Knew personally. I figured that was probably the case. Thanks for the response.
@toddstevens9667 Жыл бұрын
If you accept the NT as true … then Luke, as a traveling partner of Paul, probably knew Matthew and John (since Paul met with the Judean Apostles at least a couple times) and Mark (who was also a sometimes traveling partner with Paul). Luke almost certainly knew Peter (who ministered with Paul in Galatia), who many scholars believe was the source of Mark’s Gospel. But who knows for sure?
@noahway13 Жыл бұрын
I want to know why the lineage of Jesus is documented thru the Old Testament, up to Joseph, but Joseph was not the father???
@Katnip45211 күн бұрын
Better yet, who says “Mary” ever existed at all? A storybook a few thousand years old written by unknown authors we are just supposed to trust heard the story right or were sane or truthful.
@huguesdepayens80711 сағат бұрын
Do you really need that much evidence to be convinced a person existed? That's not exactly a high bar.
@Katnip4529 сағат бұрын
@ What is more likely: that the laws of nature be completely altered or that someone told a fib? A story about a person doesn’t make them real. A story about an extraordinary magical person requires extraordinary evidence. Mary’s got zippo and is zippo.
@huguesdepayens8077 сағат бұрын
@@Katnip452 So you think the laws of nature need to be altered for a person to exist?
@timothymalone7067 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this series!!!
@scottsimmons7897 Жыл бұрын
8:05 In order for Jesus to be Son of God, Mary would logically have to miraculously conceive via the Holy Spirit; otherwise, Jesus would be merely a man, albeit the wisest among humankind. His divinity is the whole point and key to the salvific mission of Yeshua. He is the God/Man who takes his human nature from his mother, hence the importance of the Virgin Birth.
@tylerenglehart19144 ай бұрын
Even if Joseph was his biological father of the Messiah, the Messiah would have not lost his Divinity. The issue lies in the Doctrine of the Original Sin. Part of that doctrine is when Adam sinned our flesh became corrupted. I personally don’t believe that it’s the flesh but it’s our hearts.
@bringingforthtruth13 күн бұрын
More reason to make up the virgin birth to try and fulfill a lie that did not occur because obviously jesus did not fulfill any other Jewish messianic prophecies other then being a jew born of a virgin, matthew is the biggest liar when it comes to trying to prove jesus was a messiah or Divine which he definitely was not, people do the same placebo effect jesus taught to his apostles. There was no magical healing nor was there raising of the dead that is also claimed by many churches of today that is becoming mote and more commonplace which is causing death and further torment for the sick. Jesus was watched by the jews while doing these supposed healing and they saw that he was full of it. The people wouldn't be healed and the jews saw this and called out jesus for his blaspheme and lies against their god. No man should have to heal others when God is the one who can and could and would through prayer of him. Jesus was never a messiah and never fulfilled anything except for being used by the Roman empire and twisted and thwarted for control and power over their enemies. The muslims were the ones who eventually defeated the romans after war after war. The christians destroyed the Jewish temple and their homes and would crucify jews if they did not accept jesus. Christianity was never created by jesus nor did jesus want us to start this "new" religion. Jesus came to get rid of religion because he wanted a universal religion, a one world religion to worship the one and only true God of judaism and that he said himself he was sent by God as a "Prophet" and that's all he was according to himself. We humans who turned him into a "god" or "christ" which he himself explains he was not or is those things. There is no factual evidence to prove mary was a virgin and without anything other then spoken word by mistranslation of Greek text by a Roman scholar who clearly could care less about the mistakes they put into the bible is not enough to be trusted that something that can't happened did happen. That could also apply to the entire bible that isn't historically relevant, and even if it is, it does not mean God was doing anything and those people simply had "blind faith" and didn't see things as coincidences or doctors using human medicine or treatments to help you and save your life that people will say God answered their prayers but he didn't because there is no God above us, simple as that. Anyone can believe in whatever they want. I could believe in a spaghetti monster that no one else can see yet I could say I have faith it exists and you cannot deny my god just as you would say can't deny your God because there is no evidence or way to prove a supreme invisible being that rules everything exists nor ever has.
@NikoAmeristar Жыл бұрын
I'm not a religious guy, but I read the book three times a long time ago and no matter if he ever existed according to the book he was a decent human being.
@Azizullah13579 Жыл бұрын
Yes, especially in revelations
@donaldrice5281 Жыл бұрын
How many times does the Bible have to say something for it to be true? Since the Bible plainly says that all Scripture is given by the inspiration of GOD
@curious011 Жыл бұрын
you cant use the bible to prove the bible. i can find you all kinds of religious books that say they are also true. you need some hard evidence.
@Kyeudo Жыл бұрын
_["How many times does the Bible have to say something for it to be true?"]_ Only once, but only if it was true before the Bible made the claim. _["Since the Bible plainly says that all Scripture is given by the inspiration of GOD"]_ And so what? The Book of Mormon makes the same claim. Are you a Mormon?
@LesiaHoldings-rp8ym Жыл бұрын
It was a miracle which happened. The Bible says "Behold,a virgin shall conceive,and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" Isaiah 7:14. Note: -- Immanuel means "God with us," (See Mathew 1:23).
@JB-jkhb1972 Жыл бұрын
Perfect Christmas intro.. love this series
@judithgockel1001 Жыл бұрын
In about 1972 a new translation of the Bible was released. The issuers had gone back to the earliest written texts, and found the descriptive adjective for the mother of Jesus was not ‘virgin’, but ‘young woman’. This was during the furor concerning Nixon’s VP. The publication knocked the VP off the news, the new Bible was rapidly withdrawn from sale. The suggestion concerningYahweh ‘passing over’ Mary rather sounds like Zeus’ stunts that made Hera so bad-tempered
@SineN0mine3 Жыл бұрын
Obviously some parts of the Bible are open to interpretation, that's what the gospel writers intended. It's of the utmost importance though, that you only ever interpret them with the advanced permission and approval of the church. Gods words aren't just for anybody, after all.
@Stantheman444411 ай бұрын
@@SineN0mine3something as fundamental as a virgin birth, was not to be left open for interpretations.
@judithgockel100111 ай бұрын
@@SineN0mine3 - which church?
@judithgockel100110 ай бұрын
At the Council of Nicaea, Jesus’s divinity came to a vote. He placed as ‘divine’ by two votes. Had The Church gone two human votes the other way, theology would be very different.
@davidleckrone9011 ай бұрын
It took 72 years of life and 48 years in music ministry to realize the "Church" has lied to us since 325 AD. There are good people going to "Church" but the only time Christ appears in 'christ'ianity is in the first six letters of the word. David Leckrone Appomattox, VA
@mobilephoneuser-pr8cj7 ай бұрын
Being an ex Catholic for 32 years when I question the church they basically kicked me out not officially but the way the priest handle the situation you're not welcome here so I quit going and the church that I attended back then does it covered they finally closed
@mobilephoneuser-pr8cj7 ай бұрын
The church closed because of covid and this voice typing isn't so accurate
@Heroball2996 ай бұрын
I don't think you should put your full name and where you're from in your comments. You're giving away too much personal information. It's not a good habit to give this information out so easily online.
@davidleckrone906 ай бұрын
Thanks. Good advice. Social media is a world curse as good people cannot communicate honestly, but you are absolutely right. Thanks again.
@sjo92925 ай бұрын
@@mobilephoneuser-pr8cj Dear Friend, I am sorry for the way you were treated. Whatever disagreement you had with Catholic Church teaching could have been handled more tactfully. Do not deprive yourself of the sacraments: Find a parish, go to confession and come home! Prayers for you.
@Dblue-rhino11 ай бұрын
The gospels were written in educated Greek, not by John, Matthew, Luke.
@AccidentalNinja11 ай бұрын
I remember a gnostic priest I knew saying that it wasn't Mary, the mother of Jesus who gave the virgin birth, but Jesus's grandmother who was also Mary, & this ended up with Jesus being born without sin or free from original sin. I'm don't know if there's any support for this in the scholarship.
@taanielherberger-brown5198 Жыл бұрын
Well done! I Love all of your work Thank you guys!
@JackRT3 Жыл бұрын
Correction: Mark doesn't mention Joseph at all and only refers to him as "son of Mary", which is hugely significant, because even if Jesus' father was dead they would still refer to him as the son of his deceased father. Briefly, the villagers are insulting him by suggesting he is the illegitimate son of Mary. Lots to be said about that.
@pdxcorgidad Жыл бұрын
@@lesliebuxtonmandurano2093That's...yeah that's an interesting theory.
@pdxcorgidad Жыл бұрын
Good catch. The only way anybody can find a reference to Joseph is by implication via Matthew. "The carpenter, son of Mary" from Mark becomes "The carpenter's son. Is his mother not called Mary?" The word, mentioned only twice, doesn't even mean strictly a carpenter but rather any kind of builder, and it's obvious, at least to me, the author of Matthew changed the wording to give Joseph a higher station, esp as the Gospel has him in the lineage of David. But again, you are absolutely correct.
@cecileroy557 Жыл бұрын
@@lesliebuxtonmandurano2093 Well - that is quite a story....
@cecileroy557 Жыл бұрын
The New Testament was written years after Jesus' death. There would be no way of knowing what "they" called Jesus... We can assume it was "ben Joseph" - son of Joseph. Joseph was relegated to a position of (almost) irrelevance because the gospel writers wanted to concentrate on Mary.
@pdxcorgidad Жыл бұрын
@cecileroy557 lol you and I had exactly the same response. 🤣
@alanhales6369 Жыл бұрын
Bart, the Bible, the Biblical Hebrew and the Greek translation says Mary was a virgin.
@glumet1 Жыл бұрын
Genuinely interested to find out what are your credentials to contradict a New Testament scholar? Sincere question.
@curious011 Жыл бұрын
sorry. the biblical Hebrew does NOT say virgin at all and in it's exact context it's talking about a woman at the time. Jesus name isnt. Emmanuel-ever. specifically, they were told to name Him Jesus, never Emmanuel, and no, emmanuel is not some "type" of Jesus. Not once in any gospel or in Paul's letters, is Jesus ever referred to as Emmanuel or God with us.
@alanhales6369 Жыл бұрын
@@curious011 the Biblical Hebrew does say virgin. Are you going by the Alexandrian Hebrew texts. Because the true Hebrew text does say virgin.
@user-xk8tt2rz3r Жыл бұрын
@@alanhales6369 This is interesting. Why most people bring up the whole ´´it was a mistranslation from hebrew´´ argument then? Are they referring to a different hebrew source text?
@alanhales6369 Жыл бұрын
@@user-xk8tt2rz3r The true Hebrew has Vigin.
@StephenMartinMusic11 ай бұрын
The earliest mention of Mary is within Mark 6:3 Where her name is called out for the first time. But Mark is writing allegories, not histories. All other Gospels just copy Marks but add their own narratives in the euhemerising process, right? She was originally only a fictional character in an allegory. Used to sell a message. How a fictional characters attributes are later added to, speaks more about the intended message than the fictional character itself…
@timmrogers836311 ай бұрын
Judean Christian, noticing that some celebrate X-mas, need to study Jeremiah 10;1-7, describe's a Christmas tree, 500+ years before Jesus Christ Birth! (a pagan tree), decked with silver,& gold! (Phil 4:13) I can do all things though christ which strengtheneth me!
@susan51994 ай бұрын
Isn't Christmas and all lights ect part of paganism???
@TheSoteriologist Жыл бұрын
Begins 3:07.
@EvilXtianity Жыл бұрын
The Bible uses the word "overshadow", which is the Greek word, "επισκιάζω" (episkiazó). Some interpret "overshadow" to mean that some sort of mystical cloud or divine wind hovered over Mary and then she became preXXant. But the literal translation of the word is, "to overshadow, to use influence upon by a looming presence (skiá)" and figuratively means "to invest with preternatural (extraordinary, exceeding what is normal) influence". So, the "overshadowing" was God using what the Bible describes as the "extraordinary" coercion of his greater power and status to dominate and overpower Mary's desires and will by forcing his own desire to force unwanted se___Xal contact from frightened Mary with the intent of imXXXXXXX her.
@HkFinn83 Жыл бұрын
Why are you ‘redacting’ the words pregnant and impregnate?
@EvilXtianity Жыл бұрын
The word Mary uses to accept the command to be impregnated is "ginomai", which means "let it not be, far be it from, God forbid". In Mary's praise and thanksgiving to God in Luke 1:48 she says, “God has lifted up his humble maidservant.” The Greek word for “humble” is the same one that the Septuagint (the old Greek version of the Hebrew Bible) uses to describe the rape of Dinah in Genesis and other incidents of sexual violation.
@EvilXtianity Жыл бұрын
God sent one of his representatives to tell Mary (who was between ages 12 and 14 at the time), that even though she was engaged to Joseph and frightened by the encounter, that God would impregnate her. A child cannot consent to pregnancy by an authority figure.
@EvilXtianity Жыл бұрын
God raped ("overshadowed") Mary while she was engaged to Joseph and while God was married to Asherah, Aholah and Aholibah (who were sisters). God's sons also "ravished" human females and impregnated them. God sent one of his representatives to tell Mary (who was between ages 12 and 14 at the time), that even though she was engaged to Joseph and frightened by the encounter, that God would impregnate her. A child cannot consent to pregnancy by an authority figure.
@komicsreviewer8505 Жыл бұрын
I prefer Lord Summerisle's gust of wind.
@jeffmacdonald9863 Жыл бұрын
The idea from the proto-Gospel of Mary still having her hymen, not only after getting pregnant with Jesus, but after giving birth to him is pretty wild.
@jeffryphillipsburns Жыл бұрын
I can grasp how people loosely connected with.reality might believe in an immaculate conception, but I can’t get my head around an immaculate birth. How did Jesus emerge from Mary? If he just appeared, then why bother with the pregnancy at all? Why does Ehrman just skip over this huge difficulty?
@realkarfixer8208 Жыл бұрын
Anatomy must not have been a strong point of the author.
@raycaster4398 Жыл бұрын
The magical storytelling and wishful thinking of ignorant pre-science tribalist men desperate to fashion a moral narrative for times when life was nasty, brutal and short and nights were long, dark and scary -- the childhood of Man.
@fwdbias9099 Жыл бұрын
Seriously I think wild isn't the right word....nonsensical is a better word.
@realkarfixer8208 Жыл бұрын
@@jeffryphillipsburns I'd guess that the claim that Mary had an intact hymen was not from a canonical source, and it's so absurd that Professor Erhman didn't need to belabor the point.
@keoncooper156811 ай бұрын
Wonderful program guys , and I love how you guys make it simple for understanding , please read the book , name The Holy Megillah for your listening Audience.
@DMD560910 ай бұрын
Prof. of the Old Testament Brevard S. Childs states that, apart from one controversial reference (Proverbs 30:19), all the occasions of almah do actually appear to denote virgins, but while it is very unlikely that a married woman would be referred to as an almah yet translating it as virgin focuses too much on virginity versus sexual maturity. It occurs nine times in the Hebrew Bible and in every usage the word is either used for a woman who is indicated to be a virgin or as indeterminate.
@paulsacramento5995 Жыл бұрын
The issue I have with Mary being a virgin isn't whether she was one when Jesus was born, there is at least some validity in that view, it is the "perpetual virgin" thing when the NT is clear that Jesus had other brothers and sisters from Mary.
@cufflink4410 ай бұрын
What exactly is the "validity" you're talking about? Can you think of any example in the history of humanity where a woman who was never impregnated with male sperm conceived a child? Isn't it much, much more probable that Mary claimed virginity (I mean, no one gave her a medical exam, right?) to avoid embarrassment?
@paulsacramento599510 ай бұрын
I was referring to the textual critique.@@cufflink44
@JadedzUzi Жыл бұрын
Great show! Thank you! I always wondered, if Jesus was born of Mary and god, then WHY was Joseph's lineage so important that they had to mention it twice(AND they contradict each other), and why did Mary and Joseph have to be related if god was the dad? Joseph wouldn't have given any DNA... *sometimes I struggle with thinking due to being raised in all this since birth, christianity did NOT help to develop my brain. For me, it made my thinking irrational. Still working on that, so I hope this made sense =)
@johnmarkbrailsford24 Жыл бұрын
Where did Luke get all the information about the conception and birth of Jesus? - Luke interviewed Mary, sometime around A.D.55, and asked her about what had happened.
@curious011 Жыл бұрын
Show any ancient document where Mary is interviewed by Luke. We don't even know if Luke is the actual Author.
@quadibloc2Ай бұрын
The same angel who explained to Joseph that Mary was still a virgin also stated that there was no reason for him not to marry Mary. Hence, the Catholic doctrine that Mary remained a virgin after giving birth is clearly contrary to the Bible, as in that case Mary would not be able to perform one of the fundamental duties of a wife.
@socratesalive2 ай бұрын
Anytime Bart Ehrman speaks I listen-because school is in session.
@YankeeWoodcraft Жыл бұрын
"Who Says Mary Was a Virgin?" The Bible.
@newnoggin2 Жыл бұрын
That was a mis-translation. The correct translation is maiden not necessarily a Virginia. Try to keep up.
@YankeeWoodcraft Жыл бұрын
@@newnoggin2 "Almah" (maiden) is not used to describe married women in Aramaic. Besides, she asked how could she be pregnant when she was a virgin so there's that and Mary's words are scripture.
@davesteller6301 Жыл бұрын
@@newnoggin2It's still the accurate answer to the question. It's clearly in the Bible in every English translation I'm aware of. If it's a mis translation as you say, then that's a whole other discussion. But it's plainly there.
@curious011 Жыл бұрын
two of the 4 gospels say it and not once does Paul or Jesus mention it. There is no evidence anything like that ever happened. John says Jesus was born of a woman. that is very odd.
@davesteller6301 Жыл бұрын
@@curious011 so we are now believing in 90% of the Bible? Not me. 100% or nothing!
@DrustZapat Жыл бұрын
Great episode, guys! Are there any episodes planned involving the themes of the Great Schism, the Protestant Reformation, or the differences between evangelism and fundamentalism?
@cecileroy557 Жыл бұрын
I believe Mr. Ehrman's area of interest is about the Bible.
@herminepursch2470 Жыл бұрын
@@cecileroy557 The reformation was how and why the Bible was changed
@judyswiderski268211 ай бұрын
Here is the difference between those who belong to God snd those who do not. Jesus said, You must be born again. John 3:3-8. "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Why? "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter i to the kingdom of God. That whjch is born of flesh is flesh, and that which is born of Spirit is spirit." Verses 3:5-6. Born again is also called regeneration. Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary online. 'Regeneration means; Reproduction, the act of producing anew. In theology, New birth by the grace of God, that change by which the will and natural enmity of man to God and his law are subdued, and a principle of supreme love to God and his law, or holy affections, are implanted in the heart.' Humbling isn't it. We cannot do that on our own, even with tons and tons of repenting God. Jesus said, My words are spirit and life." John 6:63. We cannot walk by the Spirit when we walk by our own understanding, called sin. Ask God to send the Holy Ghost, Luke 11:13. He will bring your sins to mind. As he does ask Jesus to forgive you. This will be painful, pride hates it! When you see your desperate need, call out to Jesus to see save you. He came to save sinners. Then do as the risen Jesus commanded, be baptized. Matthew 28:18-20. Think on Mark 1:1-5, 16:16, John 3:3-8, 2 Peter 3:9, Romans 6:3-11, 1 Corinthians 12:13 and Colossians 2:6-15.
@perserverance333 Жыл бұрын
The Bible says... God says!
@curious011 Жыл бұрын
So? Who would have know what God actually said years after the events? I can tell you God SAYS something to me today. Would you believe it?
@ruth40199 ай бұрын
The New Testament says that Jesus was born of a virgin which is impossible and the Old Testament says that Sarah gave birth to Issac in 90 yrs of age. If Christianity is not true then Judaism is not true as well.
@susan51994 ай бұрын
@Michael-le5ph yes God still speaks always has
@farrahirrgauss2599 Жыл бұрын
3:15 not necessarily from the same time period:however the Qur'an chapter 19 (surah Mary)and the Sunnah attest to her Virginity (16) And mention, [O Muḥammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east. (17) And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel [i.e., Gabriel], and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man. (18) She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allāh. (19) He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy [i.e., son]. (20) She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?". (21) He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.'" (22) So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place. (23) And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten." (24) But he[812] called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream (25) And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates. . (26) So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'" (27) Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented. (28) O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste." (29) So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?" (30) [Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allāh. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. (31) And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakāh as long as I remain alive. (32) And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant. (33) And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive." (34) That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute. (35) It is not [befitting] for Allāh to take a son; exalted is He![813] When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is. (36) [Jesus said], "And indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path." Saheeh international translation
@tentimesful Жыл бұрын
In quran it states mary was virgin in the following verse 3:47: She(mary) said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.
@vinnysing13247 ай бұрын
Quran is fake
@sifridbassoon4 ай бұрын
In Orthodox churches, Mary is rarely (if ever) refered to as the Virgin Mary. Instead, she is called the Theotokas, meaning "God bearer." It's interesting to me that the virginity issue is not so important.
@curiousjim3 ай бұрын
She is referred as virgin in Orthodox Hymns.
@sifridbassoon3 ай бұрын
@@curiousjim ah, i didn't know that.
@curiousjim3 ай бұрын
@@sifridbassoon Glad I contributed a small bit to your knowledge :). FYI there is a rather important hymn called "Τη Υπερμάχω Στρατηγώ" that is sung every Friday during lent where this is true. The virgin birth from what I know is considered very important dogma for the orthodox.
@anushkasekkingstad13003 ай бұрын
Describe it however you wish, it remains deeply ignorant, superstitious, unproven nonsense.
@curiousjim3 ай бұрын
@@anushkasekkingstad1300 I think you are missing the point. Religious beliefs are based on faith and not proof. If there was indisputable proof about god's existence or Mary's virginity or Jesus' Resurrection then you are talking about facts. There is no need for faith and everyone would be a believer. God according to Orthodox theologians should not provide proof otherwise there is no value in faith. So you have to believe blindly that the laws of the universe were suspended for Christianity's benefit. 😀Yeah good luck with that..
@redandblue323 Жыл бұрын
Bart's gonna get some hate mail for this one
@herminepursch2470 Жыл бұрын
Seems to me that people are good at hate mail
@Bobbychildree Жыл бұрын
Mary herself said she was a virgin. If you question Mary, then I guess you have a very unique definition of what a virgin is, as in “there are no virgins, not even a newborn is a virgin, there never was a virgin and there can never be a virgin.” Now, let’s examine Mary’s impossible claim in a truly scholarly fashion, shall we?
@AgeOfNefarious_Deception11 ай бұрын
@Bobbychildree Thank you Bobby, a great rebuttal to all these utterly disgusting decenters, especially Bart.
@CyberRabid.3 ай бұрын
There was a time when "virgin" merely meant "without child." So by saying that Mary was a virgin only means that Jesus was her first. Later in the scriptures Jesus would heal a blind man. This blind man would be none other than Joseph of Arimathea. Healing Joseph's blindness might not necessarily mean in the literal sense. It could simply suggest that Jesus opened Joseph's eyes to the truth that he (Joseph) was not his father.
@peterbreis54074 күн бұрын
Since all this comes from texts ascribed to the disciples, the big question is where did the disciples get their information from, having only met Jesus when he was already over 30, on the road, when he had begun his ministry? Also the thing that immediately struck me when I was only 8 years old, was that Mary, and Jesus, must have been quite famous, unless virgin births were a dime a dozen in the Middle East.
@beastshawnee Жыл бұрын
In a college art history class the teacher was asking about immaculate conception and asked “who else was immaculately conceived?” and she got silence. And she says “oH for goodness sake’s class. THiS is YOUR own Religion!” Well she was in swMissouri so she was mostly correct. But I mumbled outloud “No. It’s not.” She looked my way in the dim darkened room. So I said it Louder. “I don’t have a clue. It’s NOT MY religion. at all.” then she proceeded to tell us Mary’s mother was granted the status of immaculate conception as well. Then she said “Well the Catholics made her one.” How can you expect us to know this if we aren’t Catholic or even Christian?” LOL! This was my first encounter with this professor but not even close to my last. I had read the Bible and the Book of mormon but hadn’t been to a church visit in years. Was not a member, not did I expect to be quizzed about religion in a college art class. Turned out that I knew the biblical stuff more than all but one person in that class. The old masters paintings were mostly religious subjects of course.
@BenjWarrant Жыл бұрын
Props to you for managing to slog through the Book of Mormon. I quite quickly got to the point where I was going to buy a gun and shoot myself if I had to read '...and it came to pass...' one more time. It's like someone who heard Bible readings in church but wasn't really paying attention tried to make a spoof of it for his own religion. Fancy that.
@nedkelley481011 ай бұрын
None of this disgusts me as much as the fact that Jesus got his own mom pregnant.
@steveg19613 ай бұрын
Even cooler though is how he got his mom pregnant with himself. Five hundred years ago we would probably be burned at the stake for stating such biblical truths.
@cwfutureboy Жыл бұрын
@23:45 How the hell does a woman give birth and still have a hymen? That's the actual miracle! 😂
@sciptick Жыл бұрын
Nah, it's easy. See, in order to have a hymen, or even to *not* have a hymen, you have to exist, first. No Jesus, no birth, no Mother of Jesus, no lack of a hymen. It's as easy as that camel diving through a needle's eye.
@MossyMozart Жыл бұрын
@cwfutureboy - IF this story is true (and not the fairy tale it seems to be), perhaps, since Mary was so young a teenager, she had a difficult birth and there was scar tissue that was misdiagnosed.
@stevevrana3922 Жыл бұрын
Or maybe it was a miracle.
@shirleyac1211 ай бұрын
I kept my knickers on . Conception and delivery 😂😂
@MikeB-nn4nh16 күн бұрын
In my own little head canon., Mary either got it on with one of the priests that were looking after her (and she had to go) or her “step bro” got there first and she didn’t qualify him as a “man”
@richardredmond1463 Жыл бұрын
Basically, the Bible does 😃 Mary was only betrothed to Joseph when the Holy Spirit caused Her to become pregnant (Matthew 1:18, Luke 1:27, Luke 2:5). The idea that Mary became pregnant by fornicating with Joseph before marrying him is not in keeping with the nature of the Holy Spirit or consistent with the moral direction of the New Testament (1 Cor 7:37, 1 Peter 1:15-16, Heb 12:14 etc).
@ryanshannon696311 ай бұрын
The whole point is that if Jesus isn't born of some miraculous "Virgin" mother by a godly spirit, then Jesus just becomes a regular-ass guy that says he's the next big thing on campus. The entire foundation laid by thousands of years of religious organization is nearly destroyed. The entire story just becomes another day in ancient times of some guy thinking he's an enlightened one that's frustrated by modern (at that time) theocrats and political hierarchy. There's clearly nothing holy or special about that. It quickly descends into "some guy's philosophy" rather than "godly truth".
@TboneWTF11 ай бұрын
Exactly correct. And what you just described in your comment makes much more rational and reasonable sense than does some sort of "Immaculate Conception" mumbo jumbo.
@susan51994 ай бұрын
Jesus was perfect only one to ever be perfect so he had to have immaculate conception otherwise sin would have come into Jesus like rest of us he preached went to the cross shedding his precious blood for all if you accept him
@pyrkhatlangkshiar918011 ай бұрын
This person seems like the one whom Muslims like to listen to.... Muslims would say that how can Allah have a son without a girlfriend, but for Christian we know that God is almighty and can do anything....
@AperioNortheast11 ай бұрын
Well said, and thank you for saying it
@ericbilodeau3897 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if the fact that the Church believed in a virgin birth lead to the idea that it was more holy to be abstinent leading to the Catholic rule that clergy, nuns and monks need to stay celibate for life. Like is thos entire tradition based on mistranslation by Matthew? That would be somewhat hilarious but also sad for all the men and women who never did have sex
@HalfB14 күн бұрын
18:07 ‘….Mark is our first gospel…’ ? This confused me immediately! Mathew comes before Mark in the Bible so how can Mark be our first gospel? Help 🤦♀️
@lettersandwordsandstuffs13 күн бұрын
It was written before the others...the bible isnt the best put together book...Christians dont know cause they don't read it
@donnyleeisfree9 күн бұрын
Does it really matter in which order the fairy tales came into existence? Simply knowing the kind of awesome drugs they had back then should suffice, methinks.
@RalphNoogle9 күн бұрын
You can look up why scholars think mark comes first, it's interesting how it's dated
@RalphNoogle9 күн бұрын
@donny, hahahaha it's good to know they had awesome drugs back then
@lettersandwordsandstuffs9 күн бұрын
@@RalphNoogle the bible was slapped together over a long period of time as well
@SternDrive Жыл бұрын
The virgin birth is a central tenant of Christians for a very good reason. As Matthew 1 & 2 say, she had to be a virgin to fulfill prophecy. Every one knew that Alma meant a young woman who had never had sex. Luke 1 & 2 looks at it from a different angle. Mary was a virgin because her son Jesus was to be the son of God. Both Matthew and Luke say the same thing, but look at it from different angles. The church has always known this, but I do understand that infidels and unbelievers take great delight in wresting the scripture to their own destruction. 2 Peter 3: 16 says that those people "...twist to their own destruction..." Nothing new here.
@curious011 Жыл бұрын
Infidels? can we call you an idiot since that is what you are calling us?
@ΣΟΝΥΚΑΙΚΑΛΑ Жыл бұрын
Hey Bart! love the podcast. Btw, the word for cousin is ξάδερφος, not ανηψιός which means nephew.
@gs8527 Жыл бұрын
Some lizards and worms have REAL virgin birth. The reason Christians WANTED a VERSION virgin birth, it was because PAGANS had their own version of virgin birth FIRST. In other words, "Christians" needed to manipulate pagans to convert to their religion - a "better" religion. EVERYTHING in Christianity IS plagiarized from several Pagan religions. The real issue here is faith. Do you find YOUR religion to fulfill your spiritual needs? GREAT!!! Carry on and STOP criticizing and judging other belief systems PERIOD FULL STOP
@AgeOfNefarious_Deception11 ай бұрын
Shut-up suck -up.
@josedcruz730710 ай бұрын
Christians people believe she is virgin, but i don't believe but all my family members believe she was virgin
@ak22gml8511 ай бұрын
Re cousin and brother in Greek. Respectfully, Bart, the word you stated at 30:19 as anepsios (ανιψιός) means nephew, not cousin. (ανιψιός/nephew- ανιψιά/niece) Cousin is ξάδερφος from αδερφός/brother. Feminine form ξαδέρφη from αδερφή/sister
@sebolddaniel Жыл бұрын
My mother was a good Christian who would belt me for my godless books. I was such a naughty boy reading sci fi and Azimov.
@tookie36 Жыл бұрын
Have you read the Remembrance of Earths Past series by Cixin Liu? It’s awesome 😊
@sebolddaniel Жыл бұрын
I will have check him out, thanks.@@tookie36
@salamanca1954 Жыл бұрын
Whoa! Looking forward to the book on the ethics of Jesus, which I believe has been too long ignored in detail, at least in religion and tradition.
@russellmiles2861 Жыл бұрын
That would be a sad episode: seems a nasty piece of work.