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Why would Mary ask this?

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ConsequentAtheist
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12-11-2003 7:19 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Brian
12-11-2003 6:30 AM

I can accept that she has not had intercourse but I cannot accept that she would give a reply such as this. There really is no reason at all for her to answer in such a way.
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Even if she weren’t betrothed to Joseph, why would it be surprising to her to learn that sometime in the future she would conceive?
Interesting - and nicely done.
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12-12-2003 9:55 PM 		Reply to: Message 3 by doctrbill
12-12-2003 9:35 PM

It seems reasonable that a young girl might respond this way, assuming a distant wedding date and an urgency in the angel's tone and manner.
Oh my, you've actually heard heard "urgency in the angel's tone"? All this from someone who, with a straight face, talks of reasonable when confronted by an Angel.
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This does indeed sound like "the storyteller's art" and he is clearly telling us ...
Cleary? And where did you acquire your expertise in Koine Greek idiom?
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12-13-2003 6:32 AM 		Reply to: Message 5 by doctrbill
12-12-2003 11:46 PM

What's your bitch?
Pretense and fabrication.
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Have anything useful to say?
People should know (and acknowledge) what they don't know. You wrote: "he is clearly telling us that Mary is already pregnant". I remain curious as to the source of your clarity about the future tense "thou shalt conceive in the womb".
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12-25-2003 9:32 AM 		Reply to: Message 12 by doctrbill
12-24-2003 10:36 PM

"Thou shalt conceive," if said just prior to mounting, would, I think, qualify as an urgent message.
Priceless.
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