Straggler writes:
The Christian conception of Christ is as a genuinely divine and miraculous being. Born of a virgin not by some quirk of biology not yet discovered but simply by the will of biblical Yahweh. This Christ being is neither derived from nor subject to any laws of nature and can perform acts which are inherently inexplicable in any material terms (i.e. miracles).
If Yahweh (whatever that is) could deliberately make things happen by "will", surely there must be some mechanism or process between the act of "will" and the desired consequence.
E.G. If Yahweh wills the birth of Jesus from a virgin, there must then be some mechanism or process that occurs to ensure the desired conception and birth of Jesus - and not some undesired consquence such as a tree falling over!
Even if such process is unknown to us, if it affects objects within the natural world, why is it not a natural process?
Or to put it another way, how do you differentiate between "some quirk of biology not yet discovered", "the will of Yahweh", or "a miracle"?