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Ocelot II

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2. It's OK when God does it.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Thu Feb 22, 2024, 11:17 AM

Feb 2024

But was she a surrogate (just carrying the fetus but not biologically related) or was it an instance of artificial insemination - her egg and God's sperm? Jesus was supposed to be human as well as divine, after all. They never told us in Sunday School.

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The very foundation of Christianity must be a surrogate pregnancy, am I correct? [View all] CTyankee Feb 2024 OP

Waiting to see the answers to this....should be interesting. walkingman Feb 2024 #1

It's OK when God does it. Ocelot II Feb 2024 #2

Oh, not in Sunday school! CTyankee Feb 2024 #3

"It's OK when God does it." Talitha Feb 2024 #5

Yes and child was implanted purposely to be killed as sacrifice to atone for human sins wishstar Feb 2024 #4

If one chooses to believe in the god of that bible StarryNite Feb 2024 #8

Satan was also supposed to be God's son Marthe48 Feb 2024 #12

Surrogate mother or rape victim? Kennah Feb 2024 #6

Yes, the alternative is the Mormon belief TexasBushwhacker Feb 2024 #7

Mark didnt think the nativity was worth mentioning. John thought the heavenly Karadeniz Feb 2024 #9

But, as I see it, wallowing in materialism is what enabled the Italian Renaissance in art. CTyankee Feb 2024 #10

There is that! Bottom line, though, all that gold, marble, etc. Impressed people Karadeniz Feb 2024 #13

There is a school of thought that says the plague produced the Renaissance by reducing the population such that fewer CTyankee Feb 2024 #14

Thanks for more input !! Karadeniz Feb 2024 #15

I never really thought of it that way but John Farmer Feb 2024 #11