Was Jesus even born?

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133. The virgin birth? Really?

Do you not know that the passage in Isaiah that speaks of the "virgin birth" is a mistranslation of the Hebrew in the Septuagint? That's the ONLY source in the OT for the belief in a virgin birth, and it's a mistranslation. That's a simple fact:

"Therefore, 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. Cream and honey he shall eat when he knows to reject bad and choose good. For, when the lad does not yet know to reject bad and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread, shall be abandoned."
—Isaiah 7:14-16

In this passage from the Book of Isaiah the prophet predicts to King Ahaz that a young woman will give birth to a son who will be called "Immanuel", meaning "God with us", and that Ahaz's enemies will be destroyed before this child learns the difference between good and evil, i.e., before he reaches maturity. The Hebrew word is "עלמה" (almah), which scholars agree means a young woman of child-bearing age, without any connotation of virginity, and the context of the passage makes it clear that Isaiah has in mind events in his and Ahaz's near future. The Greek-speaking author of Matthew, however, used the Greek translation of Isaiah, in which the word is given as "παρθένος", parthenos, meaning a virgin. (Source: Wikipedia)

BTW - nowhere in the NT is Jesus called "Immanuel." So much for prophecy.