From: Bill Lucy 

In article , 72322.1016
{at}compuserve.com says...
> One I find particularly egregious underpins the Christian doctrine of
> the virgin birth.  The word Christians translate as "virgin" does not
> mean "virgin", it means a young woman.  There is an exact word that
> means "virgin" which appears many times in the Bible, which is not the
> one used.  The Bible is not shy about these things, if "virgin" was
> meant, the word for virgin would have been used.

Just so you know, Ellen, there are quite a few Christian scholars who
believe that the birth story is "tacked on".

IMO, the real story is the Easter story.

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