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virgin birth

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(biology) A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.

(often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) In Christian theology, the miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
Any similar birth of a deity.

Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse.
Many religions and traditions have myths about a virgin birth.
Oh, you never let the cat out? Then I suppose those kittens were a virgin birth.

Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.

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There are ideas within Buddhism that are so incredible as to render the dogma of the virgin birth plausible by comparison. Sam Harris

I wouldn't put it past God to arrange a virgin birth if He wanted, but I very much doubt if He would. David Edward Jenkins

By the way, is it not the LEAST BIT suspicious that Jesus just so happened to have the most popular divine characteristics of that era and area (virgin birth, healing powers, prophecy, resurrection)? Source: Internet

This brings Isa 7:14 into theologically deep water, as the root of the virgin birth dogma. Source: Internet

The virgin birth question arose when scholarly minds tried to make sense out of the story of Jesus of Nazareth. Source: Internet

Where did the stories of Jesus’s virgin birth (strictly speaking, his virginal conception) come from? Source: Internet

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