<a href = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenfly ">Scientific proof for the Virgin Birth</a>
What's ironic is that Dawkins mentions this little bug in his book, "The Selfish Gene" on page 46. What makes for the irony is how, on page 16, he points out the Virgin Birth prophecy (Isiah 7:14) as being a mere "scribal error."
I often wonder if he realizes he stuck his foot in his mouth over this. But it does verify the truth in Jesus' teaching, "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." (Matthew 12:37)
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If it was true, at least it'd make spotting the next him real easy, "Hey, look, it's a really big bug preaching!"
OH YEAH WELL HOW COME YOU DON'T SEE PEOPLE GIVING VIRGIN BIRTH TODAY, SUCKA? HUH, HUH?
Yeah, someone doesn't belief what you are saying. One hell of a condemning there. Just think about it, the guy just dared to disagree with your world view, I bet you are being prosecuted because of it.
I don't think Dawkins really had any place discussing theology or Biblical history in his book.
There are various forms of "virgin birth" in the animal kingdom, but in the cases I've heard of, they usually produce other females. I've never heard that Isaiah 7:14 was a scribal error. I thought it was a mistranslation from Hebrew to Greek, and that the KJV was translated from the Greek.
What? Mary was a greenfly now? Wait... she was clearly human and gave birth to a human child, so that means...
OK, let me get this straight. Richard Dawkins points out the widely-known fact that the people who wrote the Gospels used a mistranslated text where "young woman" was accidentally translated as "virgin," resulting in Jesus supposedly being born to a virgin in their stories. You argue that this well-known fact is false and that Jesus's mother was actually a virgin. Your evidence is that female aphids are born pregnant with daughters.image
The virgin birth prophecy, in the context of scribal error, has nothing to do with evidence of the occurrence of parthenogenesis. In fact, if I recall correctly, the issue with the prophecy is that it is that SOON (ie, definitely within Isaiah's lifetime) a young lady will be with child, that Mary (Mother of God) was too late, virgin or not, to fulfil the prophecy.
Yes, clearly humans and insects are identical in every way, so they must reproduce in the same way. I'm convinced, where do I sign up?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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