Comments on: Jesus’ Bar Mitzvah http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/ by Hemant Mehta Sun, 27 May 2012 10:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Vincent http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/#comment-125235 Vincent Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:51:30 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/#comment-125235 Funny, but he made the same mistake so many people make and it always bugs me: "I wish I'd never been immaculatey conceived at all" Well, good YOU WEREN'T! MARY WAS! Immaculate conception refers to Mary having been born without original sin. There is no general term for the conception of Jesus because the belief is that he was placed there by the Holy Spirit. There is the virgin birth and the incarnation, both refer to Jesus, but Immaculate Conception refers to Mary. Funny, but he made the same mistake so many people make and it always bugs me:

“I wish I’d never been immaculatey conceived at all”

Well, good YOU WEREN’T!
MARY WAS!

Immaculate conception refers to Mary having been born without original sin.
There is no general term for the conception of Jesus because the belief is that he was placed there by the Holy Spirit. There is the virgin birth and the incarnation, both refer to Jesus, but Immaculate Conception refers to Mary.

]]> By: Maria http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/#comment-125033 Maria Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:00:31 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/#comment-125033 lol lol

]]> By: Chad http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/#comment-124970 Chad Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:45:50 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/#comment-124970 Great execution, and what a range! Great execution, and what a range!

]]> By: Phillip http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/#comment-124965 Phillip Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:27:36 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/#comment-124965 Wow, I love Mary and Joseph. This kid's awesome. Wow, I love Mary and Joseph. This kid’s awesome.

]]> By: Robbie Taylor http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/#comment-124963 Robbie Taylor Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:22:46 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/02/07/jesus-bar-mitzvah/#comment-124963 I feel so deprived! In Texas, we had Humorous Interpretation, in which we were only allowed to use pubished material 'of literary merit'. I was voted down once because I had the temerity to use a Mad Magazine parody for my HI... I feel so deprived! In Texas, we had Humorous Interpretation, in which we were only allowed to use pubished material ‘of literary merit’. I was voted down once because I had the temerity to use a Mad Magazine parody for my HI…

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