{"id":12045,"date":"2018-12-07T13:53:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T19:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/?p=12045"},"modified":"2018-12-07T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T19:53:15","slug":"atheist-professor-explains-the-doctrine-of-the-immaculate-conception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2018\/12\/atheist-professor-explains-the-doctrine-of-the-immaculate-conception.html","title":{"rendered":"Atheist professor explains the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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OK, now I\u2019ve seen it all from twitter.<\/p>\n

As Campus Reform (and other sources) reported, an atheist professor from\u00a0Minnesota State University, Mankato, Eric Sprankle, thought he was going to own the Christians with respect to the Incarnation, when he tweeted the following:<\/p>\n

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The virgin birth story is about an all-knowing, all-powerful deity impregnating a human teen. There is no definition of consent that would include that scenario. Happy Holidays.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Eric Sprankle, PsyD (@DrSprankle) December 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n