At one end of the spectrum, there are those who hold that if Scripture and the creed state that Jesus was born without a human father and all things are possible for the God who is the Creator of the universe, then only those who disbelieve in the miraculous powers of such a God would be arrogant enough to question the matter.8 At the other end, there is little to discuss because it is assumed that no intelligent present-day Christian would take the story of the virgin birth literally and it is a simple matter to demonstrate its non-historicity. Anyone who pretends otherwise is really a
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