Are there Christians who doubt the virgin birth of Jesus?
More than a quarter of Church of England clergy do not believe in the virgin birth of Christ, according to a survey carried out by The Telegraph. A poll of 500 clerics found that 27 per cent privately reject the traditional story of Jesus’s birth, which forms a vital part of the Nativity. The view of a Hampshire vicar was typical. “There was nothing special about his birth or childhood – it was his adult life that was extraordinary,” he said. He declined to be named, saying: “I have a very traditional bishop and this is one of those topics I do not go public on. I need to keep the job I have got.” The survey will dismay traditionalists inside and outside the Church of England. Many of the sceptics who took part in the survey, one of the biggest ever conducted by a newspaper, said that the story of the virgin birth was a product of poor biblical translations and literary tradition rather than divine intervention. The Rev Dr Keith Archer, who is based in Salford, said: “It is not particu
A “True” Christian CAN NOT doubt the virgin birth, as the Virgin Birth is part of being a “TRUE” Christian…”follower of Christ”… If one claims to be a “Christian” and doubts the virgin Birth…THEY ARE NO CHRISTIAN… Hey, Jimmy that’s ok, Thank you for being man enough to admit when you are wrong…and your thinking is off…We will pray for you….
This was a doubt that I used to have. However, now I now realize that all things are possible with God. There are miracles which happened before Jesus came, when he was here and have happened since. The more you read, learn, witness and hopefully will experience his miracles, the more you realize that nothing is impossible with him. His ways are not our ways. It is easy to say miracles are just coincidences, and choose to simply dismiss them as such, or to simply deny them as many people have and still do. However, there are just too many genuine and unexplainable miracles that have nothing to do with coincidences. Only those who know and believe the awesome power of God will grasp that miracles can and do happen. The virgin birth was a miracle we cannot explain with reason and scientific explanation. The bible is FULL of many other miracles!
