[ConsistentLibertarian]

Case in point. You accept (1) and reject (2) and (3).

Was it clear to you that the British Clergy were rejecting (1) rather than (2)?

[pgyanke]

> "Was it clear to you that the British Clergy were rejecting (1) rather than (2)?"

From the article: "There was nothing special about his birth or his childhood - it was his adult life that was extraordinary," he said.

It's clear they don't see anything remarkable about Jesus before the beginning of his ministry.

[aruanan]

Was it clear to you that the British Clergy were rejecting (1) rather than (2)?

Of course they were rejecting (1). Without (1) there could be neither (2) nor (3), though (3) is not necessary for (1) and scripture makes it clear that (2) was the case; that is, in the literal sense that Mary continued to be a virgin up to the point that she had sex with Joseph sometime after the baby was born, not the silliness of a non-disrupted hymen.