[Invincibly Ignorant]

Focus on the entire idea of why she would ask "how can this be?"

If she was about to get married and have lots of juicy sex, wouldn't she expect to conceive a child in a natural way?

Focus on the idea of "I know not a man". Present tense. Again "I know not a man", not "I will never know a man". I'm tired of this conversation, its so disengenuous. yuk. Carry on without me.

[SoothingDave]

Focus on the idea of "I know not a man". Present tense. Again "I know not a man", not "I will never know a man".

Why do you continue to make this point? I have ceded it.

Now focus on the rest of the statement. "How can this be?"

Do you have a rational answer for why an about-to-be-married woman would take this announcement in a non-natural conception way?

SD

[IMRight]

Focus on the idea of "I know not a man". Present tense.

I can see why you would want to drop it there. Since that argumentdoesn't make much sense. Taking that single present-tense statement out of the rest of the conversation meant that Mary was saying that it wasn't possible because she wasn't having sex at that very moment.

"Angelus Interruptus"?

[biblewonk]

Focus on the idea of "I know not a man". Present tense. Again "I know not a man", not "I will never know a man". I'm tired of this conversation, its so disengenuous. yuk. Carry on without me.

You have my sympathy.