Unbelievable? 20 Dec 2008 The Virgin Birth - for & against

Unbelievable?

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 June 2014

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Canon Michael Sayward believes that the Virgin Conception is an attested historical fact, and an essential doctrine for Christian belief. Unitarian minister Sarah Tinker believes it to be a "beautiful myth" that should not be taken literally. They debate and we hear listener phone calls, response to the last few weeks of programming as well as tackling the "Jesus is a plagiarism of Pagan Gods" argument. Get involved in the discussion at: www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable/forum/topics/virgin-birth-fact-or-fiction For more defense of the Christmas story see the show of 22 Dec 07 To hear more discussions between Christians and non-Christians go to www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable. Join the discussion on the Premier Community www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable.

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0:20.0	Good afternoon. Welcome along to Unbelievable this Saturday afternoon.
0:24.0	It's the last weekend before Christmas, just around the corner now.
0:28.0	I wonder, have you done all your Christmas shopping?
0:30.0	Well, uh, if not, don't do it right now because you want to stay in and listen to
0:34.3	unbelievable with me Justin Briley it's a special Christmas edition and doing things
0:39.8	a little bit differently this week because I'm actually pulling a program out of the archive.
0:44.0	Now if you go on to our unbelievable web page you'll find an archive of programs there that
0:49.7	stretched back about a year and a half, but this is actually a program from further back in fact three
0:53.8	years ago and this is when we were actually taking calls from listeners as well in the
0:58.6	program so a real treat for you today as we look at the subject of the Virgin Birth in the run-up to
1:05.2	Christmas here on Unbelievable.
1:07.3	Yes we're going to be hearing this discussion between Can Canon Michael Saywood and Unitarian Sarah Tinker.
1:16.3	They have very different views on the Virgin Birth.
1:19.4	Canon Michael Saywood says it's a fact, it's attested to in scripture and there's no reason
1:24.7	particularly to doubt it and it is an integral part of being a Christian
1:28.8	believing in the virgin conception of Jesus Christ through Mary.
1:33.6	Well, Sarah Tinka is a Unitarian.
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