How many Virgin born figures can you name?

[Aught3]

Actually, that may have been tacked on to his legend later... sadly our best sources on Zoroastrianism are from around the 9th Century.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure all the virgin stories were tacked on later. Parthenogenesis isn't even a remote possibility for these male prophets.

 

[Anachronous Rex]

Actually, that may have been tacked on to his legend later... sadly our best sources on Zoroastrianism are from around the 9th Century.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure all the virgin stories were tacked on later. Parthenogenesis isn't even a remote possibility for these male prophets.

Touche.

 

[TheSkepticalHeretic]

Appolonius of Tyana
Alcidies the Redeemer
Seleme
Hesus of Maycene
Tien and Chang-Ti
and I think you guys got all the others I know.

 

[cheetmeister]

The Buddha

was not born of a virgin

 

[Story]

Wouldn't a virgin male with a child be much more miraculous though?

That way you can't even ask questions.

Think about it! "The Virgin Carlos" isn't that 10 times the miracle of "The Virgin Mary"?


As for the Virgin Maya

THE same hour that spring was born, a dream came to Maya as she slept. She saw a young elephant descending from the sky. It had six great tusks; it was as white as the snow on mountain-tops. Maya saw it enter her womb, and thousands of Gods suddenly appeared before her. They praised her with immortal songs, and Maya understood that nevermore would she know disquietude or hatred or anger.

That appears to be sex. There is a kind of giant-elephant gamete involved. Doesn't that pass as sex?

I must say though, It strikes me that Maya seemed to have no problem with such a frighteningly traumatic event. I mean, a white elephant with six huge tusks pushing it's way into her vagina while thousands of guys sing... She's good.

 

[TheSkepticalHeretic]

Just think about it this way.

If the child is male it couldn't have been parthinogenesis unless his mother was a hermaphrodite. Otherwise, where did the Y chromosome come from?

 

[Anachronous Rex]

Just think about it this way.

If the child is male it couldn't have been parthinogenesis unless his mother was a hermaphrodite. Otherwise, where did the Y chromosome come from?

As Jesus is not known to have reproduced successfully, it cannot be demonstrated that 'he' had one. It is possible that we're dealing with an estrogen-deprived, testosterone-enriched inter-sex female; especially considering 'his' allegedly incestuous ancestry.

Still more likely that she was lying though.

 

[Lallapalalable]

Gilgamesh but his father was mortal, his mother was a goddess... Usually it's the other way around so Gilgamesh wins!

I think his father wins, actually.

 

[Lallapalalable]

The Buddha

was not born of a virgin

Probably died one, though

 

[Yfelsung]

The Buddha

was not born of a virgin

Depends. There are legends saying he was born of a virgin when his mother brushed up against a lotus leaf and I do believe he was born out of a wound, not vaginally. Probably a legend made later to make him seem more pure/divine.

I know most sects of Buddhism are essentially atheistic, but I think there is one that holds Buddha to be a little more god-esque.

 

[Laurens]

was not born of a virgin

Probably died one, though

By all accounts the Buddha probably got laid quite a lot in his palace days, before giving that up to become a wandering ascetic.

Of course the Buddha was not really born of a virgin. However the legend has it that he was conceived in a dream (about the 6 tusked elephant etc.) and born through a slit in his mother's side. Maybe his mother had indeed had sex prior to this, however it is still a tale of immaculate conception.

EDIT: Buddha had a son.

 

[tuxbox]

My favorite was always Mithra. In addition to the virgin birth, he shared many characteristics with Jesus, and also happened to be the major competitor of christianity, that is until christianity was made the official religion of the roman empire and Mithraism was outlawed.

Mithras was born from a rock.

 

[Anachronous Rex]

My favorite was always Mithra. In addition to the virgin birth, he shared many characteristics with Jesus, and also happened to be the major competitor of christianity, that is until christianity was made the official religion of the roman empire and Mithraism was outlawed.

Mithras was born from a rock.

Stories vary, but provided no one fucked the rock then it was still a virgin birth.

 

[tuxbox]

Mithras was born from a rock.

Stories vary, but provided no one fucked the rock then it was still a virgin birth.

lol