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Magazine asks leaders views on such an event

As its contribution on Christmas, the British weekly magazine, <a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/400066/part_2/do-you-believe-in-the-virgin-birth.thtml">The Spectator</a>, poses a question relating to the birth of Jesus Christ to a number of notables ranging from the <a href="http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/index2a.html">Archbishop of Canterbury</a>, Rowan Williams, to <a href="http://www.hitchensweb.com/">Christopher Hitchens</a>.  Don’t assume that the answers to the questions are predictable!One of the most interesting comments on the virgin birth of Jesus Christ that I have encountered came from an Israeli academic who commented to a web group that in Judaism, such an event would not be considered unusual in that the whole history of the nation of Israel is populated by individuals whose birth was brought about by divine intervention.  Interestingly, <a href="http://www.roger-scruton.com/">Roger Scruton</a> points to that overlooked aspect.As always, the comments to the article make for interesting reading! 10 application/xml false Christmas Christopher Hitchens Jesus Christ Roger Scruton Rowan Williams Spectator Virgin Birth Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 pnathan 71.108.195.247 false true false false true 188838 false false true false false false true 169992 blog blogsite/FirstFollowers/web