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The word virgin, both in Hebrew (almah) and Greek (parthenos), simply means a mature young woman, not a “virgo intacta,” and more may have been deduced from the word than is warranted by its use.

— Leslie Weatherhead The Christian Agnostic (1965)

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Why do men hug words to their hearts after the living truth has long since fled from them?

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Any man, to the extent to which he is good, reveals the nature of God.

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Christianity must have a marvelous inherent power or the churches would have killed it long ago.

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