Christians often bring up Mary and her virgin birth of
Jesus. As Muslims we have no doubt Mary pbuh had Jesus Pbuh without any male
intervention. She was immaculate, free from any physical contact with a man. The
Quran is clear Mary Pbuh was a Virgin and Jesus had no father.
But the question is can the same be said about Mary of the
Bible? And the answer is no. firstly the Bible gives us a very disturbing narration
of the conception of Jesus.
Mary asked the angel, "But how can this happen? I am a
virgin." The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will
be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:34-35)
Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah happened in this way. When
his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they lived together she was
discovered to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 1:18)
See how earthly and derogatory it sounds. Mary of the bible
had the Holy Spirit come upon her! She was made pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
One can easily get ill thoughts and wonder what exactly did the Holy Spirit do
to make her pregnant. And trust me it’s not rocket science to figure that out)
This is not the only problem which Christians face. The bigger
one comes when we read that Mary had more children through Joseph.
Now his mother and his brothers came, and
standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. (Mark 3:31)
"Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's
name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren't
all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?"
(Matthew 13:55-56)
How could you call Mary a virgin when she had many
children? She is no longer a virgin or immaculate. She’s had physical contact
with her husband which no longer makes her a virgin. Now one may say she was a
virgin before the birth of Jesus, but that automatically gets dismissed when we
go back to Luke where Mary is described to have had physical contact with the
holy ghost?
Mary asked the angel, "But how can this happen? I am a
virgin." The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will
be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:34-35)
Another thing to note is during the time of Jesus’s birth (that’s if we
are to take Luke’s narration). Joseph was
present with Mary in the stable whist she was giving birth. Now not to go
extreme in details, but think of it like this, whilst Mary was giving birth and
Joseph was watching the baby come out the “birth canal”. One can say “Joseph
was her husband”, but that goes against the original idea of Mary being immaculate.
And the thought of Jesus is being born whilst a man who is not his “father” is
watching him slide out the “birth canal” is indeed evil. A dilemma which Christians
have to face
Problem 1
Mary was conceived by the Holy
Ghost and had Jesus which nullifies her from being a virgin
Problem 2
Mary had more children
after Jesus through Joseph which again nullifies her from being a virgin
