John Shelby Spong - The New Testament: An Evolving Story

"The Bible was written to interpret the power of Jesus, not to describe the events of his life," according to Bishop John Shelby Spong. In this lecture, an examination of the New Testament, Spong calls into question the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, which is only present in two of the four Gospels. Spong breaks down the details of biblical events and argues for a symbolic, figurative approach to Scripture, not a fundamentalist one.
Read Mary Desmond's recap for The Chautauquan Daily here: chqny.in/QtKIOj.

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The prophet of islam was asked by jews of medina; how a child could be a male or a female? he said; if the male constituant of the "water" takes over, then the child is a male, if the femalle constituant of the "water" takes over, then the child is a female. He also said in another tradition: Choose where you put your "water" (meaning choose the lineage of your wife), because her lineage will come up in the child. People knew that a child is carrying his mother's caracters. Be careful bishop.