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@TG12345 Can you please remind me how Jesus PBUH was not an exception to the divine rule of birth?

Fair enough. Perhaps I should have said that as a Muslim you should be glad to know the verse can have a meaning other than literal, which would make it wrong.

Why can it not have both meanings? I would not be surprised if it has more meanings as well.

Great question. In a very loose sense of the word, yes.
I believe Jesus was a great person, and that his teachings about relating to other people that are found in the Gospels are true and the most profound thing I have ever read. I believe he was crucified, don�t know whether he was resurrected by God.
I believe God created the world, and that He is good and just. I no longer believe that Jesus is God.
You can decide for yourself whether I am a Christian or not.

If you do not believe in a multiplicity of gods and if you believe Jesus's PBUH teachings are good, I would like to think you are a Christian. And, indeed, the true God, is great and just.

Is there a verse that says that God did not create any person but through a man and woman? Or that all human beings come from a union of man and a woman?
Also, in the case of Jesus the �exception� (some could see it as a contradiction if there is indeed a verse that states all human beings are born through union of man and woman) is explained in the Quran itself. I see nothing in the book about people born with two hearts.

Please. I want a simple answer. Is Jesus PBUH an exception or not to the obvious rule that procreation takes place when men and women are sexually united? And yes, God Almighty says in His book that Jesus PBUH was born miraculously.

Is there a verse that says that God did not create any person but through a man and woman? Or that all human beings come from a union of man and a woman?
Also, in the case of Jesus the �exception� (some could see it as a contradiction if there is indeed a verse that states all human beings are born through union of man and woman) is explained in the Quran itself. I see nothing in the book about people born with two hearts.

There are dozens of references about procreation in the Quran: Here's one_ sura 75, verse 37-38: "Was (man) not a small quantity of sperm which has been poured out? After that he was something which clings; then God fashioned him in due proportion." Does this not clearly allude to the process we are aware of? And: -sura 39, verse 6: "(God) fashions you inside the bodies of your mothers, formation after formation, in three (veils of) darkness." (zulumat) Further: --sura 86, verse 6 and 7: "(Man) was fashioned from a liquid poured out. It issued (as a result) of the conjunction of the sexual area of the man and the sexual area of the woman." The sexual area of the man is indicated in the text of the Quran by the world sulb (singular). The sexual areas of the woman are designated in the Quran by the word tara'ib (plural). The behavior of a man in his intimate relationships with his wife is stated explicitly. "Your wives are a tilth. Go to your tilth as you will. Do (some good act) for your souls beforehand."

In what manner is this a miracle? I know you have said it, but I don�t see the reason for this claim.

It is a miracle because of the circumstances in which this revelation reached the Prophet, who was not literate. These revelations came over a period of 23 years and their order was dictated too. The Prophet did not know.

Then how do you know there are not exceptions to the other rules we discussed (not punishing communities before warning them, all things prostrating to Him, not accepting other religions but Islam)? How do you know which rules have exceptions and which ones do not?

See my response in the foregoing.We do not know, until we study and observe! Do you agree Jesus is an exception to His rule?

I understand Muhammad was illiterate and not a scholar, but are you suggesting the ancient Arabs thought that a baby inside its mothers womb did not have a heart?

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So you can have a law that you can ignore when you feel like???

In the birth of Jesus PBUH, without male intervention, we have an exception.

How do we know that it is OK or not OK to have test tube babies???

We don't know but because it goes against nature it should be harmful.