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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
it's much older than christianity, if i had here my copy of the golden bough i'd copypaste the lot.
by the way, if i recall well, the mother of jesús wasn't deemed a "virgin" until the nicene council in the IV century.
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Zoroaster, Guatama (I think) Zeus...
Some historical-linguistic scholars get quite excited about the Septuagint translating the Hebrew 'young woman' into 'virgin', so it wouldn't surprise me that wasn't due to the Nicene council; I know the Marian cult is a relatively late addition to Christianity, but obviously your Luthers and Zwinglis sorted that lot out.