Was Jesus Really Born of a Virgin? 

From a human perspective, important leaders have often been attributed to being born of virgins. Numerous religious leaders throughout history have a similar account of their birth.

God usually works through natural processes and the laws of science he established. Through the evolution of marriage, the ideal advocated by advancing civilization is a man and woman fall in love, get married, and have children. This is what Joseph and Mary did. Mary was a virgin, met Joseph, they got married, and had nine children. Their firstborn was Jesus. He came into the world through the normal biological process, just like his siblings and every other baby.

However, this baby was unique. He was fully human but he was also fully divine. The Son of God of the universe incarnated himself in this baby. This was not a result of natural processes; it was a genuine miracle and only God knows how it was accomplished. The mystery of the incarnation of Deity within the human form of Jesus, otherwise of natural origin in the world, remains unsolved.

Humans and animals are born. Divine beings are created. For a divine being to become a human, something supernatural must occur. Throughout history, the idea that a virgin gives birth to a God suggests that something had to be done differently.

There is an instinctive longing in our hearts for help from above and beyond. It is natural for us to envelop human leaders with legends of supernatural origins and miraculous careers. Many races have conceived of their great ones as being born of virgins, their careers ripe with miraculous episodes, and an expectation for them to return. This legend includes Genghis Khan, Buddha, Mohammed, Hesunanin Onamonalonton, and Marduk, and reaches as far back as Adam.

Since the beginning of religion, prophets have been predicting that their Holy One would be born of a virgin. The majority of these great Sons of God in the world's religions were often said to be born in a cave and usually of a virgin mother. The same is true of mythological gods, such as Bacchus, Mercury, and Adonis.

Most of the writers of the New Testament did not rely upon this theory to demonstrate Jesus’ divinity. Only the Gospels of Matthew and Luke mention a virgin birth; it is not mentioned in the Epistles, the Gospels of Mark and John, or in the Book of Revelation. Paul describes Jesus as "made of the seed of David according to the flesh," which refers to a human lineage.

Most of the Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament were altered to apply to Jesus long after Jesus’ life on earth. In the prophecy of Isaiah, "Behold, the virgin shall conceive …," the original word maiden was changed to virgin.

The charming narrative of Mary that adheres to a virgin giving birth theory became accepted by most Christian churches in the second century and includes perpetual virginity, with Jesus as the only child.