Mark Rose has me thinking on that, still, and I believe that the answer is no.
You cannot be both a believer that the Bible is the inerrant word of God and believe that Abstinence works 100% of the time.
Ha, we’ll get back to talking seriously about why abstinence is not 100% effective, but for now, I have to go snicker for a while.
Tiny Cat Pants 
It took me a moment before I got it.
It just made me laugh. Poor Mary. She’s all “But I did pay attention in sex ed!”
I still don’t get it.
In other words, Mack, if one believes that Jesus was conceived without carnal knowledge on the part of Mary, then abstinence was not 100% effective in that instance.
Come on! That was hilarious. My genius is wasted on this crowd, I tell you what.
Well, then 100% except when God is your babydaddy.
Nice
when God is your babydaddy.
You KNOW I want that on a bumpersticker or something now.
Bah. Mary was one person of billions. Logically speaking 0.000001% is essentially zero.
I’ll eagerly await Mark Rose’s clarification, that abstinence is essentially 100% effective.
But, damn, when it’s not… You get Jesus, LaoTzu, Deganawidah, Montezuma, Huitzilopochtli, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, Sathya Sai Baba, Cúchulainn, and Dionysus.
Oh my God, that’s funny!!!
Great catch, B!
…and Anakin Skywalker.
I refuse to accept the first/last three Starwars movies as canonical.
And Owen Meany.
Then thats fucking brilliant.
And Owen Meany.
::softens considerably, eyes get teary::
I love Owen Meany.
I refuse to accept the first/last three Starwars movies as canonical.
Even though they’re so well-written and well-acted?
You cannot be both a believer that the Bible is the inerrant word of God and believe that Abstinence works 100% of the time.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but not all Christians believe that the Bible is the inerrant word of God. However, those Christians probably do not believe abstinence is an effective means of birth control.
Just sayin’ ….
“But, damn, when it’s not… You get Jesus, LaoTzu, Deganawidah, Montezuma, Huitzilopochtli, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, Sathya Sai Baba, Cúchulainn, and Dionysus.”
That is as good as a reason as any to maintain abstinence then. Because, who knows, the longer you wait the more time you have to maybe give birth to a great person.