On: Virgin births in animals are no longer rare

[gohrt]

Yes, but Isaiah 7:14 wasn't originally written in English, and the Hebrew word "almah" didn't mean "virgin" in the Old Testament.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almah

[nocman → gohrt]

Well, in fairness (strictly going by that article) it didn't have to mean "virgin" -- but it sometimes did:

"Almah (עלמה, plural: alamot עלמות) is a Hebrew word meaning a young woman of childbearing age who has not yet had a child, and who may be an unmarried virgin or a married young woman."

I'm not saying that Wikipedia gets the final say here, just pointing out what the quoted article says.