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Thread #142208   Message #3277414
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
20-Dec-11 - 06:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Virgin Mary & pregnancy test
Subject: RE: BS: Virgin Mary & pregnancy test
The whole point of the Annunciation story is that it short-circuits this scenario - Mary agrees to become pregnant, no question of her being surprised at a notional pregnancy test.

Now if you had Joseph looking worried about a positive pregnancy test showing up, that would be a different matter, a potentially funny way of bringing it all up to date, and quite in keeping with the original story, where he does get rather gobsmacked.