RE: Record few Americans believe in Biblical inerrancy.
December 28, 2017 at 6:01 pm
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2017 at 6:05 pm by Mister Agenda.)
alpha male Wrote:Mister Agenda Wrote:Yep,
How?
Quote:that's why it doesn't make sense for Joseph to go to Bethlehem for the census. It's over 90 miles.
Which indicates that he hadn't yet settled in Nazareth.
alpha male Wrote:Yeah, we have reasons not to believe. Weird, huh?
What's weird is that you care whether other people believe.
alpha male Wrote:He asks in the age of rampant copying of absurd BS and passing it around.
Er, yes, in this age we do that, as it's really easy to do.
Back then, it took significant time and expense to make copies.
Look, do YOU think Joseph lived in Nazareth at the time of the census or not? If you're not going to stick to one or the other, why should I bother discussing it? Mary lived in Nazareth (according to Luke) where she was apparently engaged to Joseph. Joseph went to Bethlehem for the census because he was of the House of David, so it wasn't necessarily even where he was born, it's where his family is from. It makes no sense for him to go there, especially if he was carpentering in Nazareth long enough to secure Mary for a bride. Joseph and Mary then returned to Nazareth, presumably because they lived there. Are you trying to make a case that Joseph lived in Bethlehem and commuted to Nazareth?
It's hard to think of anything more hypocritical than a Christian pretending to be mystified that someone might what other people believe; but I don't care what you believe, I'm interested in stimulating conversation that provokes chances to exercise critical thought.
It also took significant time and expense to fact-check.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
