(October 13, 2013 at 3:20 pm)John V Wrote: Seriously? Do I really need to show people who aren't named, or do you want to retract this argument?
Seriously? Do I really need to show you why "It was some other person's house. What? That part of the story needs to be explained?" is bad story telling and bad apologetics? Or do you want to retract that response?
Quote:As I noted, you haven't done anything to establish the timeframe (relative to Luke - thought that was apparent). You're assuming this is shortly after the birth without supporting that.
Oh, sorry, you missed the part in Matt 2:1 about "when Jesus was born"? Sorry, I guess I just assume that when a story book says "when X happened" that the drama is set when X happened.
And even if you could support that it was long after the birth of Jesus, why were they still in Bethlehem? I thought Joseph was just reporting for the census and Mary's water broke at a bad time. What, were they hanging out and renting a house for no reason?
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
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