Religion
In reply to the discussion: Does anyone here think the Nativity is not a myth? [View all]vlyons
(10,252 posts)1. Let's start with the virgin birth. How ridiculous is that? Where did Jesus get his male chromozomes? Virgin birth was invented to make Jesus have no original sin.
2. A 9 month pregnant Mary did not ride an ass 100 miles to Bethleham so Joseph could pay his taxes there. There is another Bethleham in Galilee, just a few miles from Nazareth, where Mary and Joseph lived.
3. Jesus was not born in Dec. There were shepards in the fields, watching their flocks by night. Not in Dec there weren't. There's no grass to graze in winter. In Dec, sheep eat hay, and are penned close to the shepards homes. Jesus was born in the Spring or Summer. In 325 AD Pope Julius I declared Dec 25 to be Jesus birthday to compete with pagan celebration of winter solstice, especially Roman Saturnalia.