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exboyfil

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8. I didn't know about the second Bethlehem

Reply to vlyons (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 24, 2020, 06:46 PM

Dec 2020

I always thought it was forced in to agree with the OT prophesy since that Bethlehem was David's birthplace.

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Does anyone here think the Nativity is not a myth? [View all] edhopper Dec 2020 OP

This got alerted, Edhopper. nt. Mariana Dec 2020 #1

did I offend somebody's freedom of religion? edhopper Dec 2020 #16

No, and had I been on the jury SCantiGOP Dec 2020 #26

When can I attack the beliefs of my fellow DUers edhopper Dec 2020 #27

Why don't you just not attack? SCantiGOP Dec 2020 #28

This is not a forum FOR Religion edhopper Dec 2020 #32

I believe the Bible was written by flawed men who had many stories 42bambi Dec 2020 #2

Don't know the story, sorry. Mosby Dec 2020 #3

What part of the world do you live in? edhopper Dec 2020 #17

I'm Jewish, everything I know about xtians came from a college class I took Mosby Dec 2020 #20

I grew up Jewish edhopper Dec 2020 #23

It's a myth vlyons Dec 2020 #4

I didn't know about the second Bethlehem exboyfil Dec 2020 #8

Bethlehem of Galilee is just a few miles NW of Nasareth vlyons Dec 2020 #31

I just read on twitter (yeah I know) Mosby Dec 2020 #21

The reasons for the myth are more practical Major Nikon Dec 2020 #46

No exboyfil Dec 2020 #5

Is it likely inaccurate? Sure qazplm135 Dec 2020 #6

I believe something happened. jimfields33 Dec 2020 #7

No, they don't have pieces of the crib in Italy edhopper Dec 2020 #12

Religious relics have been a lucrative business procon Dec 2020 #18

"They have pieces of the crib in Italy." Mariana Dec 2020 #25

I'm just going to say that the way things are going I'd not be surprised to see a lot of babies hlthe2b Dec 2020 #9

It makes more sense if it happened in 5 BCE TrogL Dec 2020 #10

More like a remembered astrological event edhopper Dec 2020 #13

But Religious Scholars point out the Magi didn't visit until 2 to 5 years later JustFiveMoreMinutes Dec 2020 #36

Trolling on a Christmas Eve! My favorite video o'the season! marble falls Dec 2020 #11

Hey I am just edhopper Dec 2020 #15

Just start with the taxes and the mysticism falls apart. procon Dec 2020 #14

I still want to know where the gold went. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2020 #19

Of course not-- not any more than creation in 6 days, the Flood, or water into wine... TreasonousBastard Dec 2020 #22

no - it's all astro-theology Locrian Dec 2020 #24

Religion loses its power and poetry when we read it as a literal history elias7 Dec 2020 #29

Too bad edhopper Dec 2020 #33

Other issues aside, your assumptions about the Roman census may be inaccurate. struggle4progress Dec 2020 #30

Which still makes edhopper Dec 2020 #34

It is more interesting to start with what we know and see where it might lead us struggle4progress Dec 2020 #43

Sounds more like you edhopper Dec 2020 #44

I've never been a believer Ron Obvious Dec 2020 #35

consistent? edhopper Dec 2020 #37

So it would have been more consistent if it was all made up, I meant. Ron Obvious Dec 2020 #38

By one person maybe. edhopper Dec 2020 #41

Again, other issues aside, your view of a Roman massacre story may not be defensible struggle4progress Dec 2020 #39

There is a huge difference between edhopper Dec 2020 #40

The histories are histories written by and preserved by the ruling class. Rome would not care struggle4progress Dec 2020 #42

Many of which were later creations edhopper Dec 2020 #45