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edhopper

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13. More like a remembered astrological event
Thu Dec 24, 2020, 07:21 PM
Dec 2020

was shoehorned into the story decades later. The Magi are one of the more fantastical parts of this myth.

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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
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