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- From: cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.books
- Subject: Re: Born in Bethlehem?
- Message-ID: <13735@optilink.COM>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 00:39:13 GMT
- References: <1992Dec26.132402.7206@sophia.smith.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec26.132402.7206@sophia.smith.edu>, orourke@sophia.smith.edu (Joseph O'Rourke) writes:
- > A. N. Wilson says in "Jesus: A Life" that it is extremely unlikely
- > that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Even if one takes everything in
- > the Bible as literally true, the birth in a stable remains pure
- > myth. It is not mentioned in any of the Gospels.
-
- Oh?
-
- And she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped Him
- in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no
- room for them in the inn.[Luke 2:7, NASV]
-
- Whether you want to accept the Bible's account as correct or not
- is one thing; but claiming that the Bible doesn't make this claim
- is false. It says nothing for A. N. Wilson's scholarship (or your
- reading of it) if this claim is made.
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- Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine!
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