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Saturday, December 24. 2011

Christmas in History: First Media Reports of Nativity Story

From Peoples Cube, 2007


How did the ancient mass media report the alleged birth of Christ? The People's Cube prepared the following compilation of quotes from the Roman and Judean sources, which should help our readers to form an unbiased opinion of what really happened in the days surrounding the so-called Christmas...




 


More at the link above.

Posted by Bruce Kesler at 17:17 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Humorous and insightful commentary on our current society.
#1 inthehills on 2011-12-24 17:32 (Reply)
Yes, it's a good one.
#2 Bird Dog on 2011-12-24 17:54 (Reply)
Uh, the Immaculate Conception refers to Mary's creation, not that of Jesus. God decided that Mary must be free of original sin in anticipation of her giving birth to our Savior. As the prayer tells us, "Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee."

This is a common misunderstanding by many non-Catholics as well as many adherents to the mysteries of the Church of Rome. As for JC, He is the incarnation of God, so original sin would be impossible for Him to have, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and all. John the Baptist did baptize Him just to be on the safe side, though.

Still, it is humorous that nearly half of inner city women claimed to have been immaculately conceived. Who knew? heh.

Merry Christmas to one and all.
#3 Ed Bush on 2011-12-25 08:06 (Reply)

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