Gospel Truth vs. Honest Truth

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Christian or not, we all know the story of the first Christmas, or more accurately, the story of the birth of Jesus. What we “KNOW” has been related to us from the biblical accounts, and Christians take those as the gospel truth.

But is the GOSPEL truth REALLY the truth?

Probably not, and there are political reasons for that. What we read in the Bible was related orally for years, decades and in some cases centuries before being written down by mere men, later translated by mere men, and perhaps most importantly, later edited by not-so-mere-men, as in Kings to be used for more political purposes.

Common sense dictates that stories told orally over any period of time change, or become embellished and often bear elements of bias related to the perspective of the story teller. Translations often alter such stories as well, and ultimately, political rulers of the day edit such stories in whatever way suits their needs.

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It Was Called Common Sense

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At the risk of dating myself, and coming across as some old codger…which I am quickly becoming but that’s beside the point…I have decided to point out a few things that today’s whipper-snappers would not believe.

First off…”whipper-snapper” is most definitely something an old codger would say, and not a term I have ever used outside of being snarky, and secondly, “today’s whipper-snappers” would refer to anyone  not old enough to remember the apocalypse that the world prepared for called…Y2k.

I grew up in the 60’s.  A simple time defined by simple common sense. The space race was just getting started, cars were huge…even the small ones, phones were connected to walls by a cord and if you wanted to use one anywhere but in someone’s home, you needed a pocket full of dimes…quarters if you were calling long distance.

The phones that required pocket change were in these glass boxes on street corners that Superman used as a changing room.

Everybody knew that.

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The First Christmas…Rebooted

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If you happen to be of the Christian faith, there can be no doubt that you know the story of the first Christmas by heart. It’s a story that’s been around for two millennium, being told, retold, embellished, condensed, written down, edited and made into an epic tale.

History tells us that not everything in that story is true, or accurate, and indeed the Bible itself offers not only clues but as near to tangible evidence for how it’s been condensed and altered over the past couple of thousand years to fit a narrative palatable and easy to follow by people in centuries past.

I won’t get into those clues, or into the condensing and altering of the story here, but I did write a piece on that topic in 2017, entitled Politics and The First Christmas which you can read here.

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