Re: [OT] Good, evil and religion [WAS] Re: A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 05/12/07 03:48, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 16:55:07 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 05/09/07 15:54, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>> It always struck me as odd that the gospels could not agree on whether
>>> Josef and Maria had to go Bethlehem for a census or if they had been
>     ^^^^^     ^^^^^
> Interesting how I slipped back into childhood there without even
> noticing...

:)

>>> living there already.
>> Which canon Gospel is that in?  Both Matthew and Luke say that the
>> couple traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
> 
> Only Luke has the taxation/census story. Matthew states that Jesus was
> born in Bethlehem without mentioning any preceding journey (Mt 2:1). He
> has the family settling in Nazareth once they return from Egypt, but it
> sounds like that is the first time that Joseph comes to that city (Mt
> 2:22-23). 
> 
> The contradiction is not as clear as I remembered it, though.

Each gospel is only telling the part of the story that he sees as
relevant to his audience.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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