Thoughts and Prayers: The Religion Thread

Luke 2:7:7
She gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke wasn’t writing contemporaneously with the birth of Jesus. Allegedly, Luke writes after the resurrection.

He uses the term firstborn, a son. Not only son or only child. Luke supplies evidence that Jesus had siblings, definitely a sister based on the reference to ‘a’ son.

 

Would be interesting to see Jesus' offshoots -- if he was real, and if he had kids who had kids etc etc -- 2,000 years later.

 

Most historians accept that Jesus, the person, was real. Too much evidence outside of the Bible to ignore.

Historical Jesus - Wikipedia

 

STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET Says 'It's Just A Matter Of Time' Before The Bible Is 'Canceled'

 

The not-so-United Methodists waited an extra year to break up, but the conservatives aren’t willing to wait for two.

United Methodist conservatives detail plans for a sooner-than-later breakaway

 

If you follow the inside baseball of evangelicalism, this is a big honking deal.

Bible teacher Beth Moore, splitting with Lifeway, says, 'I am no longer a Southern Baptist'

 

The Southern Baptist Church was created to help "justify" slavery.

And at a time when church-going across America is in decline, having religious organizations break into smaller groups is really not a great plan. Religious history is filled with new orgs and movements aimed not so much at spreading faith, but at allowing a segment of adherents to continue to live/rule outside Christian teachings, (I'm sure it's true of other faiths as well).

 

A descendant of Charles Darwin wrote a book about how his family's tree didn't branch enough and were mostly below average. I can't find it on Google and my copy has disappeared or I'd cite it. Scions tend to disappoint.

 

Did Seder with friends. Went heavy on the maror; sinuses clear for the next month.