smurphy Loc: Co

The Eastsider Christians were certain that Jesus was born in a lowly structure, presumably a barn or manger, on the Eastside of Main Street in the town of Bethlehem. The Westsider Christians thought just the opposite. Over the years of this righteous and fierce conflict, both groups were continually wracked with strife, nailing down the exact address splintering both into over a thousand sects each. Then there was the important matter of how many beasts and of what species, if there were any such dirty creatures in attendance, were there at his birth. The sects grew into the tens of thousands. Then the color of the building became an issue: surely, insisted some, it must have been painted white, for his purity. Other groups sprung up saying it must have been painted gold for his majesty. Still others insisted blue for his heavenly home. The various sects were now numbered in the hundreds of thousands. And it got more complex. How many magi? What gifts, and in what specific amount? What country were they from? Was it a star or comet they followed? Did they arrive on camels, horses, or donkeys? How many shepherds? And so on and on and on and on it went.

Theo Loc: Within 1000 miles of Tampa, Florida

Generalizations never win.


Jesus was born in a barn and laid in a manger. He was not born in a manger.

The rest of your post is right on, at least as a metaphor for the reality of his later life.

Thoughtful, and sadly, correct.

Quizziled

The same is true in Ireland: belief by street address. Odd against Even for centuries. Weird!