Pope: No Animals at Birth of Jesus
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Now we have to believe the pope because as I understand it he was ruled infallible when it came to matters of the church, so when he says something was or wasn’t it has to be true, like this story:
Nativity scenes—even the one at the Vatican—are getting it wrong when they depict donkeys, camels, and other animals present at the birth of Jesus, according to Pope Benedict XVI. Though Jesus may have been born in a stable, there is no mention of the animals in the Gospels or any other reason to believe animals were present, the pontiff writes in Jesus of Nazareth—The Infancy Narratives, the final volume of his trilogy on the life of Jesus, the Telegraph reports. Still, the tradition of showing animals by the manger is so deeply entrenched that it is certain to live on, he notes.
Carol singing also stems from a misunderstanding, the pontiff writes. When the gospels refer to angels “praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest,'” they spoke the words instead of singing them, he writes, though “Christianity has always understood that the speech of angels is actually song, in which all the glory of the great joy that they proclaim becomes tangibly present.” The story of the three wise men may have been inspired by a “theological idea” instead of a historical event, but the virgin conception of Jesus is definitely historical fact and not a myth, the pontiff writes.
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And to think, the 2 previous poops and and today’s poop actually accept theistic evolution?!! They better stick with their fairy tale of Adam & Eve being able to form a civilization of non-whites and all breeds of men and women and other false, famous made up stories. I’ll stick with Science so I can remain sane!
The Pope is an old fuddy duddy. On the other hand I would have no problem if he decided to eliminating singing at church as it only drags things out.
That would be funny the first time the choir keyed up and joyfully said Glory to God in the highest.
Oh those silly Christians!!
Ok so I am to believe that 3 wise men was “inspired”, but a virgin birth by an absent father is the truth. Keeryst tap dancing on a cracker, I guess Christianity doesn’t change till it does to keep up with the times. Wonder if Billo will get tweaked about the Pope waging his holy war on Christmas. I may very well turn to fox news to see if he does, just for the laughs that will come out of me.
As usual, pontifical statements contain contradictions confusions, and outright lies. There is no reason to believe animals were present? Does this old fool not know what is a stable? The very word implies the presence of animals. Perhaps the fabulists that wrote the babble thought that even future people would understand that domestic animals were kept in a stable. That’s not mentioning the constant presence of mice, rats, cats, and maybe dogs.
Why are the mice not represented in nativity scenes? Per Douglas Adams, the mice are the ones responsible for the entire planet even existing.
The “virgin conception is a historical event?” How so? I see no mention of it outside of unproven assertions from the babble. For that matter, there is not a single mention of any jesus character by any contemporary source. For example,
A Few Noticeable Events in the Life of Jesus
Herod’s slaughter of all the baby boys in Bethlehem.
Jesus’ triumphant entry in jerusalem, where the entire town welcomes him as their king.
Jesus casting out the greedy moneychangers. (in an area about the size of 34 football fields)
Two earthquakes his Jerusalem.
Supernatural darkness covers “all the land” for hours.
The Sacred Temple curtain tears from top to bottom.
All the dead holy men in the cemetery come out of their graves and wander Jerusalem, “appearing to many.”
And yet, contemporary historians in the time of Jesus didn’t write about any of this.
and:
As stated by Dr. Bart Ehrman, Professor of religious studies at the University of North Caroline, Chapel Hill, NC said, “In the entire first Christian century, Jesus is not mentioned by a single Greek or Roman scholar, politician, philosopher, or poet. His name never appears in a single inscription, and it is never found in a single piece of private correspondence. Zero! Zip references!”
Yet, millions of people choose to ignore facts and accept this fraud as Christ’s spokesman on earth. The word “Pontiff” is taken from the Latin for “bridge” meaning the pope is a bridge between heaven and earth. If he’s a bridge, I’d rather swim.