On 07/12/2020 23:37, Penny wrote:
On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 22:24:08 +0000, Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> >> scrawled in the dust...The census was very inaccurate, being manual. They even made a mistake
Opening my Advent Calendar this year has prompted me to queryI thought they went there to be taxed.
something
I've never thought about before. Why was it necessary for everyone to
travel to their place of birth in order to be counted? Why could not
Mary & Joseph be counted in Nazareth?
If you want something to ponder upon, why was their son known as Jesus of
Nazareth, if he was born in Bethlehem?
with Jesus' name, inscribing him as 'Harold B, thy name'. He did
partly adopt that later to save confusion on official documents,
choosing to sign himself 'Jesus H Christ'.
(There are many such confusions - the disciples were originally
referred to as 'our men' which somehow got twisted, and the whole
'fissures of men' debacle doesn't bear thinking about.)
HTH
I thought this deserved wider circulation than the "secret" newsgroup
where I saw it ... both the serious question about why-POB, and the
final two paragraphs:
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 13:18:38, Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
On 07/12/2020 23:37, Penny wrote:
On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 22:24:08 +0000, Jenny M BensonThe census was very inaccurate, being manual. They even made a
<NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk>
scrawled in the dust...
Opening my Advent Calendar this year has prompted me to query something >>>> I've never thought about before. Why was it necessary for everyone to >>>> travel to their place of birth in order to be counted? Why could not >>>> Mary & Joseph be counted in Nazareth?I thought they went there to be taxed.
If you want something to ponder upon, why was their son known as
Jesus of
Nazareth, if he was born in Bethlehem?
mistake with Jesus' name, inscribing him as 'Harold B, thy name'. He
did partly adopt that later to save confusion on official documents,
choosing to sign himself 'Jesus H Christ'.
(There are many such confusions - the disciples were originally
referred to as 'our men' which somehow got twisted, and the whole
'fissures of men' debacle doesn't bear thinking about.)
HTH
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