-> On 01-30-96  20:35, Michael Hardy got back to Dan Ceppa

MH> story of Joseph and Mary having to travel to Bethlehem is so
MH> farfetched, then how did the gospel story get taken seriously among

DC> Your little trip to Bethlehem is nothing more than a device plot
DC> to make the man fit the myth.

MH> anywhere near term when they traveled. It only says she was "expecting
MH> a child," and that the time for the baby to be born came "while they
MH> were there" in Bethlehem. There's no indication of how long they were
MH> there -- it could have been several weeks.

Nice try, Mikey.  "Several weeks"...  How about "several months"?
Why not "several years"?  Maybe it was "several decades"?

All you are doing is trying to make sense of a story that is
simply nothing more than a plot device.

... Fooled you; Mary slept with a devil.
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