Pilgrim

  What if we tend to misunderstand the Bible? Does it matter? Does it matter if Angels really sang to shepherds or that Mary really was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus? How was Jesus both God and Man? Join me on a thought experiment for the next few minutes. First though, these are just my thoughts and as such are as much prone to error as any other human. Assume for a moment that Mary (probably Miriam anyway) was a teenage bride. Most girls married between 12-16 years of age. Let’s assume that Joseph wasn’t an old man but was also a young virulent boy/man. 16-18 years or so. If Jesus was unplanned, but what we actually see in the Gospels is a stubborn love that both Miriam and Joseph refuse to accept there is anything “wrong” in this, that there are no stables or innkeepers, instead an upper room in a family home, no angels or shepherds, no standing star – how would this affect your faith? Ask yourself the question, why would it affect your faith? It comes back to why are Ch...

  Of Gods and Humans   What if we tend to misunderstand the Bible?  Does it matter?  Does it matter if Angels really sang to shepherds or that Mary really was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus?  How was Jesus both God and Man?    Join me on a thought experiment for the next few minutes.   First though, these are just my thoughts and as such are as much prone to error as any other human.   Assume for a moment that Mary (probably Miriam anyway) was a teenage bride.  Most girls married between 12-16 years of age.   Let’s assume that Joseph wasn’t an old man but was also a young virulent boy/man.  16-18 years or so.   If Jesus was unplanned, but what we actually see in the Gospels is a stubborn love that both Miriam and Joseph refuse to accept there is anything “wrong” in this, that there are no stables or innkeepers, instead an upper room in a family home, no angels or shepherds, no standing star – how would this aff...