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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] >"Do you accept ANY of it as accurate?" No, I'm a Deist, remember? I don't accept the Bible (Or Koran, or Talmud) as accurate just because it SAYS so. I accept the existence of certain places in the Bible. -but- I also accept the existence of Devil's Tower, Wyoming, while not believing that aliens landed there, a la "Close Encounters." I submit that it is IMPOSSIBLE to ascertain for CERTAIN the accuracy of the genealogies of Joseph and Mary, as claimed by the Bible authors. Therefore their accuracy is entirely a matter of FAITH, a resource I do not spend freely. You have to TRUST too many things for my liking. You have to trust that the writers were telling the absolute, unvarnished truth, with proof (at least at the time), and not simply creating a new myth similar to preexisting myths, (Dionysus, Orpheus, Osiris, the Horned God, Persephone, etc, etc,) and trying to give it authority by claiming descent from a famous historical personage. Hell, half the Romans claimed descent from some God or another. And as I said, not long ago, EVERYBODY in Europe claimed descent from Charlemagne... there are still a lot of family trees in Europe, in fact, that include Charlemagne on their branches... whether or not it's accurate. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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