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edhopper

(35,145 posts) Sat Nov 30, 2019, 08:27 AM Nov 2019

Relic From Jesus' Manger Arrives at Bethlehem New Home [View all]

Last edited Sat Nov 30, 2019, 09:04 AM - Edit history (1)

Reported without an ounce of credulity.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-11-30/relic-from-jesus-manger-arrives-at-bethlehem-new-home

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — A tiny wooden relic believed to have been part of Jesus' manger has returned to its permanent home in the biblical city of Bethlehem 1,400 years after it was sent to Rome as a gift to the pope.

Do they mean the manger from the story that is so full of contradictions and unhistorical fantasy that to accept it is to shed all reason?

That manger?

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Relic From Jesus' Manger Arrives at Bethlehem New Home [View all] edhopper Nov 2019 OP

They'll keep it with the wood from Jesus' cross PJMcK Nov 2019 #1

Has the Hobby Lobby guy already commenced plans to hlthe2b Nov 2019 #2

"believed to be..." MineralMan Nov 2019 #3

By the same people who bought into the totally implausible myth to begin with Major Nikon Nov 2019 #5

The miracle of wood Cartoonist Nov 2019 #4

There was no Nazareth or relics until Constantine s. Mother decided to be the first tourist Karadeniz Nov 2019 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Dec 2019 #7

Didn't know that bit of history. Duppers Dec 2019 #8

Yes edhopper Dec 2019 #9

Folks talk a lot about Constantine's role drawing Christianity in from the fringes The Genealogist Dec 2019 #13

Joseph forfeited their security deposit because he broke the manger? N/t JustFiveMoreMinutes Dec 2019 #10

I love this shit. Iggo Dec 2019 #11

I can't imagine JesusDaddyGhost being very happy with a relic being broken up like that... The Genealogist Dec 2019 #14

Still more believable than the original story Major Nikon Dec 2019 #15

The tourists love souveniers... brooklynite Dec 2019 #12

Perfect companion piece.. Permanut Dec 2019 #16