On the translation of Luke 3:23
http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/faq/birth2.html
"And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli.."
The novice should take care to note that there are no parenthesis in the original Greek text. These parenthesis were put there by the translators. Unfortunately, they were put in the wrong place. "Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, which was the son of Heli," is the statement. While, "being as was supposed the son of Joseph," is the interjection, and thus what should have been put in parenthesis as the qualifying comment of the passage. In other words, the verse should read like this:
"And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, (being as was supposed the son of Joseph) which was the son of Eli...
Addressing the Pagan Myths
Genetic Fallacy
http://creation.com/was-christianity-plagiarized-from-pagan-myths
http://www.tektonics.org/lp/nowayjose.html
http://www.fallacyfiles.org/genefall.html
I agree that the video's point of Paganism in Christianity was bad. Although I'm glad he didn't list the "virgin births" They would have been all false.
Mectrixctic 4 months ago
@Mectrixctic Thank you for the comment! :-)
TruthCeeker333 4 months ago