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Why Everything You Know About the Nativity is Probably Wrong

Or, The Joy of Being Wrong at Christmas

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Dec 12, 2019
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Sometimes it is terrifying and disorienting to realize you got something wrong about God or theology or scripture.

And then other times, it's pure joy. 

A few years ago, I reorganized my understanding of the nativity story. And it's been an experience in the latter.

Isn't it nice to know that there is still so much to learn in this old world? That there …

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