nickipicki123
Puritan Board Freshman
I'm listening to an ex-JW Atheist and it's interesting...
He did a video exploring the reasons that JWs do not celebrate Christmas, but for a part of it he talks about why Jesus' birth story is apparently implausible. He also makes the claim that Josephus' writings were largely forged.
He says that the NT writers mistranslated the word "virgin" in the OT prophecies about the Messiah, and that the word actually meant "young woman" not "virgin". This is relevant because the prophecies say he will come through the line of David, yet Mary was not descended from David, but Joseph was.
He also says that no census of that kind has ever been recorded, and it doesn't make any sense for people to have to make a long journey to their hometown for a census.
Here's the video. I don't think he uses any foul language, but I could be wrong, so just be aware if you're watching it around children:
He did a video exploring the reasons that JWs do not celebrate Christmas, but for a part of it he talks about why Jesus' birth story is apparently implausible. He also makes the claim that Josephus' writings were largely forged.
He says that the NT writers mistranslated the word "virgin" in the OT prophecies about the Messiah, and that the word actually meant "young woman" not "virgin". This is relevant because the prophecies say he will come through the line of David, yet Mary was not descended from David, but Joseph was.
He also says that no census of that kind has ever been recorded, and it doesn't make any sense for people to have to make a long journey to their hometown for a census.
Here's the video. I don't think he uses any foul language, but I could be wrong, so just be aware if you're watching it around children: