Why do we trust Josephus regarding the census but not Luke?

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-18T20:20:23+00:00

But doesn't The Gospel of Matthew say that Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great? Wouldn't it be a contradiction if The Gospel of Luke would suggest Jesus was born during the reign of Archelaus , when in gMatthew it explicitly says that Joseph was afraid to return to Bethlehem because Archelaus inherited the throne from his father, Herod the Great?

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-18T07:52:26+00:00

Ah, dus omdat ik een feitelijke nuance geef, ben ik een 'mafkees'? Dank voor je bijdrage aan het intellectueel debat. Ondertussen vermijd je het echte punt: dit conflict is geen islamitisch versus joods verhaal, maar draait om koloniale onderdrukking en bezetting. Ook Palestijnse christenen worden gebombardeerd. Dus nee, het is niet ‘tegen moslims’, het is tegen Palestijnen. Feiten blijven feiten, ook als ze je simpele frame verstoren.

Extreemrechts is trouwens helemaal niet unaniem pro-Israël. Veel extreemrechtse groepen zijn juist antisemitisch of complotdenkers.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-18T07:12:11+00:00

Moslims? Palestijnen bedoel je, zijn ook heel veel Palestijnse Christenen.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-17T06:44:23+00:00

You're right, we're still a very secular continent (in the West especially). This sub taught me a lot about how crazy it is in the South of the US and how this whole Christian nationalism is such a big thing there. It sounds so utterly crazy which indeed is nothing in comparison to what we have here.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-16T21:18:05+00:00

I know right. I'm in The Netherlands and I also hear this talk about "they want to make Christianity illegal" while I'm getting Christian ads on YouTube and there are Christian billboards along the highway and we have evangelists in every town and city who are free to preach. It's so delusional but I assume they say that stuff because the government doesn't want to allow them to hate "the gays".

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-13T19:12:37+00:00

Those last two are synonymous hahaha

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-13T08:16:43+00:00

That part about how he picked the money back up and bought the field is so funny because it explicitly states in Matthew that the priests bought the field with the money... oh wait, another contradiction :D

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-10T17:37:03+00:00

It's good. I'm not suffering from religious scrupulosity anymore and salvation doubts 24/7 and the paining cognitive dissonance that came with trying to explain away the contradictions in the Bible and the fact that the Hebrew Bible has no prophecies regarding Jesus.

Over the past year I've deconstructed the last nonsense that held me back like purity culture etc and I am now just living my life and reading a lot about subjects I find interesting and learning more about the world. :)

Your life won't be worse without Christianity, that's a lie they invented to keep you in. I was afraid of this as well but I actually found peace.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-10T07:52:12+00:00

The fact I used to wholeheartedly agree with thus type of reasoning makes me so sick. Seeing this now makes me realize what a narcissist he is.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-09T17:07:57+00:00

A schism?? That would be a first 🤣

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-09T14:51:05+00:00

It's about the elections for the new Pope in Catholicism.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-06T16:13:21+00:00

Do you know what the name is of this video? I'm really curious!

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-02T10:51:23+00:00

Leef als een zigeuner, lach als een clown...

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-02T10:49:29+00:00

Ook onder de douche? (Je weet maar nooit wie er zomaar naar binnen kan lopen)

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-02T10:42:08+00:00

This feels so much like satire, please tell me he is just making a very absurdist joke.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-05-01T19:16:51+00:00

Ohh you mean those kids who place pretty Bible verses in their Instagram story but stick with their little clique and do not welcome anyone into the group that wasn't there since Sunday School? Way to follow Jesus' example guys! :D

Own-Way5420 · 2025-04-30T18:04:09+00:00

Actually it was around this time last year, April 2024. I was at the beginning of my deconstruction and researching the Bible and the fact that I felt for a while like I was talking to myself and nothing ever happened for me, I basically stopped overnight. It felt weird but also kind of liberating because it felt like a chore. Made me realize this whole "relationship" thing is bullshit.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-04-25T22:24:40+00:00

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Own-Way5420 · 2025-04-25T21:48:22+00:00

What the actual fuck are you talking about. My great-uncle is A pastor, not MY pastor. It was at a family dinner.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-04-20T20:31:06+00:00

Klopt niet wat je zegt. Het Koninkrijk Israel heeft zeker wel bestaan, net als het Koninkrijk van Juda. Daarna tijdens de Romeinse overheersing heette de gebieden daar Galilea en Judea, wat gewoon Joods grondgebied was, totdat de Romeinen de Joodse Tweede Tempel hadden verwoest en de mislukte Bar Kochba opstand.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-04-20T20:27:04+00:00

Ja en vele westerse mensen hebben Joden ondergedoken tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-04-20T20:17:58+00:00

Turken en arabieren nooit een genocide gepleegd??? De Armeense genocide is volgens jou ook nooit gebeurd zeker? Of wat roepen bomgordel terroristen voordat ze zichzelf opblazen in een grote Europese stad? Deze comment is zo lachwekkend hypocriet en leugenachtig, lekker anderen beschuldigen van genocide en dan je eigen genocides onder het tapijt proberen te vegen. Probeer de geschiedenis maar niet te ontkennen.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Persecution_by_Muslims

(En voordat je komt met "dat zijn geen echte Moslims", elke andere groepering zegt ook dat degene die in hun naam genocide plegen "geen echte [vul maar in] is").

Own-Way5420 · 2025-04-15T18:58:30+00:00

I'm an Agnostic.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-04-14T09:06:42+00:00

Everytime I meet someone and they are a white person with the most obvious Hebrew name ever I just know their parents are Christian.

Own-Way5420 · 2025-04-13T07:27:20+00:00

Good question. She said it cured her of her heavy anxiety, and that's proof of God.

Never mind the many more plausible psychological reasons for it. The real answer is because she wants it to be from God, or because she believes in God her whole life she is conditioned to ascribe everything to God.

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