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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Subject: Re: About Literalism: in what sense is God ... (correction)
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Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 12:46:17 EDT
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> Regarding the two genealogies given for the Lord, I'm supprised that
> it is not commonly known that they are for His forebears through His
> mother's and step-father's families.

It is amazing the lengths to which people will go to rationalize a
plain contradiction in scripture.  "...known that they are...?"
By whom?  Where is the evidence for this?  The words in scripture are 
clear enough:

Matt 1:16 says: "And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary"

Luke 3:23 says: "Jesus...the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli..."


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"Men never do evil so cheerfully and so completely as when they do so from
	religious conviction."  -- Blaise Pascal

	Bill Jefferys  8-%
	Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712   (USnail)
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