The story says that the shepherds were out in the fields watching their flocks by night. I've been told that happens when the ewes are birthing because it gives them more room than being penned up. Spring for Israel is northern hemisphere spring, which does not happen in December.
The Romans...
I lived in Montana for a while. A friend there was asked by an out-of-stater, "What do you folks do in the summer?"
His answer -- "If it falls on the 4th of July, we go fishing."
A great historian, Edwin Gaustad, is famous for saying that if history has taught us anything, it has taught us that force applied to religion does not bring a strength of conviction, but a river of blood.
I'm curious about how you define "force" here. For example, when is "taking"(as opposed...
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