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» Migisi - Is Jesus God?

In response to Is Jesus God? posted by Brother_Jones:
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Or basic humanism which would say that Jesus was born from natural causes perhaps with the assistance of a lying whore. Christians believe that Jesus was God and had no earthly father.
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Luke lists Jesus' ancestry back to Adam. Matthew's genealogy only goes back to Abraham. The lists are very different. Between David and Jesus, the only names the genealogies have in common are Shealtiel and Zerubbabel. Most Bible scholars assume Luke is recording Mary's genealogy and Matthew is recording Joseph's. If Joseph was NOT Jesus' biological father, why did Matthew bother tracing Joseph's ancestry at all? It would be irrelevant, no?
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-- posted by Migisi