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Expert Explains Why, Essentially, You're Fucked (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 days ago by sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I doubt Mary or Joseph ever existed.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Suggesting some rando carpenter from Nazareth sprung forth from nothing rather than having parents like a normal person is way more religious than even what the Christians claim.

Next you'll be trying to tell me Pontus Pilate was fictional too, LOL!

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(This is meant to be lightheated ribbing, and a gentle reminder that disbelieving miraculous religious BS doesn't require also nonsensically abandoning belief in the mere existence of documented historical figures. Apologies in advance if I didn't get the tone quite right to convey that.)