Three Wise Men are just a legend, says Archbishop of Canterbury | the Daily Mail: “During an interview on Radio Five, the Archbishop of Canterbury dismissed the well-known version of events as legend saying: ‘Matthew’s Gospel doesn’t tell us there were three of them, doesn’t tell us they were kings, doesn’t tell us where they came from.
Oh, really?
‘It says they are astrologers, wise men, priests from somewhere outside the Roman Empire, that’s all we’re really told.’
Oh, really?
Turning to the topic of when Jesus was born, he said it was ‘very unlikely’that there was snow.
Oh, really?
He said there was no evidence of animals present - a popular theme of Christmas cards.
Oh, really?
He dismissed the idea that the star of the North stood still in the night sky - because stars just don’t behave like that.
Oh, really?
For good measure, he added Jesus probably wasn’t even born in December. He said: ‘Christmas was when it was because it fitted well with the winter festival’.
Oh, really?
Next time the good Archbishop will tell us that maybe the virgin birth is a legend too… oh wait, he alredy did! What’s left then, the resurrection? After all, there’s just as much proof that Jesus rose from the dead as there is for his birth in a manger. It’s all a bunch of unsubstantiated myths, so why not get over it once and for all?
