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Joel Watts<\/a> shared the illustration below<\/a> (although he doesn\u2019t think they got the \u201creal Jesus\u201d quite right).<\/p>\n

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Doug Chaplin also discusses the story about \u201ccasting the first stone.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

John Byron criticizes Darrell Bock\u2019s attempt<\/a> to minimize the historical problems in Luke\u2019s mention of the census under Quirinius in his infancy story.<\/p>\n

Don Rogers explains why the infancy accounts do not stand up as history<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Joel Watts shared the illustration below (although he doesn\u2019t think they got the \u201creal Jesus\u201d quite right). Doug Chaplin also discusses the story about \u201ccasting the first stone.\u201d John Byron criticizes Darrell Bock\u2019s attempt to minimize the historical problems in Luke\u2019s mention of the census under Quirinius in his infancy story. 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