The two genealogies for Jesus in the Bible cannot be reconciled.
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Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-38 both purport to be the genealogy of Jesus. They have little in common besides saying that Joseph was Jesus’ father and that he descended from King David. For instance, Matthew says Jesus descended from David’s son Solomon and Luke says it was from David’s other son Nathan. There have been many attempts to reconcile these two genealogies over the centuries. I am not convinced that any of them succeeded. My opponent has agreed to try again.
I propose, subject to my opponent’s approval, to limit debate to five rounds, with the last three for rebuttals only. I will be working from the NIV and am open to using a different translation.
Thanks for the comment.
I had the idea that a human was watching each debate. I guess not.
It resulted in a tie, because no one voted,
And the system is not programmed to recognize when someone doesn't post an argument,
Even if it 'did though,
The individual who 'did post arguments,
Might be posting gibberish, for all the program would know, if it's just checking for posted or not.
It is explained in the Bible, really. Not really sure what confuses you there.
Bible clearly says "it was considered" and in other translations it says "so it was thought".
We know that "it was considered =/= it was so".
We know that "so it was thought =/= it was so.
Bible clearly explains that both genealogies were incorrect, since Jesus was Son of God. He was not son of Joseph like both of those genealogies claim.
Done.
Anything else?
Please change the Time Period for debating from one week to two weeks. I also have school work and tend to be slower with responses. I won't usually take up the entirety of the fourteen days and try to respond quickly enough