November 26, 2012 · 20:04 · 3 min
Pope's Christmas book: calendar blunder and manger animals
- Does the Pope's nativity debunking (birth date, animals, singing angels) matter to your faith?
After a station ID, the hosts discuss Pope Benedict's new book 'Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives': the claim that the Christian calendar is based on a 6th-century monk's miscalculation of Jesus' birth date, and that the Gospels give no evidence cattle or other animals gathered around the manger. The hosts shrug ('that's kind of old news') and joke about throwing out half their Christmas decorations, noting they have cattle in the basement from last year's Christmas play, addressed as Dan's.