Born At Bethelem Or At Jerusalem?

[Rommelator]

So, is the claim that Joseph Smith was talented enough to construct an elaborate fantasy novel that has continued to convince people that it is true hundreds of years after its publication, but dumb enough to include an obvious mistake that any one at all familiar with the Christmas story would spot?

Enter the Idiot-Savant theory, wherein Joseph was smart enough to include Hebraisms and Nahom but so stupid that he blew it with Jesus' birthplace. Kind of fun, isn't it?

[Scott Lloyd]

I can see your various explanations and can understand the reasoning behind them, but the bottom line is that Jesus was born in Bethlehem not at Jerusalem.

Translation: What you makes sense, but I can't bring myself to abandon a cherished attack against Mormonism, no matter how ludicrous it is.

[Doctor Steuss]

I can see your various explanations and can understand the reasoning behind them, but the bottom line is that Jesus was born in Bethlehem not at Jerusalem.

Had Jesus been born approximately 600 years earlier, most would likely have understood him to have been born within the city-state that had been established with a marionette king at its head and would probably have referred to said birth local as â??at Jerusalem.â?

Or, maybe Iâ??ve once again missed the bottom line and have ventured into the side line again (curses).