and consider this

The two genealogies of "Jesus Christ" are utterly irrelevant and pointless if Jesus was in fact, conceived by the holy ghost on dad's side. Why are they in there then? Why are there 2 of them when they obviously don't even agree with each other attal? They must have taken an incredible amount of research to lay down. (Think Mormon genealogical research). They wouldn't have been written in if they're as irrelevant as they evidently are, in today's belief about Jesus. They HAD to be ............ vitally important at one time.

Christian believers don't want to touch this question and if they do, they have to spin a cobweb around it, thick enough to obscure the original question.

Why are the genealogies there?

Well, let's look at something completely different, to see a parallel...

Commercial jet liners are turned out from their factories with all wiring in place, totally up to date. As time goes by in the 30 - 40 year life span of a craft, numerous upgrades and repairs take place that require a lot of "re-wiring". However, the OLD wires are never removed because they're integrally embedded in the plane's main harness. To cut and pull them is out is simply not feasible. Instead, the old wires are abandoned and new wiring is cinched in alongside the main harness. Eventually, the add-ons may constitute several times the bulk and weight of the original harness. This is a problem because all of the dead weight of old wiring has to be transported continually and cuts down on the profit margin but ............ that's just the way it is.

Now think about the New Testament. There would have been hundreds of scrolls or books in use at that time, across the Roman Empire. They couldn't ALL be recalled. Just too much work and expense. So .......... why not just gradually "upgrade" with the new additions? Besides, there might be a lot of controversy over such major changes to the hallowed scriptures so ...... just add in a note of "was supposed to be the son of Joseph"? That way, those who wanted to continue to believe that Jesus was descended from David -could. The more "enlightened" ones ALSO had their truth written down. So that's how it was. Everybody knew and understood.

Today, that understanding has been lost ....... so you have this strange contradiction existing in the 2 Christmas gospels.

-Vince