We are going to attempt this again.
I accept the above exactly as it stands -- no more, no less.Zzyzx wrote:ST_JB wrote:I am accepting the terms and format as you have suggested from the other thread.
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 0&start=50Zzyzx wrote:Okay, if you propose accepting the terms of the January 2009 thread, I am willing. I do not consider it as favoring either of us. If you agree we can proceed with the H2H debate.ZZ: Proposal for Head to Head debate:
Topic: Is the "Star of Bethlehem" story literally true as written in Matthew 2:1-12?Matthew2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."
3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5"In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: 6" 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"
7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."
9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
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