Stable Best Place for Jesus Birth

I'm tired of people applying 21st Century standards to Jesus birth place    

Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem.

Luke 2:7  "While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born. 7And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."

A manger in a stable might not be a good place to have a baby today,  but 2,000 years ago a stable was probably the best place for a visitor to Bethlehem to have her first baby.

There are two suggested definitions for what "inn" means.  One type "inn" had a large common room in which people slept on  the floor   .I've forgotten the name of .the  preacher  who pointed out that offering Mary room in a stable would have provided her with privacy for her truly blessed event  she wouldn’t have had in  a large common room.

The alternate "inn" was a guest room in a private home.   Some believe the owner rejected Joseph and Mary because they weren’t  married.   It seems more likely Joseph, to protect Mary's honor ,  told people they were  married and he was the  father. 

Most guest room owners probably had a policy of not offering a room to  those with young children or women about to give birth.  New babies would  be undesirable in either type "inn" because of their crying.  

Most people think of Luke as if  it said "because there was no room --- in the inn." instead of  '" because there was no room for them in the inn."   The inn might have had room for  someone other than Joseph and Mary.

Biblehub.com  points  out the stable would have been empty and clean because the animals were in the fields  Mary had privacy and didn’t have to worry that  people would complain when her baby cried.

The stable, unlike the inns, had ample room for the shepherds who came to Jesus birthday party. The shepherds assured Mary people wanted her baby even if   "inn-keepers" had rejected  her because of  the baby.

Animal Lovers Shouldn’t Eat At Chick-fil-A

Christian Animal  Ethics reports Chick-fil-A "chickens are bred to grow so large, so quickly, that many of them suffer crippling leg deformities. Because their breasts grow abnormally large while their skeletons and other organs lag behind, their legs often break under the weight of their own bodies."

Chickens at Chick-fil-A "factory farm suppliers don’t see the light of day or receive any exercise. Most have trouble breathing in the overcrowded, filthy conditions while many others suffer heart failure and chronic pain."

To keep Chick-fil-A "chickens eating and growing as much as possible, their sleep is restricted by keeping the interior lights of the warehouses illuminated at almost all times."


Many Chick-fil-A "chickens die on the warehouse floor, their bodies rotting among the other chickens, adding to the overall stress and unhygienic conditions."

.This last situation discourages me  from  eating  at Chick-fil-A.   Such conditions encourage diseases that chickens can transmit to humans like the urinary tract infection causing intestinal bacterium Enterococcus faecalis and salmonella.

Give to The Salvation Army not Chick-fil-A

 Compassionless   Chick-fil-A executives have made an Ebenezer Scrooge like  decision to stop donating to The Salvation Army.  Many desperately need the help the donation would have provided. The money for the donation would have come from Chick-fil-A customers.  Thus Chick-fil-A customers could reverse the decision to stop donating "their" money to The Salvation Army. Chick-fil-A customers could eat at Chick-fil-A less often and donate the money  they would have spent at Chick-fil-A to The Salvation Army.

Intelligent Democrats could end the impeachment nonsense

Intelligent Democrats  could end the impeachment nonsense if enough  of  them leave their brain dead party to start a new party I'll refer to as the "Y2K" party [to use a non-political term]. With enough members,  the "Y2K" party could form a new majority coalition  with the  Republicans to take control of  the  House.  The coalition agreement should allow Y2K members to keep their committee positions  and  seniority.  .
  
The coalition might issue a statement that coalition members want to work together to develop compromise approaches to controversial issues. A compromise on  immigration could involve Congress providing money to hire border people to build the wall and get green cards.

Speaker Pelosi couldn't punish those who leave  her party to be part of a new majority coalition.

Republicans need to start political action committees to help veterans run against House Democrats.

Republicans need to start political action committees to help veterans run against House Democrats.
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