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On 31/12/2024 09:10, Blueshirt wrote:
Something different from Blueshirt Mansions this morning, a "Joy
to the World" review from a semi-religious point of view... from
a highly educated Christian blogger who likes Doctor Who. (Dave
might even find it informative!)
Take it away Professor McGrath...
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2024/12/doctor-who-joy-to-the-world.html
There's an interesting point on chronology here which works in the
Whoniverse but sadly for Dave, not in the real world.
The episode shows the Star as in year "0001". Historical cues in the Bible
have the birth of Jesus in Matthew as no later than 4BC, but in Luke as no earlier
Something different from Blueshirt Mansions this morning, a "Joy
to the World" review from a semi-religious point of view... from
a highly educated Christian blogger who likes Doctor Who. (Dave
might even find it informative!)
Take it away Professor McGrath...
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2024/12/doctor-who-joy-to-the-world.html
Something different from Blueshirt Mansions this morning, a "Joy
to the World" review from a semi-religious point of view... from
a highly educated Christian blogger who likes Doctor Who. (Dave
might even find it informative!)
Take it away Professor McGrath...
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2024/12/doctor-who-joy-to-the-world.html
On 31/12/2024 09:10, Blueshirt wrote:
Something different from Blueshirt Mansions this morning, a
"Joy to the World" review from a semi-religious point of
view... from a highly educated Christian blogger who likes
Doctor Who. (Dave might even find it informative!)
Take it away Professor McGrath...
There's an interesting point on chronology here which works in
the Whoniverse but sadly for Dave, not in the real world.
Quote from that article ....
'Just as a reminder, this was not the first visit of the
Doctor to Bethlehem. Indeed, there may be multiple Doctors
visiting this moment, if this episode provides a clue. The
Doctor says in “Voyage of the Damned” that he was there for
the first Christmas and “got the last room.”' End Quote
So could we have a future 'Doctor Who' Christmas storyline
where, perhaps, the 'Three Wise Men'/'Maji from the East' are,
in fact, (another) three incarnations of The Doctor (as well
as the other Doctor incarnations we've seen there before)??
You read it here first!!
On 31/12/2024 10:40, The Last Doctor wrote:
On 31/12/2024 09:10, Blueshirt wrote:
Take it away Professor McGrath...
There's an interesting point on chronology here which works
in the Whoniverse but sadly for Dave, not in the real world.
The episode shows the Star as in year "0001". Historical
cues in the Bible have the birth of Jesus in Matthew as no
later than 4BC, but in Luke as no earlier
... grr sorry ...
No earlier than 6AD (a ten year difference, one of the bigger
contradictions in the Bible that prove it is not inerrant in
any translation or edition as it's full of internal
contradictions and issues like this).
But in the Whoniverse, history is always being rewritten and
traces of what has never been get left behind in the next
iteration.
So what if - Jesus was born in 1 or 2 BC in the current
("mavity") timeline - thus the wise men turning up in 0001
(AD). But the book of Matthew comes from the universe where
Jesus was born in 4BC and the Doctor worked with UNIT in the
70s ... but the book of Luke comes from a universe where Jesus
was born in 6AD and the Doctor worked with UNIT in the 80s ...
which of course were the same events ...
The Last Doctor wrote:
On 31/12/2024 09:10, Blueshirt wrote:
Something different from Blueshirt Mansions this morning, a
"Joy to the World" review from a semi-religious point of
view... from a highly educated Christian blogger who likes
Doctor Who. (Dave might even find it informative!)
Take it away Professor McGrath...
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2024/12/doctor-who-joy-to-the-world.html
There's an interesting point on chronology here which works in
the Whoniverse but sadly for Dave, not in the real world.
Yeah, but Dave and the real world don't really have a lot in
common do they? ;-)
Daniel70 wrote:
Quote from that article ....
'Just as a reminder, this was not the first visit of the
Doctor to Bethlehem. Indeed, there may be multiple Doctors
visiting this moment, if this episode provides a clue. The
Doctor says in “Voyage of the Damned” that he was there for
the first Christmas and “got the last room.”' End Quote
So could we have a future 'Doctor Who' Christmas storyline
where, perhaps, the 'Three Wise Men'/'Maji from the East' are,
in fact, (another) three incarnations of The Doctor (as well
as the other Doctor incarnations we've seen there before)??
Biblical Magi: The Gospel of RTD (v2:S15) speaks of Magi, or the
three wise Time Lords, who followed a fat bird in the sky to
Bethlehem in search of the newly regenerated Master. There they
found Missy with the baby Master and offered him gifts of a
Cyberman's head, a Dalek sink-plunger and a sonic screwdriver.
You read it here first!!
Check your Inbox for an e-mail from the BBC... it's a great idea.
Something different from Blueshirt Mansions this morning, a "Joy
to the World" review from a semi-religious point of view... from
a highly educated Christian blogger who likes Doctor Who. (Dave
might even find it informative!)
Take it away Professor McGrath...
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2024/12/doctor-who-joy-to-the-world.html