Is it because everyone was last minute Christmas shopping?
2007-12-24 04:41:03 · 20 answers · asked by tnucamai 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ITS A JOKE YOU MORONS!! READ THE WHOLE QUESTION
2007-12-24 05:04:30 · update #1
i took it as a joke with no offense, its fine. those silly yahoo people! ( :
xx :D
2007-12-24 05:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Tax was Decreed by Ceasar Augustus...Luke Chapters 2-3
Books:
The First Christmas by Frank O. Munsen
Is That Really In the Bible By Dr Charles F. Potter
The Bible As History by Werner Keller...Merry Christmas
2007-12-24 04:45:53 · answer #2 · answered by ShadowCat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Caesar had decreed that every male should register at the place of his birth. Joseph was born in Bethlehem and had to return there for his registration.
The city was full for the same reason.
2007-12-24 04:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by Here I Am 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha, ha, no.
Joseph and Mary were not the only ones who had to travel to Bethlehem due to the census. Also, Bethlehem was a small town, there were no many rooms to rent.
2007-12-24 04:44:57 · answer #4 · answered by Darth Eugene Vader 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Silly question with a real answer. The Roman emperor had called a census requiring that every man return to the place of his birth, so Bethlehem was pretty full.
2007-12-24 04:43:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Think about it...everybody was going all directions to take part in the census and pay their taxes...too many people and too few spaces. Think about the lines at the post office on the last day to file taxes!
Throughout time, all the expensive places book fast, while the cheap fleabag motels are almost always open...
2007-12-24 04:48:03 · answer #6 · answered by B C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Augustus Ceasar had sent out the word that all residents of the Roman Empire had to return that year to the towns of their birth, in order to be counted for a census tax.
2007-12-24 04:44:31 · answer #7 · answered by Jim P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nativity scenes lack the same appeal when a Motel 6 billboard is crammed into the background.
2007-12-24 04:46:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was actually a computer error. Hotels.COM had a computer virus and accidently booked all the available rooms.
Mary and Joseph sure had a good laugh once they found out what had really happened. GOOD TIMES.
2007-12-24 04:49:26 · answer #9 · answered by Jerry M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They couldn't very well have stayed in the inn. It would have ruined the "coming from humble beginnings" thing that Jeebus had going for him.
You can't get much more humble than being born in a stable with a bunch of animals.
2007-12-24 04:43:58 · answer #10 · answered by JavaJoe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tax returns, IIRC. Which in those days, meant heading to your village of birth. Which is why they were in Bethlehem to start with, not Nazarus.
Edit: I read it. Just didn't laugh ;)
2007-12-24 04:43:29 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋