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To: Texas Eagle

Was Christ born in the beauty of the lilies overseas?

I was always taught he was born in a feeding trough amid the squalor of a cow byre.


18 posted on 04/09/2017 9:14:07 AM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
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To: PotatoHeadMick
I was always taught he was born in a feeding trough amid the squalor of a cow byre.

Meh. Perhaps she exercised a little poetic license. As our Pastor often says, chew on the meat and spit out the bone.

19 posted on 04/09/2017 9:17:52 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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“Was Christ born in the beauty of the lilies overseas?

I was always taught he was born in a feeding trough amid the squalor of a cow byre.”


The lily is a symbol of purity and innocence.


33 posted on 04/14/2017 5:25:16 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America.)
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