{"id":4434,"date":"2014-12-08T08:47:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T08:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2014-12-08T08:47:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T08:47:13","slug":"being-skeptical-of-the-nativity-come-to-my-3-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/2014\/12\/08\/being-skeptical-of-the-nativity-come-to-my-3-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Being skeptical of the nativity &#8211; come to my 3 talks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So the Christmas season is upon us, and people are thinking of the birth of the baby Jesus. Or should be.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/files\/2014\/08\/Cover-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4277\" src=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/files\/2014\/08\/Cover-sized-670x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover sized\" width=\"150\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/files\/2014\/08\/Cover-sized-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/files\/2014\/08\/Cover-sized-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/files\/2014\/08\/Cover-sized.jpg 1571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shouldn&#8217;t they?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, that depends. My topically relevant book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0956694853\/ref=as_sl_pd_tf_lc?tag=atipplingphil-20&amp;camp=213381&amp;creative=390973&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=0956694853&amp;adid=1ZPWY8Z3PHHTBZMM3PXW&amp;&amp;ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fskepticink.com%2Ftippling%2F\">The Nativity: A Critical Examination<\/a>, sets about looking at the historical, chronological, logical and theological issues with the infancy narratives. As a result, every Christmas time I peddle my wares at a number of local venues to talk about the topic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This next week is a busy one, starting tonight at Southampton University:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Southampton University, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1572593102973523\/\">Monday 8th Dec, 7pm, Nuffield Theatre<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bournemouth Skeptics in the Pub, <a href=\"http:\/\/bournemouth.skepticsinthepub.org\/Event.aspx\/2317\/The-Nativity\">Wednesday 10th Dec, 7.30pm, Brunswick\u00a0Pub<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chichester Humanists, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westsussexhumanists.org.uk\/index.php?option=com_jevents&amp;task=icalrepeat.detail&amp;evid=492&amp;Itemid=156&amp;year=2014&amp;month=12&amp;day=15&amp;title=the-nativity-examined-talk-by-author-and-philosophr-jonathan-pearce&amp;uid=622045d1b36eb4162c94ea9470d9a609&amp;catids=34\">Monday 15th Dec, 7.30pm, Chichester Inn<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Go on,, you know you want to turn up!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/bournemouth.skepticsinthepub.org\/resources\/wysiwyg_resize.aspx\/470x665\/XIImages\/Bournemouth\/smallxmas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the Christmas season is upon us, and people are thinking of the birth of the baby Jesus. Or should be. Cover sized<br \/>\nShouldn&#8217;t they?<\/p>\n<p>Well, that depends. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,25],"tags":[238,197],"class_list":["post-4434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking-engagements","category-the-nativity","tag-the-nativity-2","tag-the-nativity-a-critical-examination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}