Is the Christmas Story a Myth?

For related resources, visit https://preparedtoanswer.org/topics/faith-and-reason/is-the-christmas-story-a-myth

Every year when Christmas rolls around, we start seeing the Christmas story featured on cards and magazines at the checkout counter. Along with that, a question often comes up this time of year: Is the Christmas story actually historical or is it just a myth?

In this episode, Scott and Shawn discuss this big question and some of the information presented in the gospels to address some common objections:

-What should we make of the differences in the four gospel accounts – aren’t there contradictions?
-What about the differences in genealogies between Matthew and Luke?
-Weren’t the gospel accounts written too late to be considered historical?
-How can we even evaluate the supernatural aspect of the accounts?