To the Editor,
Herb Panko has a few misconceptions and fallacies of his own! (FCJ March 26, 2018)
Panko claims Mary was “with child without clear knowledge of who the father was.” The Bible claims Joseph did “what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.” (Matthew 1:24). Joseph took Mary as his wife right after she had become pregnant, so why would anyone question who the father was?
Panko claims Jesus was “a Jewish insurgent against the Roman power structure.”
Not true. Jesus had nothing against the Romans. And the Romans had nothing against Jesus. Pontius Pilate thought he was innocent and wanted to free him. The Jewish Pharisees, chief priests and elders had a beef with the oppressive Romans. Jesus fought with this Jewish leadership, not the Romans. “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” (Matthew 22:22).
And finally, Herb claims Jesus was a “rather nondescript wandering prophet preaching impending doom but who did not consider himself a god.” Whoa. Jesus said: “I and the Father are one.” (John 10:30). The Jews replied: “We are not stoning you for any of these (miracles performed), but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.” (John 10:33).
Herb Panko needs to crack open his dusty Bible!
Flip Huggenvik
Big Spring, Minn.
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