If the Christmas story happened now

[Gawdimold]

Would you believe it?

There would be nothing to believe or not believe; she'd simply be another person scheduled and admitted into a psychiatric ward for delusions.

Perinatal referral and MBU for Mary. Assess and treat the psychosis
Support for Joe the carpenter
i still maintain the donkey is problematic

Lol, why the problem with the donkey?

Well, who is going to accommodate the beast of burden? Which service will provide a budget code for the stables ,the hay and ongoing provision for the donkey?
Tricky dealing with a beast of burden

What about a B&B with riding stables? There are a few.
Now to stay in the barn these days is quite a different experience! A nice cosy converted barn!

I don’t know - I can imagine a situation in modern day where he would appear on Britain’s Got Talent and would turn water into wine as some sort of magician and the circumstances behind his birth would make a great backstory for his VT!

But I think in modern days He would just be a flash in the pan ‘act’ and I don’t think He would end up in the history books in the way that he has.

Venus is bright tonight, dazzling

I have seen it earlier indeed! Beautiful, as usual.

Haven’t read the bible but doesn’t one of the testaments say it is a virgin birth but the general consensus is that Jesus is descended from the line of David through his father Joseph? Apologies if totally wrong!

He is on David's line from Mary's side.
Joseph was from David's line too, but he could not pass that to Jesus, at least biologically. Though maybe there was some ceremonies or traditions that David's tribe celebrated differently to other jews?

I think the birth would really strike and touch some people that were present, but will not be believed or known about by many out of that circle. Much as what happened so many years ago.
But I do not think that the man would only be a passing act. He moved a lot of people at the time, strongly enough to change their religion, to die for this religion and to pass it to others with conviction enough to grow in numbers and strength enough to make the roman emperor take it, instead of opposing it any further. From prosecution and hiding, to centre stage.
It must have been the strongest of faiths that moved all this peole. I would love to know more about the early christians. I think once Rome adopted the religion, they added quite a few bits and, well, started using it to control others. I would love to know on its pure form, the way to be the best human we can be.