Joseph: Confessions of an Almost-Invisible Man

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🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In the biblical nativity story, how much do we really hear about the character of Joseph? And what might Joseph have been thinking about the bizarre (and often hugely uncomfortable) situation he was placed in? This is a one-man play about a "God-father" that history has largely ignored.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go. The step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Rash ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:44.3	As you know, I try to put a series of shows together
0:46.9	every December that sort of tie into the holiday.
0:50.1	And, you know, this year is no exception.
0:52.3	Today's kind of an experiment.
0:54.4	And we hear so much about the baby Jesus.
0:58.0	The Nativity story.
0:59.3	And in recent years, we've gotten into the Nativity
1:03.2	and the story of Jesus and the many discrepancies
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