That threw me for a curve. I almost got mad. Then I read it. I don't if U have ever listened to Metallica, but they have a song called "wasting my hate" it reminds me of the theme to that song. It was inspired from the singer sitting in a restaurant. He was sitting in a booth and there was a guy in a car right outside the window. The whole time he was eating in the booth the guy was "mad dogging" (staring) at him. He's getting real ticked off and when finished he walks out to the car ready to talk some trash, he is very ticked off cuz this guy just kept staring at him with a smile even. It turns out when he got to the car the guy was asleep with a smile on his face. So he wasted his anger. All that to say I was about to get upset for nothing.

U made me laugh.

But back to the "reasonings".
I have read most of your posts on word/power/strength...etc. I find them valid and find that many overlook the point - that I myself see but can't quite put my finger on in the following CAPITALIZED points from the book of John. I think U have something and would like to know what "light" U have to shed on this?

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD.

THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD.

ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANY THING MADE THAT WAS MADE.

IN HIM WAS LIFE; AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN.

AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS; AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDED IT NOT.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

HE WAS IN THE WORLD, AND THE WORLD WAS MADE BY HIM, AND THE WORLD KNEW HIM NOT.

HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN, AND HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT.

BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD, EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVE ON HIS NAME:

WHICH WERE BORN, NOT OF BLOOD, NOR OF THE WILL OF THE FLESH, NOR OF THE WILL OF MAN, BUT OF GOD.

AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US, (AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER,) FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

AND OF HIS FULNESS HAVE ALL WE RECEIVED, AND GRACE FOR GRACE.

FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST.

Then in Genesis 1 we read where God "creates", much of which is through speaking.

With all that said: The truth about me is that I don't care if Christ was born in a barn or in a house with heating and cooling, because HE WAS BORN IN ME. That is what I honor. Christ's resurrection and being born in me, and My Father adopting me as a son. Not gift exchanging, not Santa, not a Holy Night as U put it.