The title of this thread is quite misleading. It implies that this archbishop is denying the reality of Jesus' birth. If he did, it wouldn't affect my beliefs, but he actually did not do that. This archbishop simply pointed out the non-Biblical elements of the popular Nativity story. According to the NT, the wise men did not arrive with the shepherds, and we don't know how many wise men there were. Jesus was not born in December, etc. I have known all of that since I was a boy. Why is this even a news article?