Quote Originally Posted by Seraphim View Post
The fact that we have no proof that there was a census taken vis-a-vis Roman ancient documents filed in triplicate, does not mean that it was never carried out.
It certainly does not mean that it was. It stands to reason that some details of the edict or the census would remain somewhere as hundreds or even thousands traveled to the town of their birth to be counted. And given the other number of spurious details of impossible magic tricks it is FAR more likely that the obvious liars are lying again.