I read about a Gospel of Luke error on Jesus' birth in 'The Classical World:

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An Epic History of Greece/Rome?'? "According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus' birth coincided with a supposed 'decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed'. Its dating places this'decree' in AD 6 and it allegedly brought Joseph and Mary to bethlehem where the birth of the Messiah had been prophecised in ancient texts. In fact, this supposed 'decree' could never have affected man of Galilee, as it was a client kingdom which saw to its own taxes. The Gospel's dating is also contradictory and there is no evidence that, outside Galilee, the global 'decree' ever existed. The story of the 'first Christmas' rests on a historical impossibility".

Can any Christians explain this for me? Thanks
 
Galilee was a Roman subject kingdom, and the decree specified that each person go to their birthplace to be taxed. Bethlehem is in Judah, and was to be taxed as well.
 
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