First, I would like to say that it's 3 a.m. where I live, and despite the late hour I'll try to make a clear and intelligent post.

I've been thinking about Massacre of the Innocents

"The Massacre of the Innocents is the biblical account of infanticide by Herod the Great, the Roman-appointed King of the Jews. According to the Gospel of Matthew,[1] Herod ordered the execution of all young male children in the vicinity of Bethlehem, so as to avoid the loss of his throne to a newborn King of the Jews whose birth had been announced to him by the . " (quoted from Wikipedia)

What do you think about this event?  

Just another part of an implausible fantasy story.

What do you think about it?

As I said; you're a cunt.

Apparently, by all accounts, Herod the Great was a nasty piece of work, having one of his wives and two of his sons executed, but there's no real corroboration that anything like the Massacre of the Innocents happened. Not saying it's totally out of character for him to have done such a thing, but only the Gospel of Matthew mentions it. That's literally the only historical source (such as it is) detailing such an event. No other corroboration has occurred, not even in the other three Gospels.

More mythology.

Well, I read that those poor children are 1. martyrs for Christianity (although they were Jewish)
2. Josephus didn't write about them because the obscure village was small and there could not be more than a hundred of babies, so he figured that there was more interesting stuff to write about

What do forum Christians think about this?

Bullshit from the word go.

Not to mention that it comes from the same silly source as the star bouncing along the earth to shine over the nativity.  Xtians will fall for anything.

(July 14, 2018 at 11:31 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Bullshit from the word go.

Not to mention that it comes from the same silly source as the star bouncing along the earth to shine over the nativity.  Xtians will fall for anything.

How does a star point out a specific building?

Call it ALL mythology, if you must. But this mythology intertwined with the history of the Western civilization 
and I can assume shaped our mentality... your mentality as well, I daresay. 
Perhaps, these stories even made us better people (well, at least some of us).

Anyway, if Herod was one of the characters in the Game of Thrones, you would say that this massacre of children was a horrendous act. Right?

I feel like this is going to lead to him bringing the topic to abortion if I say yes......

We all know the bible doesn't really give a shit about children. They wind up dead all the time. What about it?