Was the star of Bethlehem a real astronomical event?

[reverendjeremiah]

I have the DVD that you posted a part of, fascinating, you can pick it up at a christian bookstore if you would like to see the entire DVD, it also has a extra bit that will blow your mind.

I have a christian bookstore a few minutes down the road from where I live. I think the next time I'm in that area and have some time to kill, I will go into that store and order a Bigmac at the counter..or some other joke that hits me at the moment. Perhaps ask them if they have anymore of those centerfolds of Mary left.

Now to address the non believers on this site, I've presented the same thing to them a while back and as usual when you give them scientific proofs they call everyone idiots and use a lot of foul language

If it is scientific proof, then it is ALSO scientific proof that the Eqyptian story of Horus' birth (whose story PREDATES the story of Christ's by several hundred years) was ALSO heralded by a star. Until you present SPECIFIC, and EXACTING proof, then I am forced to concluded that the findings are highly speculative. Not to mention, even if this really did happen, it still does not prove that Jesus or Horus ever really existed, much less prove that they were supernatural beings of godlike powers...and until you can understand the need for real evidence, and not this wishy washy circumstancial bullshit, then you will be mocked on this forum every single time you present such bogus contraband as sound scientific fact.

You see they are afraid of any scientific proof about Christ, it leaves them with nothing bad to say about Him, worst of all they are afraid it will make them look stupid. What they do not seem to understand is this, we see how ridiculous they are when they want keep an open mind and examine the things we bring to an argument.

I remember seeing shows like this in my youth, suggesting that Jupiter and saturn happened to line up and made a very bright looking star in the night sky. But, if that is true, then the bible is either wrong or lying. If it was a planet then why does the bible call it "the star". Not to mention the story specifically has the star low in the sky, and moving i order to lead people to the manger. So, either the science is true and the stories are false, or the stories are true and the science is false..you dont get it both ways GC.

This is the same things they accuse christians of, they have a double standard so they do not have to ever face the reality of Christ. Their attitude should tell you that they do not want to believe because they would not be able to live the lives they see fit for them, what they do not understand is that they can believe in the God of creation and still live the lives they want to God want force them to accept Him as savior.

I have read many of your posts. In no way did you ever present anything but wishy washy bogus bullshit pseudoscience like this thread presents. You may as well suggest that the so-called Big foot plaster molds of its foot prints is conclusive proof that not only Big Foot exist, but that he is also a 3,000 year old space traveler who crash landed and is now stranded on this planet. Do you not see how that is pushing the proposed evidence? In the same sense by suggesting that planets could come together to make a bright looking star in the night sky is "proof" that a living god was born 2000 years ago.