Was the star of Bethlehem a real astronomical event?

[CoxRox]

I don't know if I am guilty of confirmation bias. It is corroborative 'evidence' to someone like myself, who DOES believe the gospel accounts.

Two sentences that directly contradict each other. Try again. Or rather, don't. It's kind of embarrassing.

So you don't think it's reasonable or possible even that the gospel accounts that were written 300 odd years after this astonomical alignment, COULD be referring to said alignment? (Did you watch the video or read the web site article?)

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You are trying to tie one event - existence of a single individual to which the Jesus myth is traceable - for which there is no real evidence, with another event - some transient astronomical phenomenon which can overawe the yokels who not only believe in god, but believe in a man god who is the son of himself - which our best understanding of such events tells us have nothing whatsoever with any reasonable interpretation of the first event, provided the first event occurred at, and claim that this allows us to know all about this event.

Did you watch the video or read the article?