I'm not sure why it matters though. Let's say for a minute that this astronomical event did happen in that time period. That puts you no closer to proving that Jesus existed and was the son of god. All it proves to you is that the person(s) that wrote the bible looked in the sky at that time period and incorporated it into a story that is still no closer to being proven.
Cox, I beg of you, if this is the kind of evidence that has made you no longer skeptical, reexamine why you believe what you do.
Cox, I beg of you, if this is the kind of evidence that has made you no longer skeptical, reexamine why you believe what you do.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
