RE: Was the star of Bethlehem a real astronomical event?
October 22, 2011 at 8:47 am
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2011 at 8:52 am by Cyberman.)
(October 22, 2011 at 6:52 am)CoxRox Wrote: I don't know which computer programme Nasa uses. Does it matter if it's Starry Night?
I don't care what software NASA uses. They could work it all out on their fingers for all the difference it makes to me. The only reason I was pressing you on the point is that you clearly thought it important enough to bring up in the first place. Now you've switched the points and sent the train of your argument into another tunnel, viz:
(October 22, 2011 at 6:52 am)CoxRox Wrote: You do not have to CONNECT this event with the beliefs of the magi, or gospel writers. You can just accept that the Bible has recorded an astronomical event that DID happen.
I don't connect those things. I merely went through Larson's work (and I'm being astonishingly polite there) as you recommended and came back with my analysis. You came in with "What if science can show, that the 'star' that was a sign of the Messiah's birth, did exist?" which nailed your colours to the mast from the get-go. In case I'm being too abstruse, that means the question, coupled with your later statements, clearly indicated where your feelings on the matter lie; that is to say, that you are of the opinion that the gospel myths represent real history and you want to believe Larson because his preachings, at face value, appear to add some weight to that opinion. Now you seem to be trying to distance yourself from your initial stance. Please, make up your mind what you want to establish here. Miracle or mundane?
I've already told you of my own independent findings which you either didn't notice or chose to ignore. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, 'cos I'm a nice guy. You only get one though. My processor is tied up at the moment with another project but first chance I get I'll run another simulation and this time I'll take some visual records for you.
In the meantime I'll leave you with a line borrowed from the atheist pope, Matt Dillahunty: The Spiderman comics and movies are set in New York. We know that New York exists as a real place. Does that make Spiderman real?
P.S. Did anyone else see Larson's web address and think it said "bethlehamster"?
Oh. Just me, then.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
