"Gospel Quest" (or The Jesus Timeline)

[Brakeman]

When you get to it, I'm just dying for you to show us the single point vectoring that enabled the magi and shepherds to pinpoint the right house with a stationary guide millions of miles away.

I can't stand behind the website 100% (it's not scripture), but you might find it interesting. It involves science (imagine that)! Larson uses a professional astronomy program to determine the stars' formation at the time of Jesus' birth. It included one star/planet (Jupiter) coming into conjunction with several others, touching the Leo and Virgin constellations. Thus, the Magi would interpret royalty (Jupiter) from the tribe of Judah (Leo/lion). And they would go to the palace in Jerusalem and ask Herod if he knew anything about this king, which is exactly what they did.

The website is not "interesting" it is fundamentally dishonest. They are picking out little bits of things that an astronomy program said was occurring during the claimed period and trying to convince people that it was the "appearing of a star" that was mentioned in their "big book 'o crazy."

First, Jupiter is not a star, man didn't know that at the time, science discovered that later. The bible would have been wrong if it called Jupiter a star.

Second, the light reflected from jupiter had been observed and known proceeding this date. It did not just "Appear" at that time.

Third, from wikipedia,

In 3–2 BC, there was a series of seven conjunctions, including three between Jupiter and Regulus and a strikingly close conjunction between Jupiter and Venus near Regulus on June 17, 2 BC. "The fusion of two planets would have been a rare and awe-inspiring event", according to Roger Sinnott.[57] Archaeologist and Assyriologist Simo Parpola has also suggested this explanation.[58] This event however occurred after the generally accepted date of 4 BC for the death of Herod. Since the conjunction would have been seen in the west at sunset it could not have led the magi south from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.[59] It also does not fit with an event seen at rising that might have started them on the journey.

Meaning Wrong time/date, AND Wrong direction in the sky!

And lastly, you have dishonestly evaded and dodged the fact that you can't guide people to a house with a star millions of miles away, which is the main event of the story. The story is pure hokem and you are a liar to pretend that it isn't. That's the problem with christians, they are the worst liars. They claim that morals come from god and that he is the truth, but then they spend their day lying to convince others of his morals and truth. Disgustingly dishonest people..