The Christmas Star

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Anonymous wrote:What star is it, exactly?

Jupiter and Saturn will be really close together, enough to resemble one “star” to some. There’s the possibility that this phenomenon is what was referred to as the Star of Bethlehem in the Bible.

So it's not a star, then? And not a miracle either, since it occurs naturally?

Then why does the bible say it is both?

because the Bible is a story book, not an astronomy book

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Anonymous wrote:Dec. 21st happens. As people walk out of their homes at night to see the Christmas Star, they say a little prayer.

All of them pray for the pandemic to end.
Some pray for peace in the country.
Some pray that they don’t lose their homes.
Some pray that their parents don’t die.

The prayers are sent into the ether, with fervent beliefs that someone will listen.

That God will listen.

But there is no response.

Dec. 25th arrives and more people are dead. 10,000 die that day alone.

Thousands of people are turned away at hospitals.

Children are left with their aunts and uncles as their parents are hospitalized.

People pray. To no avail.

I went to a nearly hill where other people came in hopes of seeing the star. We saw it! very exciting. No one was praying or mentioned anything about Bethlehem.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s coming on Dec. 21st, the return of the Star of Bethlehem, after 800 years.

Do any of you think something crazy will happen that day? Or do you think it’s going to be the same old same old?

That was not the star of Bethlehem. Jesus was born in the spring. The wise men probably saw a triple conjunction.

Friendly neighborhood Catholic person

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Anonymous wrote:Humans start developing mutant powers?

What are you babbling about?

Unlike you, I’m trying to get the fun back into the original post. It’s not about the science of it. It’s the idea that here is this supposed Christmas star and no one is going to mention the obvious? No one is going to say: hey, the apocalypse is nigh? The second coming of Jesus?

Because if we don’t make fun of it, and take us as a serious question, aren’t we part of the reason why religions are so evangelical?

Second coming of christ would make sense right about now.

During WWI and/or WWII would have been good times too. Or during the 1918 flu

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Anonymous wrote:Dec. 21st happens. As people walk out of their homes at night to see the Christmas Star, they say a little prayer.

All of them pray for the pandemic to end.
Some pray for peace in the country.
Some pray that they don’t lose their homes.
Some pray that their parents don’t die.

The prayers are sent into the ether, with fervent beliefs that someone will listen.

That God will listen.

But there is no response.

Dec. 25th arrives and more people are dead. 10,000 die that day alone.

Thousands of people are turned away at hospitals.

Children are left with their aunts and uncles as their parents are hospitalized.

People pray. To no avail.

Praying does make them feel better though. and sometimes their prayers are answered! or at least it seems that way, when something you're praying for actually happens.

People think God did it, and just forget the times their prayers weren't answered. "God's will" you know.