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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What star is it, exactly?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

The star of Bethlehem" is a story, like other stories in the Bible and in other ancient writings.

While there may have been a very bright star 2,000 years ago, you can bet it didn't guide wise men to a crib in Bethlehem of a child conceived by a virgin..[/quote]
That is not relevant
Point is, that during that time people believed the star to signify the birth of someone very important
That doesn't mean it was physically and literally above one particular physical location
The earth wobbles and true north changes over the years

The star existed then, that signified something to the people at the time[/quote]

Matthew 2:9-11 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them [b]until it came to rest over the place where the child was[/b]. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him.

Physically impossible.[/quote]
Look at the original language, not the english translation
Star appeared to move, stopped
There was unusual commotion about some birth

Leave it at that. You are trying to interpret aspects of faith into physics, science[/quote]

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