Do you think the Bethlehem star is too marvelous? Do you think it was a reality or just made up by the Church?

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Do you think the Bethlehem star is too marvelous? Do you think it was a reality or just made up by the Church?
Maybe the "star" was actually a group of angels.....the same ones that sang to the shepherds and told them where to find Jesus.





Whatever it was, it was definitely "real".....it guided the Wise Men a long distance. The gifts that these Magi brought bought a living for a penniless Joseph and Mary in a foreign country until he could return to his own country after Herod's death. Amazing that we believe in an all-powerful God, but can't believe he could have a "star" do his bidding or wealthy unbelievers support his son.....maybe we should more "wisely" question why the Jewish nation, Jesus' own people, didn't have a clue as to who he was.
Reply:The 'star of Bethlehem' was clearly an attempt by Satan to murder the baby Jesus.


How so?


If the 'star' had been sent by God, it would not have appeared to the magi (astrologers,look it up in Strong's). God disapproved of astrology so he would not have sent for astrologers to visit or pay homage to his holy son.


Next, if the star and the astrologers were, supposedly sent by God to pay homage, then the star would have led the astrologers to where Jesus actually was, and not directly to Herod, who according to the Bible, was a wicked man.


The full story, is that Satan, set the trap to have the astrologers alert Herod to God's son's presence on the earth, as the "King of the Jews" and Herod wanted to kill the boy.


God intervened by means of his angels appearing to both the astrologers and Joseph (Jesus' earthly step-father) so that Satan's plan would not succede.
Reply:Like all bible stories it is purely myth, save your money.





The nativity story occurs in just two of the four gospels, Matthew and Luke, and that they hardly agree on any of the details. It’s almost as if they are describing two entirely different people being born.





Matthew says that news of Mary’s pregnancy was announced only to Joseph, by an angel in a dream, and only after Jesus had been conceived. Luke, on the other hand, says that Gabriel appeared to Mary while she was awake and explained everything to her before Jesus was conceived. Neither angel cautions silence, so it’s unlikely that one wouldn’t have told the other — and so they can’t both be true.





Being born of a virgin was common for heroes and god-men of the ancient world. Jesus’ virgin birth, aside from having to fit a common pattern, seems to have been based upon Matthew’s misreading of Isaiah 7:14 (Luke doesn’t even mention it). The Greek Septuagint which Matthew used translates it as “a virgin shall conceive and bear a son,” but the Hebrew word “almah” means “young woman of marriageable age,” not a virigin.





Only Matthew mentions the presence of a star in the east — understandable, as he’s the only one to mention the wise men who would follow a star. Of course, why they needed a star to get from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, a mere 8 miles, is a mystery. The existence of such a star is an astronomical impossibility because no star, comet, asteroid, or other phenomenon can shine over a single building in a single town on earth. Stories about such events are, however, common in ancient mythological tales.
Reply:No the Church did not make it up, read the Bible
Reply:The Star of Bethlehem is an obvious link to the orginal story of the Sun God.