Does anyone know when the star of Bethlehem was seen?

i heard that Dec. 25 is not christ's actual birthday, and that the star was actually around what is known as easter---can anyone confirm this?

Does anyone know when the star of Bethlehem was seen?
I've heard that too. The reason we celebrate his birthday on December 25 is to coincide with the druid's celebration of the winter solstice. The Christians who were trying to convert people way back when, tried to tie in Christian holidays to pagan ones to make them more willing to celebrate the Christian ones and not give up their old holidays
Reply:the Catholics think it is 25th of Dec. most other scholars believe he was born in summer.
Reply:The Wise Men in the Bible came around the time that Jesus was 2 years-old. That is why Herod killed all the young boys in Bethlehem when the Wise Men didn't return to him to tell who and where the child was. As for Dec. 25th, they did not know the exact date of Jesus's birth.
Reply:No, his birthday was not Dec 25th. Why? Because: (a) that part of the world is, and was, cold and rainy during December; so the shepherds who were out in the field with their flocks the night Jesus was born would NOT have been there at THAT time (Luke 2: 8,9); (b) the Jews were a stiff-necked, rebellious people who hated the Roman yoke; so they would have rebelled if the order to travel to their own city to get registered came during winter (Luke 2: 1-4). There's more to it than that, but I don't want to take up too much space on that subject.


As to the star: it appeared about 2 years after Jesus was born, because (a) it led the Magi--astrologers, not believers--to Jerusalem, not Bethlehem--where Jesus was born (Luke 2:15). In Jerusalem they inquired of Herod (why? I don't know, the Bible doesn't say) and he asked them to look for Jesus, supposedly to worship him but really to destroy him; which shows the star was not sent by God, but Satan. (b) When they found him he was in Jerusalem, not Bethlehem. (c)They left and were warned by an angel not to go back to Herod. When he found out about this he ordered all babies within a specific area under two years of age to be killed (Matthew 2: 16). Why two years, if Jesus had just been born? True, he order all babies in and around Bethleham to be killed, but he obviously didn't kow that Jesus' family had moved.
Reply:It was actually recorded first by Bruce Willis while trying to blow up an asteroid heading on a collision course for the planet earth .
Reply:No one can be sure. It was 2000 years ago. A date was picked.


People waste their time arguing on this and other points instead of concentrating on the good news.
Reply:It's a fable, a legend.


No such star has ever been reported. Ever.


Just do some astronomical research and see for yourself.


And try not to confuse reality with mythology ok?
Reply:dec 25th was a pagan holiday and the church didnt like that so they told everyone it was jesus' birthday and christians dont seem to care they just say if you praise jesus it doesnt matter but if you call poop a flower does that make it any better, christians praise poop
Reply:The wisemen came from the east following the star. therefore it was as much as 3 years before they came to bethleham