[cloudmountain]

We have to be careful about the “knowledge that puffs up.” A revelation from the Lord will also elicit humility. Could it be this easy? I don’t know, however we would also be right to ask, by the same science, how a star light years away could locate Magi without modern technology to the Nativity to the accuracy needed. Explanations that posit a localized supernatural phenomenon instead of (or in addition to) a star as we know it, seem to make more sense. But just IMHO.

It seems to me that we humans USED to be far more attuned to the stars. Now, I think we take them for granted.

Perhaps the Magi (We don't even know that there were THREE. THREE is numbered because of the THREE gifts to Jesus.) and their astrologers knew better than we do about following stars and such.
But just IMHO.

[HiTech RedNeck]

There could be other explanations too like their referring to maps and determining the city closest to where the star seemed to indicate. Then as documented, they went to that city and asked. The appearance of the star directly overhead afterwards, would be a bonus.

I never said just three Magi, only Magi. That would need a minimum of two Magi, or Maguses. It could have been quite a caravan with support staff too.

Stars do mean less to people quite accustomed to excellent indoor lighting. When your room is lit as well by night as it is by day, the occasion to go outside at night and observe seems less attractive. And also light pollution hides stars that used to be visible.

[Elsie]

We don't even know that there were THREE.

Sure we do!!

And their NAMES; too!!!

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Balthasar, Caspar, Melchior  and one was BLACK; too!

 

 

http://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/faithmatters/2015/12/24/news/the-dazzling-story-of-the-magi-and-the-great-christ-comet-358313/

[Elsie]

Remember; it wasn’t Protestants that made a lot of this stuff up!