Texas A & M Professor Claims Proof Of Star Of Bethlehem

Ft. Worth Local 11 News ^ | November 22nd, 2007 | Maria Arita

[BenLurkin]

The lawyer in him, Larson said, required him to investigate what it was that he was putting up in his front yard.

"Who can I sue?"

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[muir_redwoods]

Please read “The Star” By Arthur Clarke, It might seem too strange to some but I love it

[Ancient Drive]

truly astounding. at the foundations of Science there will always be God waiting for our feeble minds to walk the path.

[VRW Conspirator]

How do you prove or disprove a miracle?

[Young Werther]

...and Multivac said, “Let there be light!”

[Paleo Conservative]

Texas A&M adjunct law professor Frederick Larson began researching the Star after putting up a nativity scene for his daughter. The lawyer in him, Larson said, required him to investigate what it was that he was putting up in his front yard. Beginning with the book of Matthew, he ended up on a decade-long odyssey into astronomy.

Since when does A&M have a law school?

[Alberta's Child]

I think the point is that it wasn't a "miracle" at all -- at least not in the sense we would think of it today.

Even if this guy is wrong, I believe he's at least on the right track. The "Star of Bethlehem" that is described in the New Testament was most likely a series of celestial events that would have looked pretty ordinary to most people, but would have portended great things to someone who studied the movement of the planets in the night skies.

[Michael.SF.]

I recall once going to the Griffith Park observatory where they projected onto the ceiling their version of what the night sky looked like in the days of the ancient Greeks. It was an amazing site, one which cannot be matched today even in some very remote areas.

What I was most surprised about was that Saturn, clearly stood out from the others has having something unique about because of the rings.

The apparent convergence of stars and a planet would have been quite an amazing sight.

[Doomonyou]

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[diverteach]

Somebody needs to rub this into the face of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

[kalee]

Hope he sends this proof to the ArchBishop of Canterbury.

[fish hawk]

I thought they had Murphy’s Law. You know, where if you pile logs up too high they will collapse on you.

[texgal]

Rick Larson teaches business law and he is an attorney. I've gone to see the presentation every year for the past almost 6 years now. It's an amazing couple of hours. By the time he finishes, he has everyone's attention and it's so quite you can hear a pin drop in a huge auditorium.

If you get a chance to see the presentation you should do so.

[mel]

I am envious

[hunter112]

Conjunctions of stars seldom last for more than a couple of days, not enough to inspire a lengthy trip. Besides, what point is constantly under a single star, or group of stars, unless we're talking about Polaris and the North Pole?

Trying to explain a myth using science is pure folly. Believe the story if you want to or not, but looking to "printing errors" in the 4th Century (1000 years before printing!) to explain what you want to swallow, and want others to swallow is an excercise in futility.

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