I see you missed the point I was making.
So the thinking is that now we can be SURE it's true cause *science* supports it? Really?
Who are people trusting then? Man or God?
It's backwards to say that now we can be sure of God because man said so. Our confidence is in the wrong thing if we trust more in a man-made philosophical construct than the written word of God.
I didn’t miss your point. You are beating up on a Straw Man. All you are doing is repeating the same points.
In order to CARE where the star appeared in the sky, one has to ALREADY believe that the gospel account is true. In order to LOOK at the correct dates and locations, one has to believe already that the gospels describe accurately what the Magi observed.
This particular scientific investigation has thrown new light on what the gospel is SAYING. In other words, our understanding of both the gospels and Revelation has been IMPROVED by this investigation. Our understanding of what the Scriptures are saying has massively improved through intellectual pursuits.
Anti-intellectualism is fundamentally anti-God and anti-Christian. As is intellectual dishonesty.