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.
I will watch the video later, but as someone involved in the sciences, I believe that science ultimately leads to truth. And God is truth.
Our pastor on Christmas eve talked about how God can change anyone’s life cycle of destruction, in the form of belief of the baby King Jesus. Even a bunch of pagans that believed in astrology! (Although I’m not sure that reference to the “Wise Men” is quite accurate or fair). Even the Bible tells us to look for wonders in the sky iirc.
Regardless - if the Wise Men could figure it out, I’m guessing we have the tools at our disposal to make some reasonable conclusions on what happened.
Good point!