Theos-Talk Archives (August 1996 Message tl00149)

JHE:
>> That the star is seen rising in the east
>>fits this event okay, but according to your quote from Matthew,
>>"the star went before them, till it came and stood over where
>>the young child was."   That means that the star rose in the
>>East, took a hard left to the South and settled over Bethlehem.
>>For any astronomical object or phenomena to act in this manner
>>is absolutely unprecedented.  If it had occurred, one wonders
>>why such a spectacular event was not recorded all over the
>>world.

Ann Bermingham writes:
>Due to my fiction research, one answer came immediately to mind
>- a spaceship moving under its own power.
>
>There are ufologists who have written whole books explaining
>various biblical phenomenom on extrarrestrial activity.  While
>the hard evidence for this is slim to none, it does make for an
>interesting sidebar in these types of discussions.
>
>-Ann E. Bermingham

JHE
This is the best explanation I have ever heard!  Now let's
see...the UFO would have moved to a stationary orbit on the
eastern horizon while the Magi took a hike towards Jerusalem to
investigate it.   After they reached Jerusalem and consulted
Herod, the UFO moved to a low stationary orbit directly over
Bethlehem.  It all works!  Now all we have to do is figure out
what the aliens had in mind.  Maybe it was a honeymoon and the
extra-terrestrial couple were enjoying the Jerusalem city lights,
then later found Bethlehem to be a quiet romantic spot.

Well, the scenario is not exactly supportable by hard evidence as
you say, but at least it can be made to fit the account better
than any astronomical phenomena.

JHE

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