RE: [asa] The Christmas Story

I have problems with the dates. His placing of the first Christmas on
December 25 makes me especially suspicious of his approach to the subject.

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007, Christine Smith wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> John sent me this link off-list (so that he'd stay
> within his posting limit :) ), and I found it a really
> interesting read. Admittedly, I'm working on less than
> 6 hours of sleep, but the arguments sounded pretty
> well thought out and supported. Any other perspectives
> on the merits of the arguments presented?
>
> Thanks!
> Christine
>
> --- John Walley <john_walley@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Offlist:
>>
>> This guy came to our church last year and although I
>> didn't get to hear him
>> I heard very favorable reviews and from checking it
>> out I think it is the
>> most plausible explanation of the Bethlehem Star of
>> all the ones that are
>> out there.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> John
>>
>> http://www.bethlehemstar.net/
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu
>> [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
>> Behalf Of Christine Smith
>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 1:44 PM
>> To: asa@calvin.edu
>> Subject: [asa] The Christmas Story
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Was contemplating the Christmas story and all of the
>> popular conjecture about both the story's origins
>> and
>> the holiday's origins. Specifically from a science
>> perspective, I've done a bit of reading about the
>> Star
>> of Bethlehem and the theories about astronomical
>> events that this may have corresponded to. I was
>> wondering what your perspectives on the Christmas
>> story, the Christmas holiday, and the Star of
>> Bethlehem might be?
>>
>> Thanks ahead of time for the insights :) Merry
>> Christmas!
>>
>> In Christ,
>> Christine
>>
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Received on Thu Dec 20 22:41:46 2007