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As some other comments have already said. This looks like an edgy story. I don’t think there was a star in Bethelem at all, most of the Bible is metaphorical,
by elnatro 3y ago
As some other comments have already said. This looks like an edgy story.
I don’t think there was a star in Bethelem at all, most of the Bible is metaphorical, and a story of the of a culture, society, and religion.
The Bible cannot be interpreted as a historical book, but a faith one.
- michaelsbradley 3y agocf. Divino afflante Spiritu (1943) https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_30091943_divino-afflante-spiritu.html https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/encyclicals/docum... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divino_afflante_Spiritu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divino_afflante_Spiritu
- elnatro 3y agoNot sure how this is related to saying that not all content in the Bible is 100% true content.
- michaelsbradley 3y agoOh, well it is, quite.
- haunter 3y ago> The Bible cannot be interpreted as a historical book It certainly can to some extent because there are enough 3rd party sources about Jesus. > Today scholars in the field agree that a Jewish man called Jesus of Nazareth did exist in Palestine in the 1st century CE, on whose life and teachings Christianity was founded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus
- elnatro 3y agoI’m not saying Jesus cannot had existed. I’m saying that many events in the book are actually cathechetical content and not real events.
- gcanyon 3y agoI think what you’re saying above is somewhat misleading when the Wikipedia article you cite also says, “only two key events of Jesus's life are widely accepted as historical, namely his baptism, and his crucifixion (commonly dated to 30 or 33 CE)” That’s like saying Forrest Gump is historical because Vietnam is a thing that happened, and JFK was president.