[aruanan]

Early Christians hid the origins of the Bethlehem star

I wonder if anyone has tried to teach Chown and Molnar how to reason. After succeeding in this and after getting them some basic education in religious history, they may be able to see what an absurd title this is. The fact is that the "wise men" from the "East" following the "star" (at least two years after the birth) has always been taken to be something intimately related to astrology, the actual celestial phenomenon notwithstanding. This goes back to within the lifetime of contemporaries of Jesus who wrote about it. You can't get Christians any earlier than that.

[Jefferson Adams]

The fact is that the "wise men" from the "East" following the "star" (at least two years after the birth)...

Yep. Which is why Herod had all the male children 2 and under killed. Being the king, it worried him a tad when the King Makers (magi) from the East showed up and asked "Where is he who has been born King of the Jews?"

Also, it's quite likely that, rather than a star, the "light" they followed was God's shekinah glory. Same thing that appeared as a pillar of fire by night when the Hebrews were wandering about in the desert, but probably not in pillar form.