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I only watched the first part regarding astrology being the base of Christianity. I have two things to say about this video that's in serious error. The first thing is general, and the second thing is more specific.The first item is some of us believe God's Word is in the stars (according to Genesis, Psalms, etc) where stellar prophecy revealed to ancient men of God that was the pattern of the actual things to come. Therefore, I would expect the number 12, for instance, to be all over the place. 12 represents the government of God, and he made the twelve signs to reflect that. Before there was a written Bible, men could tell what was going to happen with this "bible in the sky". But fallen man, being what he is, turned this into parallel myths and fortune-telling, hence the similar stories. As for some events coming before Christianity came, that was because the stars already foretold these events to the world, and it was common knowledge. Satan therefore had to imitate his way to try and duplicate the same thing.Now for the second and specific item. If someone like that is going to try to discredit my faith by portraying Christianity as dumb and pagan, and himself as some intellectual, he'd better get his facts straight. Because when anyone talks about stellar alignments, that's more up my alley and they better be sure they know what they are talking about.Well, he does not know what he was talking about. His astronomical observation is riddled with error. I am referencing the "star of the east" Sirius, and the "three king" stars in the belt of Orion. He stated that on December 24th, the star Sirius aligns with the three kings (belt of Orion). that's a half-truth. It aligns ALL THE TIME with them, because the only thing that moves a star relative to the others is their radial and tangential motion, and that takes 1000's of years to notice a difference. As a matter of fact, that is the number one way that basic 101 Astronomy students are told to find Sirius, by extending the belt of Orion out to it---- no matter what time of the year! Cut me a break! He presents it like that was some insider info. Then, he said that Sirius represented the "star of the east". Well, the declination of Sirius is too far south to rise in the East in Israel. The reason I wanted to confirm that fact is because of another point he made: that the alignment of the 3 stars and Sirius points to the location of the sunrise. well, it does not, really. It depends what hour you are observing them as that direction shifts with the rotation of the earth. I had no reference as to what hour he was talking about, so since he mentioned that Sirius was "in the east" I thought I try that on an astronomy program I have. Well, such an alignment does not exist as I already mentioned Sirius does not even cross the east.I have to give a scientific name for this gentleman who opposes Christianity so much. He clearly has ICLDSM for Christianity. That stands for "Impacted Coleoptera at the lower digestive sphincter muscle"
So, together, we've already brought sufficient evidence to refute the premise that there is no grounds for assuming the historicity of Jesus' character, and to refute some of the proposed astrological evidence as applicable to the case the video attempted to make.I much wish this spammer to read what we wrote.