how where the planets align when Jesus Christ was born?

Question

how where the planets align when Jesus Christ was born?
where they one behind the other; or what?

i am asking this question because there is a book that says that the star of behthlehem was in fact the alingment of the planets. the planets where just a little bit to the side but one behin the other. It also says that if that is the star of bethlehem Jusus Christ is 4 years older than what we think. and also that he was bor on sept 11 04 BC
NOTE: this book was written before the 9/11 attacks

Answer 1

Very hard to answer this because no one knows exactly the date of Christ's birth. Of course the religious fundamentalist airheads think they do, but they're the ones that belief Earth is only 6,000 years old!

Answer 2

There is no actual historical evidence to indicate that Jesus existed, and, in fact, there is growing evidence to indicate that the Gospel stories are not accurate and have no historical basis. For example, we now know for sure from Roman records that there was no census of the people of Judea within 50 years or so either side of the year 01 of the Common Era. Also, we know now that the Roman garrison in Judea was in the city of Cesarea, about 35 miles from Jerusalem, and that Pontius Pilate, who was a real person, lived in Cesarea, rather than in Jerusalem. There's lots more.

"Gravity" does not pull celestial objects around in the kind of time frame that matters in human affairs. The precession of the earth's axis changes the positions of celestial objects over a 26,000 year cycle, but that can be corrected for. It is quite easy to allow for the differences.

If you live near a planetarium, go there. Attend a presentation, and afterward ask the operator to show you the precession of the earth's axis. It's a button on the control console (or on the screen in a completely computer controlled planetarium).

Oddly, I consider this a valid astronomy question because it deals with past stellar events.

Answer 3

Kepler a renowned astronomer calculated from an observation in 1603 of a triple conjuction with Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter in the constellation Pisces (the two fish, coincedence?), that it would have also occured in 7 BCE. If that was the year Jesus was born, who knows? Hope that helps.

Answer 4

Christ's existence is written in the Bible, and the Book is silent about the planets when He was born, why should we bother asking? If you receive an answer to your question other than "nobody knows", it is not written, therefore, it is not true.

Answer 5

What Braxton said. I would add that here is one example of where the old religious texts jive with scientific research, in that there was a supernova around zero BC. We can still see the remnants of it. That would be your "Star of Bethlehem."

Answer 6

Only God knows this question, but Science will try and tell you otherwise. Gravity is pulling the planets into the cycle that they go in today, but we don't know about 2,000 years ago.

Answer 7

I don't think this question belongs here.