Originally posted by wolfgang59I don't know what you think Hailey's comet has to do with anything, but it is not know when Matthew's gospel was wriiten. It could have easily been wriiten much earlier than 66 A.D. according to some experts.
This is what cracks me up.
Redefining words.
Priceless!
Astrology, in its broadest sense, is the search for meaning in the sky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology
btw:
Halley's Comet appeared in 66AD ... just before Matthew was written ....
http://carm.org/when-were-gospels-written-and-by-whom
Originally posted by RJHindsBesides many more then just the magi would have seen comet.
I don't know what you think Hailey's comet has to do with anything, but it is not know when Matthew's gospel was wriiten. It could have easily been wriiten much earlier than 66 A.D. according to some experts.
http://carm.org/when-were-gospels-written-and-by-whom
Originally posted by RJHindsWriters like to spice up their works of fiction with recent events. Halley's
I don't know what you think Hailey's comet has to do with anything, ...
comet would have been talked about for years so anyone writing after 66AD would have been tempted to put in a reference to a "star".
The vast majority of scholars date Matthews gospel no earlier than 70AD.