To go where no little green man has gone before

http://www.reasons.org/articles/aliens-from-another-world-getting-here-from-there

http://www.reasons.org/articles/alien-encounters-fail-the-test

Problems With Hugh Ross' Explanation Of The Bethlehem Star

Hugh Ross just published a new article on the star of Bethlehem. He suggests that the star was a recurring nova, a position he argued for previously, but he updates his argument with some recent research.

I think every astronomical attempt to explain the star fails, for reasons like the ones I explained here. (The post I just linked also addresses what evidence we have for the star, so anybody interested in that subject may want to read the post as well.) Here's Ross' two-sentence dismissal of the view that the star was a supernatural entity, which is my position: