The Star of Bethlehem - What Did the Magi See? Part 1

<p style="margin:10px 0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;color:#241e12;font-family:'aktiv-grotesk', sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-line;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;">This is a special combined Christmas episode with our sister podcast <a href='https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jwalker55293'>Apologetics Profile. </a> </p> <p style="margin:10px 0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;color:#241e12;font-family:'aktiv-grotesk', sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-line;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;">When we think of stars today, the first thing that may often come to mind are celebrities, Hollywood stars. If one evening you found yourself underneath the glowing industrial-scale light pollution of Los Angeles, you're probably more likely to see a famous celebrity than any single star in the sky. We are more likely to follow celebrities nowadays than we are stars in the sky.</p> <p style="margin:10px 0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;color:#241e12;font-family:'aktiv-grotesk', sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-line;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;">If you happen to be a professional or amateur astronomer, however, perhaps your interests lie in knowing what stars are made of, their colors, distance from Earth, age, radius, in what constellation they may be found, or if they have a companion.</p> <p style="margin:10px 0px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;color:#241e12;font-family:'aktiv-grotesk', sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-line;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;">But why are there any stars in the sky to begin with? Are the uncountable multitude of celestial diadems just a freak accident of nature? Is that just the way the universe is?