What to do with a discovery about the Adoration of the Magi?

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Hi !.

“What to do with a discovery about the Adoration of the Magi ?”

It might sound like a crazy question, but I’m serious.

I have finished writing an important discovery concerning the Adoration of the Magi episode. I even made three short videos to explain the purpose of my job in the simplest way.
I put this on Youtube… but I don’t think this is the right way to publicize my discovery.

I have two questions:
  • Do you think this discovery is really important? Or it’s only me who considers it as such …
  • And if you consider it important, as I think; What can you suggest to me in order to make it known?
Thank you very much for you answers.
Marcel Bodor

If you are wondering what it is: here are the links to these first three videos ;
[Sorry i am not allowed to put links here …]
But you can search in Youtube for : “the star of bethlehem marcel bodor”
 
No, my situation is a little bit special… I am a Belgian citizen, living in Mexico.
I tried, some time ago, to get in touch with a cardinal in Mexico. But here it is absolutely impossible, you do not get an audience.
 
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In order to promote this to Catholics, you would need your Bishop’s approval, it does not have to be a Cardinal. Speak with your Pastor first.
 
Yes, that’s what I did. And he advised me to see the authorities in Mexico City …
I’ve tried everything, personal contact, emails … nothing works.
I had even sent letters to Belgium, France, even the Vatican. No answer…
 
Hi Marcel and welcome to the forums. I’ve watched several minutes of your video. I have a few comments:

(1) Your written paper is in French. This is difficult as this website is 99.99% English speakers, and the vast majority are laypeople who limited interest in technical matters, such as dating of events. You would need to relate your theses in some way that is intelligible to lay sensibilities.

(2) Your videos are difficult to follow. You don’t state the theses (that is, your purpose and the questions you seek to answer) until the 3rd minute, and you spend quite a lot of time examining various facets of the simulation, but otherwise little background information. The average layperson isn’t going to have a clue about who Quirinius was and why his census is relevant.

I think you need to have a careful think about the purpose of your project. If you’re writing it as a technical commentary in the manner of academia, then you yourself need to be an academic for it to be published. If you’re intending it for laypeople, then you need to understand your target audience and frame your content in a way that’s more understandable.
 
I’m not going to watch the video.

Can you simply tell us what the discovery is?

Deacon Christopher
 
Hello Bithynian,

Thank you for your feedback !
Yes, my thesis was written in French. But I thought short videos would be enough to explain the topic.

It seems not, from what you tell me.

(2) Your videos are difficult to follow.

I am sorry to hear that.
On the contrary, I tried to make them as short as possible and as simple as possible.
Really, I don’t see how to further reduce the format and be clearer.
In video number 00, it’s just a matter of introducing the topic and stating the themes (and explanations) to come.
But I agree that I’m not a specialist in videos…

I showed these three videos to a friend who has an elementary school level and she followed these videos just by taking the time. She got it all.
 
I saw the video, it seems very interesting to me, but I don’t have the knowledge to scientifically evaluate it.

But I think it certainly deserves the interest of the specialists, with whom you should perhaps compare yourself in the first place.

I have a question: if the star appears to the Magi on December 25, when Jesus is born, it should continue to shine for at least another 40 days, because the visit of the Magi is subsequent to the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, am I right?
 
Yes, with pleasure.

We have chapter II of the Gospel Matthew and the conjunction of the year 7 BC (the Star of Bethlehem).
The Magi leave Herod’s palace when they see the Star rise in the sky … and make the journey to Bethlehem (today the Church of the Nativity). We estimate the speed of the Magi Caravan.
If we put this in a computer simulator.
1- The simulation gives a date which is between December 13 and December 25 of the year 7 BC.
This is mathematical.

In video number 02, I show that it is possible to be much more precise on this date and to arrive naturally at only one possible date: December 25 of the year 7 BC.

I’m really surprised that no one has done this verification before.

These are very short videos that will explain all this to you in a more visual way.
 
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I’m really surprised that no one has done this verification before.
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There have been much research and speculation and many theories. I’d suggest you watch the documentary I linked above.
 
Hi brown_bear !
brown_bear said:
I saw the video, it seems very interesting to me, but I don’t have the knowledge to scientifically evaluate it.
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Thank you very much for your kind answer, it goes straight to my heart
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brown_bear said:
I have a question: if the star appears to the Magi on December 25, when Jesus is born, it should continue to shine for at least another 40 days, because the visit of the Magi is subsequent to the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, am I right?
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The Gospel of Matthew tells us in detail only of the visit of the Magi.
This star is visible in the sky of Jerusalem between April 7 BC and January 6 BC. and the only possible date for this visit (The Adoration of the Three Wise Men) is December 25.
But yes, you are right, the star is visible in the sky every evening until about January 15th, and than it disappears.
 
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Might want to use a new name as there is a very well known documentary by the same title:
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Thanks TheLittleLady, I just searched for this video.

In fact, I had seen it in 2007.

It is a very different work from mine, because it is based only on the planet Jupiter and a star (Regulus)
(Why ?) .
Moreover, it contradicts Matthew’s gospel Chapter II because: Matthew tells us that Jesus was born in the time of King Herod.
Herod died in the year 4 BC. So a “conjunction” between Jupiter and this star in the year 1 BC … should not allow him to conclude.

It is a beautiful work no question.

But it does not take into account the Star of Bethlehem, nor the journey of the Three Wise Men, nor the death of King Herod, nor the current location of the Church of the Nativity of today.
 
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brown_bear said:
I saw the video, it seems very interesting to me, but I don’t have the knowledge to scientifically evaluate it.
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It is to avoid having to explain all these calculations that I made this software, precisely.
All calculations are based on astrophysical data from the “Starry Night Pro” program and are verifiable.
In fact, the demonstration works only if I respect exactly the data of the Star AND the words of the Gospel of Matthew. This is what is amazing and heartwarming at the same time.
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But I think it certainly deserves the interest of the specialists, with whom you should perhaps compare yourself in the first place.
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Yes, I would really like to present my results to specialists as you suggest. This is why, I registered in this forum, in the hope of being able to meet some.
 
Salut Marcel! I just opened your thesis using this URL:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/104jK4agQyqEXR0VUDV0jukPZJq4IMQZaZ3ig0YR89Pg/edit

The first thing I noticed is that the first two or three lines of the Introduction are badly garbled. This is how they show up on my screen:

Introduction
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n sa nom ce toute-puissance, de début Jésus de dans vingt-et-unième le peut-on cadre d’une encore siècle discussion où s’autoriser la science scientifique?
à évoquer domine de le

After that, it seems to get better.
 
Thank you for this information. I just tried the link at the bottom of the video and get the original text correctly … Another computer mystery :roll_eyes:

Merci !
Bonne lecture 😉
 
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The first paragraph of each chapter seems to be garbled in the same way. I think it must be something to do with your typography, using drop capitals (lettrines). My ancient computer can’t recognize your software. Doesn’t matter, I can still make sense of it.
 
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