RE: Re-evaluating the Star of Bethlehem, Part 3: "For we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him." (featuring @vuyusile as author)

[vuyusile]

This is a great comment, and receives my up vote - small as its effect is. This is because your comment puts its finger on a key point of controversy in the story (it certainly was for me). I offer a point of view in the second last post of this series coming up. The key, as you rightly identify, has to be that what they saw appeared relatively close to the ground. Relatively as opposed to absolutely. Hope you stay on to engage!