Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
1. As improbable as this claim is, there seems to be evidence that these “lights” really did provide “signs”…
2. The stars, planets and constellations were given much the same names and meanings by different civilizations over 5000 years ago.
3. The different civilizations gave them roughly the same message – they pointed to the coming of a redeemer (I need to coo berate that claim).
4. This message seems to closely parallel the message in the western bible.
5.For instance, astronomy now suggests that there really was a star of Bethlehem -- a conjunction of Jupiter and Venus on June 17, 2BC seems to fit all the requirements.
6. If we look closely there appears to be all sorts of coincidences between the meaning in the stars and the message of the western Bible.
7. My question: is there a way to formally estimate the probability of the null hypothesis in this case – that the number and nature of the coincidences fall within 95% of what would be expected by chance?
8. That's probably not the standard way to ask my question -- I finished my study of statistics about 40 years ago, and my memory is slipping...
9. But anyway, I would like to do the kind of statistics used in the ESP test, but the cards being guessed at in that test were totally specific and the subject is either right or wrong with each guess.
10. Here, the coincidences are somewhat vague and we can't be sure that what astronomical characteristic could be what the Bible was referring to, is what the Bible was referring to.
11. For instance, different scholars indicate different events as the Star of Bethlehem, and superficially, either could be right.
12. Sorry that my question is so poorly worded -- but maybe, over time, it will become clear, and also interesting.
13. How likely is it that these apparent coincidences are the result of chance?
1. As improbable as this claim is, there seems to be evidence that these “lights” really did provide “signs”…
2. The stars, planets and constellations were given much the same names and meanings by different civilizations over 5000 years ago.
3. The different civilizations gave them roughly the same message – they pointed to the coming of a redeemer (I need to coo berate that claim).
4. This message seems to closely parallel the message in the western bible.
5.For instance, astronomy now suggests that there really was a star of Bethlehem -- a conjunction of Jupiter and Venus on June 17, 2BC seems to fit all the requirements.
6. If we look closely there appears to be all sorts of coincidences between the meaning in the stars and the message of the western Bible.
7. My question: is there a way to formally estimate the probability of the null hypothesis in this case – that the number and nature of the coincidences fall within 95% of what would be expected by chance?
8. That's probably not the standard way to ask my question -- I finished my study of statistics about 40 years ago, and my memory is slipping...
9. But anyway, I would like to do the kind of statistics used in the ESP test, but the cards being guessed at in that test were totally specific and the subject is either right or wrong with each guess.
10. Here, the coincidences are somewhat vague and we can't be sure that what astronomical characteristic could be what the Bible was referring to, is what the Bible was referring to.
11. For instance, different scholars indicate different events as the Star of Bethlehem, and superficially, either could be right.
12. Sorry that my question is so poorly worded -- but maybe, over time, it will become clear, and also interesting.
13. How likely is it that these apparent coincidences are the result of chance?
