As far-fetched as it may seem that the angelic host visited Bethlehem on the night of Jesus birth riding on a section of the brightly shining crystalline firmament, we shouldn't be surprised.
The Star of Bethlehem
Who is the Sun?
The sun goest forth in his might? The song of Deborah speaks of the sun as if he's a person, a sentient being. Who are we to say he isn't?
Outer Darkness
Outer darkness is only referred to three times in scripture, but by using context we can establish what and where it is. The easiest thing to take for context is the gnashing of teeth, which occurs nine times in the Bible.
September 24th
The last physical phenomena of world-wide, or region-wide, significance in the recent epoch is the most famous one of all, the star of Bethlehem. It has a direct connection to our doctrine of the firmament.
September 20th
The planet Venus may have been the source of some of the plagues of the Exodus: rivers and streams turning into blood, a rain of hail mingled with fire, and impenetrable darkness where people couldn't see their hands in front of their faces.
April 23rd
There's no need to speculate the existence of black holes or dark matter. The missing mass of the universe is the firmament.
Prove that You don’t Have Faith
The traditional battle lines of science vs. faith is a false dichotomy. Popular science (SciPop) can’t be the opposite of faith because SciPop requires faith.
Effect and Cause
Why are planetary orbits elliptical? We've considered this as an example of how to understand frame of reference, but Newton supposedly solved this problem mathematically in Principia Mathematica:
The Stars Shall Fall to Earth
Jesus Christ, God in human form, prophesied about a time in the future when the stars fall out of the sky and impact the Earth. The express purpose of popular science (SciPop) is to make this seem impossible.
Measure the Heavens
We start with a simple observation: God hasn't, and won't, cast off the seed of Israel. This leads us to a conclusion: We haven't measured the heavens. So why do we think that we know the distance to the sun and its mass?