Star of Bethlehem = Satan?!

[PointyHaired Calvinist]

I found about this a couple of years ago. Apparently Jehovah's Witnesses teach as their dogma (though they don't have a belief that isn't dogma in their eyes) that the Star of Bethlehem was Satan trying to deceive pagan astrolgers into luring Herod to the young Jesus.

Was the Star of Bethlehem Satan's Star?

I know most of their heresies are rehashed old ones (Adventism, Arianism, etc.) but I've never heard any other group teach this.

They have reasons for not celebrating Christmas, as many of my Reformed brethren do as well. (I do celebrate it as an issue of liberty.) Am I wrong in thinking this particular instance is a case of "Religious Scroogery"?

 

[Rufus]

Seems to be no biblical basis as well as a plain silly idea. Some people/groups seem Satan in everything, in fact there is probably a "666" tag on the back of your TV.

 

[JohnGill]

Seems to be no biblical basis as well as a plain silly idea. Some people/groups seem Satan in everything, in fact there is probably a "666" tag on the back of your TV.

I looked. THERE IS!! Oh no!!!

There's also one on my friend's computer. But we already knew it was of Satan. It has Windows on it.

I have never seen it apart from the JW's. I think it's just an example of bad theology corrupting the entire thinking process.

 

[jambo]

Having dealt with a number of JWs in the past, there is absolutely nothing the Watchtower could say that would surprise me.

 

[Rom]

Amen to that Stuart!!

 

[PuritanCovenanter]

It was His Star.

(Mat 2:2) Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

 

[Gforce9]

Seems to be no biblical basis as well as a plain silly idea. Some people/groups seem Satan in everything, in fact there is probably a "666" tag on the back of your TV.

..... But we already knew it was of Satan. It has Windows on it.

My side hurts you two.......

 

[Jake]

It was His Star.

(Mat 2:2) Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Interestingly enough, this part is true even in their translation of the Bible, although they tried to mute part of its truth...

saying: “Where is the one born king of the Jews? For we saw his star [when we were] in the east, and we have come to do him obeisance. (Matthew 2:2 NWT)