Researchers: Jesus was Born in June

http://au.christiantoday.com/article/researchers-jesus-was-born-in-june/4903.htm

[Christianity Today Australia] 15 Dec 2008--Christmas in Australia takes place each year at the height of summer.

But if it was celebrated on the day that some researchers allege Jesus Christ of Nazareth was actually born, Christmas would be white for those down under and hot for those elsewhere.

"December is an arbitrary date we have accepted but it doesn't really mean that is when it happened,” Australian astronomer Dave Reneke told media this week after his team of researchers used a computer program to pinpoint the date of Jesus’ birth.

According to the researchers, Jesus was born on June 17, 2 B.C. – the day that Venus and Jupiter became so close that they would have appeared to be one bright beacon of light.

"We are not saying this was definitely the Christmas star – but it is the strongest explanation for it of any I have seen so far,” Reneke told the London-based Daily Telegraph newspaper.