Its not, though. It only looks special from one specific spot in the solarsystem which happend to be where the earth will be at that moment. They aren't actually aligned, its only from our perspective that they appear to be so. And depending on how much you zoom in, they aren't even eclipsing each other, they will be within about a tenth of a degree of each other but won't eclipse each other.
Jupiter is not Christ. Jupiter is Zeus, father of the Pagan gods. Zeus Pater = sky father, zeupater, Jupiter.
Its not, though. It only looks special from one specific spot in the solarsystem which happend to be where the earth will be at that moment. They aren't actually aligned, its only from our perspective that they appear to be so. And depending on how much you zoom in, they aren't even eclipsing each other, they will be within about a tenth of a degree of each other but won't eclipse each other.
Sorry, nothing more too it than that.
Aw darn. It was a nice bedtime story