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Pope OKs opening of St. Paul's tomb
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| 6-30-07
Posted on 06/30/2007 11:19:17 AM PDT by Bladerunnuh
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As much as I dislike the defiling of graves, this does seem interesting.
To: Bladerunnuh
Why don’t they just open it up like they did the tombs in Eqypt?
To: plain talk
Maybe they want to keep it really respectful so no one riots? He’s one of my heroes, so I wouldn’t be too happy if it were really his remains and they treated them like a lab rat.
To: Bladerunnuh
At the very least, as this event unfolds it will help spread the story of Saul/Paul (and his transition from wretched monster to a saint). I suspect most here on earth have never been taught it, and it is a valuable story of redemption indeed.
Maybe some will be inspired to turn their life over to Christ. Every little bit helps!
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posted on
06/30/2007 11:24:57 AM PDT
by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity...)
To: plain talk
I would hope because he is a Christian icon worthy of the highest form of respect.
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posted on
06/30/2007 11:26:41 AM PDT
by
stm
(Fred Thompson in 08! Return our country to the era of Reagan Conservatism)
To: plain talk
“Secrets of the Tomb”....is much more intriguing. Then the archeologists can “speculate” forever....Like the Shroud of Turin.
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posted on
06/30/2007 11:27:08 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: Bladerunnuh
He’s one of my heroes too. But if they can get at the tomb I don’t see why they don’t just open it up. Perhaps the lid is partially buried under rock and the building.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/30/2007 11:29:19 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing small pox to ebola.)
To: Bladerunnuh
The Pope should be shrewd enough to not allow secularists to study the remains in the tomb, because they will not be looking to find Saint Paul, they will be looking to discredit the claim. And with their secularist, anti-religion filters they will find what they are looking for, inspite of the facts, just as with the Shroud of Turin. Decades after a majority of the ‘scientists’ declared the Shroud to be no more than 800 years old, a number of the scientists involved now claim that important things were overlooked and burried during the “scientific” investigation, and that their own findings concluded decisively that the Shroud could indeed be 2,000 years old. There are many top scientists who are men of deep Christian faith, it should be only those men who do the investigation, because as Christians they will be far more inclined to honesty than the atheists who believe they have no one to answer to but themeselves. Or the anti-Christians who have anti-Christian agendas.
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posted on
06/30/2007 11:32:53 AM PDT
by
gemma0000
(When they refer to ILLEGAL ALIENS as "immigrants" they aren't worth talking to.)
To: plain talk
"Why dont they just open it up like they did the tombs in Eqypt?" Probably because of the way it's constructed and permanently sealed, opening it would damage it. If it's anything like Peter's casket, that would be a crime in itself to intentionaly ruin such a masterpiece stone work, just to satify someones curiosity. We already know what's in it anyways, the same thing every Pope has been buried with since.
To: gemma0000
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posted on
06/30/2007 11:36:59 AM PDT
by
gemma0000
(They obscure the truth by calling it an issue of "immigration"-but it's an issue of LAW ENFORCEMENT.)
To: Bladerunnuh
Anyone going to Rome should sign upo for the Scavi tour. Under the altar of the basilica and look into the area where the church claims St. Peter's bones are buried.
Sign-up well in advance. Only 20 people per day.
To: Bladerunnuh
It’s a grave; dirt, wood fragments and lumps of calcium carbonate.
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posted on
06/30/2007 11:43:40 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Bladerunnuh
Maybe they want to keep it really respectful so no one riots? Riots? Who would riot?
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posted on
06/30/2007 11:49:46 AM PDT
by
airborne
(COULTER: Actually, my favorite candidate is [Rep.] Duncan Hunter [R-CA], and he is magnificent.)
To: Yossarian
can you refer me to a good site regarding this?
thxs
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posted on
06/30/2007 12:07:38 PM PDT
by
bubman
Why dont they just open it up like they did the tombs in Eqypt
"Cause its stuck on there with glue or something"
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posted on
06/30/2007 12:10:28 PM PDT
by
LukeL
(Never let the enemy pick the battle site. (Gen. George S. Patton))
To: NYer
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posted on
06/30/2007 12:17:57 PM PDT
by
tlRCta
(St. Joseph, pray for us!)
To: LukeL
Here's an interesting article on these tombs and contents, and why they aren't so easy to just open.
The Bones of Saint Peter
To: Bladerunnuh
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posted on
06/30/2007 12:36:27 PM PDT
by
fso301
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