[Northern Yankee]

"It is just not possible that a family who came from Galilee, as the New Testament tells us of Joseph and Mary, would be buried over several generations in Jerusalem."

Got that right!

Bones of Jesus, Mary and Joseph?

I think someone has been dipping into the wine a wee bit too much.

[MizSterious]

...or subscribing to the theory that "there's one (or more) born every minute."

[null and void]

I think someone has been dipping into the wine a wee bit too much.

It was water when they started drinking...

[Duffboy]

Right, unless you believe the new testament isn't pushing their own agenda.

[Gumdrop]

Christian tradition says that Joseph died sometime between Jesus's 12th birthday and his public ministry. That would likely have been in Nazareth. So, why should we believe he would have been buried in Jerusalem?

Also, Jesus ascended into heaven, so he left no bones behind, nor would God's son have left a body to be corrupted. Catholic and Orthodox belief further is that after her death, the Blessed Virgin Mary was assumed body and soul into paradise so as to not have her body become corrupted. You might say she experienced the rapture already because God chose her to be the vessel through which God's Son, Jesus Christ, came into the world.

Now, since the second paragraph requires faith, I can understand that it may be controversial, but never-the-less is Catholic/Orthodox belief.

[healy61]

You mean tipping into the water too much.