[BrooklynGOP]

I feel very sure that you will have a greater chance of having the Democrats praise Republican policy before you will have any of these experts give credence to any evidence contrary to their own pre-concieved notions and agendas.

What are these pre-concieved notions and agendas you are claiming? Nobody is claiming that Jesus did not exist. Jesus was a historical figure and Israel's Antiquities Authority deals with history and archeology. What's so hard to understand here? Let me ask you this question. Will you, as a Christian, claim that Mohammed never existed?

Can you imagine the storm that would be created around the world and in Israel for these experts to say that it's the real deal? Ain't gonna happen.

What kind of a storm would that be? The only pre-conceived notion here is yours.

[Mr. Lucky]

You're just not using your imagination. There MUST be a Jewish conspiracy here. I personally suspect the Bilderberger bankers or maybe the Council on Foreign Relations.

[MissAmericanPie]

Examination of the antiquity should not be limited to one source who may have an agenda. The doubt should be removed by examination by several authorities.

I have had several online discussions with orthodox jews who almost toss their cookies at the mention of the name Jesus. They believe Christians have kidnapped their history and turned it into spiritual mumbo jumbo. Not that I condemn them for that view, but it would make more sense to have experts, world wide, with no political constraints weighing on their decisions to examine the artifact. That way the findings would have no reason to be held in suspecion.

[rwfromkansas]

If you saw the sensation the artifact caused on the news when found, you would know why the Israelis had to disprove this.