[Steve_Seattle]

"Well there you have it...Why then publish an article on an already refuted document. A document no less they dated to over 600-900 years after Christ's death and resurrection."

As a couple of others pointed out, it's because the press cannot allow Easter to pass without administering its annual dose of skepticism and doubt. Unlike Ramadan, "the sacred month of Islam," when the press becomes dutifully reverential.

[redleghunter]

Unlike Ramadan, "the sacred month of Islam," when the press becomes dutifully reverential.

Of course they have to be reverent. If not Achmed the Dead Terrorist will Keeeeeeel them.