That was my first thought. Just because the bone carbon dates to the 1st century, and some unfounded claims by archaeologists about John the Baptist's bones being found in a monastery, we now jump to the conclusion that this may be his bone? Give me a break. It's more likely it's an ancestor of TV's Monk.
Lately, (last 3 or 4 years) it seems there is a lot of reporting, news, articles, essays and et cetera's that have pretty much nothing to do with anything, or is pure speculation about a matter or a person.
This falls into that category.
So what if it IS JTB's hand ... and .. ?
I'm tiring of words that go nowhere or worse ... are intended to go nowhere.
Barrooms are FULL of arguments about nothing or stupid shit.
It’s the hand of John the Lutheran (LCMS).