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1 posted on 06/12/2006 9:24:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Japan is proud home of Christ's tomb
TimesOnline | May 29, 2006 | Leo Lewis
Posted on 05/31/2006 12:56:17 PM EDT by NYer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1641265/posts


2 posted on 06/12/2006 9:24:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (All Moslems everywhere advocate murder, including mass murder, and they do it all the time.)
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3 posted on 06/12/2006 9:24:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (All Moslems everywhere advocate murder, including mass murder, and they do it all the time.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Maybe he went to India after he toured North America???
4 posted on 06/12/2006 9:26:30 AM PDT by Defiant (As the Chief said on F Troop, "Where the Zarqawi?")
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To: SunkenCiv
"Jesus too had visited the Valley, went to Ladakh to visit the Hemis monastery where he took Buddhism as his faith.."

Anyone ever heard of this before? What in the world are they talking about?

5 posted on 06/12/2006 9:27:28 AM PDT by trashcanbred (Anti-social and anti-socialist)
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Ah, more competition for the DaVinci Code and Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

Let's see, buried in Israel, France, Japan, and now India, h'mmmm we still have to hear from Africa, the America's and Australia.


6 posted on 06/12/2006 9:31:31 AM PDT by GreyFriar ((3rd Armored Division -- Spearhead))
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To: SunkenCiv

this is soo untrue. the actual tomb of jesus is in my backyard. visitors entrance fee $20. /sarc


8 posted on 06/12/2006 9:35:26 AM PDT by The Lion Roars
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To: SunkenCiv
the belief of many Kashmiris that they were one of the "Lost Tribes" of Israel.

ONE of the lost tribes? How many lost tribes are there?

9 posted on 06/12/2006 9:36:28 AM PDT by Kenny Bunkport (Left's reaction to "GODLESS": "They haven't hated a book this much since the Bible." (pissant))
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To: SunkenCiv

Seems to conflict with that "Ascension" thing.....


10 posted on 06/12/2006 9:41:50 AM PDT by Nabber
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11 posted on 06/12/2006 9:52:16 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ... the Bible indicates otherwise:

Where Was Jesus Crucified?

Where was Jesus crucified? We find the answer in Scripture. This information is recorded in all four of the gospels. However, three of the gospels use one Greek word and one gospel uses another.

"And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull" (Matthew 27:33).

"And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull" (Mark 15:22).

"And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha" (John 19:17).

In these three gospels the Greek word "Golgotha" is used and it means as we read in Matthew "a place of a skull." The Hebrew and the Greek word were the same and therefore it was a commonly known name.

Luke uses the Greek word "Calvary" rather than Golgotha. "And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left" (Luke 23:33). This word in Greek means cranium, or skull and all four gospels identify this spot outside of the gates of Jerusalem as the place where Jesus was placed on a cross. Therefore, the place where Jesus was crucified was a knoll or hill on the outskirts of Jerusalem that was made up of rock shaped like a man's skull and both the Romans and the Jews knew this place by the same name.

Why here? There were several reasons. For the Romans, this spot outside the gates of the city was a place where they crucified criminals as a sign to those who would visit the city that they did not tolerate criminality. In other words, it was capitol punishment used as a deterrent for crime. It was a usual practice for those crucified to be left on the cross for days and they often became rotting corpses that were food for the carrion eaters. Only those criminals who were Jewish or had someone to claim the body were taken down and placed in graves. Jesus' body was buried in the grave belonging to Joseph of Arimathaea (Matthew 27:57-60). Others were sometimes left to rot on the cross and then their bones were cast into a potter's field.

Another reason that the crucifixions took place outside of the city was because of the strict Jewish laws regarding the proximity of dead bodies to the living. Coming into contact with a dead body meant a period of ritual cleansing for uncleanness (Numbers 19:11-22). The Pharisees took this very seriously and all tombs in the city were white washed so that no one could accidentally come into contact with them and be ceremonially unclean. In addition, there was the fact that anyone who "hung on a tree" was cursed. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree" (Galatians 3:13).

This is a quote from Deuteronomy. "His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance" (Deuteronomy 21:23). Therefore, the body of any Jew that was hanged or crucified had to be taken down before the beginning of a new day or there was defilement. This practice was accepted by the Roman government as a way to keep the peace with the Jews.

Where was Jesus crucified? Golgotha is where Jesus was crucified by the Romans and it was a place where capitol punishment was meted out. If the Jews had punished Jesus, He would have been stoned. Therefore, the sovereignty of God and the fulfillment of Scripture were perfectly accomplished at the "place of the skull."

http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/where-was-jesus-crucified-faq.htm

Somewhere outside of Jerusalem -- India is VERY UNLIKELY.

Besides that it was a TOMB not a grave. He also rose from the dead so there will be NO body and NO trinkets. This is someone getting carried away ... .
12 posted on 06/12/2006 9:56:22 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)
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To: SunkenCiv

Well, as this isn't a religion thread, all I'll say is, " What a crock!"


17 posted on 06/12/2006 10:28:34 AM PDT by chesley (Republicans don't deserve to win, but America does not deserve the Dhimmicrats.)
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To: SunkenCiv

oooh!
I've just got a great idea for a new novel.


26 posted on 06/12/2006 1:08:50 PM PDT by spyone
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To: SunkenCiv
Jesus too had visited the Valley, went to Ladakh to visit the Hemis monastery where he took Buddhism as his faith, returned home but left it again for Kashmir to escape persecution, and died here in Srinagar,"

LOL!

Must be a different Jesus from the one I remember...

31 posted on 06/12/2006 2:48:51 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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To: SunkenCiv

Here it is http://www.tombofjesus.com including a flash introduction...


32 posted on 06/12/2006 2:51:09 PM PDT by AdmSmith
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To: SunkenCiv

How could Jesus have traveled to Kashmir given the transportation limitations of the 1st century AD? He would have had to go through the quite hostile Parthian Empire and then face the same jungles that turned back the armies of Alexander the Great. And how could he have died there if he was crucified in Judea?

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35 posted on 06/12/2006 6:32:19 PM PDT by G. Stolyarov II (http://rationalargumentator.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

Given that missionaries are reporting tremendous success in evangelizing to the lower tiers of India's caste system, I suspect that the Indian government has a lot at stake here. If they can discredit Jesus and Moses all at once, they can keep a nice, tidy underclass ready to do all the jobs that Indians won't do.


37 posted on 06/12/2006 6:38:06 PM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: SunkenCiv

Buried?

I think he got up and left.


50 posted on 06/12/2006 10:59:06 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: SunkenCiv

How dare they rip off the Japanses.

(/sarcasm)


79 posted on 06/13/2006 7:14:12 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Can I only pay 3 out of five years taxes and profit from identity theft too?)
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