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1 posted on 02/24/2007 9:14:10 AM PST by aculeus

Oh, please....

BTW, bones of Jesus Christ?

Not aware at all, that He decided to leave any behind.

120 posted on 02/24/2007 4:53:23 PM PST by unspun (What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)

Amos Kloner is the main pusher of the James Ossuary and his conclusions should be taken with a grain of salt. It was found to be of modern design and execution.

Assuming the ossuaries are real, they most likely are the remains of a well to do family of Christans who named their family after the family of Jesus. They may have also changed their names to honor the family of Jesus.

The one in ten million statement is utter poppycock. There is no data on which to build any statistic.

124 posted on 02/24/2007 5:36:47 PM PST by TexanToTheCore (If it ain't Rugby or Bullriding, it's for girls.........................................)

Here we go: some fuel for the fire, courtesy of director James Cameron, on "Titanic" fame:

http://time-blog.com/middle_east/"

February 23, 2007 6:55 
Jesus: Tales from the Crypt
Posted by Tim McGirk | Comments (318) | Permalink | Trackbacks (0) | Email This 

Brace yourself. James Cameron, the man who brought you 'The 
Titanic' is back with another blockbuster. This time, the 
ship he's sinking is Christianity.

In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, 
Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus 
wasn't resurrected --the cornerstone of Christian faith-- 
and that his burial cave was discovered near Jerusalem. 
And, get this, Jesus sired a son with Mary Magdelene.

No, it's not a re-make of "The Da Vinci Codes'. It's 
supposed to be true.

Let's go back 27 years, when Israeli construction workers 
were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the 
industrial park in the Talpiyot, a Jerusalem suburb. of 
Jerusalem. The earth gave way, revealing a 2,000 year old 
cave with 10 stone caskets. Archologists were summoned, and 
the stone caskets carted away for examination. It took 20 
years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. 
They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa 
and Judah, son of Jesua.

Israel's prominent archeologist Professor Amos Kloner 
didn't associate the crypt with the New Testament Jesus. 
His father, after all, was a humble carpenter who couldn't 
afford a luxury crypt for his family. And all were common 
Jewish names.

There was also this little inconvenience that a few miles 
away, in the old city of Jerusalem, Christians for 
centuries had been worshipping the empty tomb of Christ at 
the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Christ's resurrection, 
after all, is the main foundation of the faith, proof that 
a boy born to a carpenter's wife in a manger is the Son of 
God.

But film-makers Cameron and Jacobovici claim to have 
amassed evidence through DNA tests, archeological evidence 
and Biblical studies, that the 10 coffins belong to Jesus 
and his family.

Ever the showman, (Why does this remind me of the 
impresario in another movie,"King Kong", whose hubris 
blinds him to the dangers of an angry and very large ape?) 
Cameron is holding a New York press conference on Monday at 
which he will reveal three coffins, supposedly those of 
Jesus of Nazareth, his mother Mary and Mary Magdalene. News 
about the film, which will be shown soon on Discovery 
Channel, Britain's Channel 4, Canada's Vision, and Israel's 
Channel 8, has been a hot blog topic in the Middle East 
(check out a personal favorite: Israelity Bites) Here in 
the Holy Land, Biblical Archeology is a dangerous 
profession. This 90-minute documentary is bound to outrage 
Christians and stir up a titanic debate between believers 
and skeptics. Stay tuned. 

--Tim McGirk/Jerusalem

Enjoy
TS

129 posted on 02/24/2007 6:52:09 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (Math Teachers Know ALL the Angles!)

The Devil's working overtime lately, ain't he?

143 posted on 02/24/2007 9:19:41 PM PST by DesScorp (.)

To: aculeus; narses; Pyro7480; NYer; Salvation

http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061192029/The_Jesus_Family_Tomb/index.aspx
"This discovery is potentially the last nail in the coffin of biblical literalism"
— John Dominic Crossan

Crossan, a major demytholigizer of the "Jesus Seminar" is throwing his weight behind it, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dominic_Crossan

151 posted on 02/24/2007 10:51:57 PM PST by Dajjal (See my FR homepage for an essay about Ahmadinejad.)

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Another article on the Jesus Tomb... this one a little more accurate. PING!

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153 posted on 02/25/2007 12:27:30 AM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)

Matthew 28:12 already covered this. They were always determined to discredit Him.

"12When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, 13telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.' 14If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." 15So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day."

Matthew 28:12

174 posted on 02/25/2007 10:32:24 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)

184 posted on 02/25/2007 5:07:48 PM PST by Diggity

185 posted on 02/25/2007 5:07:52 PM PST by Diggity

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188 posted on 02/25/2007 6:45:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)

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192 posted on 02/25/2007 8:01:30 PM PST by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, insects)

Did the find the skull of John the Baptist as a boy?

214 posted on 02/26/2007 12:33:21 AM PST by Arthur McGowan

216 posted on 02/26/2007 1:08:31 AM PST by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")

A fraud on it's face!

220 posted on 02/26/2007 5:19:20 AM PST by G Larry (Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)

Satan tries to put down the Resurrection Insurrection again. It won't work this time, either.

221 posted on 02/26/2007 6:31:05 AM PST by Mr. Silverback ("Logic" is as meaningless to a liberal as "desert" is to a fish.--Freeper IronJack)

The use of the word "Jesus" was not used until the advent of the KJV of the bible. It is an Anglicized translation.

256 posted on 02/26/2007 10:25:20 AM PST by lawdude (2006: The elections we will live to die for!)

The hype over this will be worse than the failed hype over the Duh Vinci Code last year.

268 posted on 02/26/2007 12:03:18 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged

279 posted on 02/26/2007 10:38:51 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)

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