Posted on 02/26/2007 8:41:03 AM PST by Clive
These strange markings were found on the coffins
Unless of course Mary was the wife of one of the OTHER men in the tomb. Like maybe Joseph's 2nd wife?
James Cameron should start looking for the bones of Mohamed and his horse. They should be near the dome of the rock.
"Traditional Christian beliefs maintain that Jesus was physically resurrected to heaven while more liberal interpretations have permitted for a spiritual ascension."
More liberal interpretations? In other words, a complete fantasy someone made up versus what the Bible says. Frankly, I don't know why liberals even bother referring to scripture, since they make it up as they go.
Let's not get too tough on Cameron. Many of you don't realize by the Romans did take DNA samples of all folks they had on death row, so all James needs to do is check the dna of the remains that he found against the Roman back log. Should be pretty easy. /sarcasm
"How can the proponents of this theory get around that? All a DNA test will prove is that they found a tomb of people who were related - not a revolutionary find."
As posted elswhere:
I met Jesus. He cuts my lawn. His young mother, Maria, sells tortillas. His father, Jose, is a carpenter and put up crown molding for me. Jesus helped.
Maybe they're the holy family?! Alive TODAY!
(yeah, sarcasm)
Wonder if this has come up as of late because of the gnostic lies showing up in their many forms. Why not this same old argument too trying to disprove Christ's resurrection. Don't these people have enough to keep themselves busy.
It's amazing that one of the greatest ancient books chronicles exactly what happened to Jesus with hundreds of eye witnesses and yet they treat it as mythology.
Although I wouldn't raise Cameron to the level of false prophet, I think he will receive the same rewards.
"Which, sounds like a rare occurrence, but it is not, because of course there were a lot more than 600 families in Jerusalem at the time."
Not to mention that the historical family was poor (and thus tombless) and lived in Nazareth, by way of Bethlehem, (and thus any tomb would have been there), looking at a Jeruselem tomb is patently silly.
This film fails to tell us that this particular ossuary has been proved to be a fake. The History channel did a whole segment on this fake ossuary this last year.
Cameron seems to be a little "different" even by Hollyweird standards. The guy's been married five times and is a member of the "Mars Society". Something tells me Cameron's "out there", lol.
Is this the mindset of "Jesus wasn't necessarily the Son of God, he was a really nice guy who had good ideas"?
Sounds like a liberal...I am willing to bet HE isn't materialistic...:)
>>Feuerverger says that if James is added to the equation, there is a 30,000 to one chance that the Talpiot Tomb belonged to Jesus' family.
Another calculation, commissioned by James Tabor, chair of the department of religion studies at the University of North Carolina, puts the odds at one in 42 million. <<
I dont understand how they can calculate even these long odds - without DNA from Jesus from a known source what can they compare with?
I like jelly beans and those little Chocolate Malted Milk eggs...So I choose not to believe this story as a way to keep my traditions alive.
I know its not the most convincing way to maintain my faith...but what works, works.
before anyone starts jumping to conclusions, we should watch the movie. Also, don't forget to check out the movie's official website at http://www.jesusfamilytomb.com
Probably just proves that the names are bogus. The box all but says "The Christ Family Plot".
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