[Millicent_Hornswaggle]

Stephen Pfann, a biblical scholar at the University of the Holy Land in Jerusalem who was interviewed in the documentary, said the film's hypothesis holds little weight.

Pfann is even unsure that the name "Jesus" on the caskets was read correctly. He thinks it's more likely the name "Hanun." Ancient Semitic script is notoriously difficult to decipher.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2904732&page=2

Let's be honest, this is all garbage. The liberal hollywood machine is yet again trying to assassinate Christianity.

[Halgr]

I've sent messages to Both Discovery Communications and my local Sat TV Provider that I WILL DISCONNECT service if this apostacy airs.

Thats how strongly I feel about this....Grrrrrrr

Heck, the local TV Stations are now broadcasting Free Digital over the airways, and a digital (UHF) antenna is about 60 bucks...so I won't be completely cut off.

;-)

[Feiny]

I have seen the special & when the tomb is opened.....



Geraldo is inside.


**shudder**

[NavyCanDo]

You have to look at the timing of this TV documentary – right before the Easter season when Christians celebrate the resurrection.
This is just another attempt by Hollywood to try to justify their own immorality by convincing themselves that God is dead, that we have no higher authority to answer too.

[steve-b]

Another famous ossuary, inscribed James son of Joseph brother of Jesus, is also featured in the documentary.

I thought further study determined that the "brother of Jesus" portion of the inscription was as phony as the Bush National Guard memos.

[marinamuffy]

I read this article this morning:

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/26/D8NHFDRG3.html

I thought this part was particularly interesting:

"Stephen Pfann, a biblical scholar at the University of the Holy Land in Jerusalem who was interviewed in the documentary, said the film's hypothesis holds little weight.....Pfann is even unsure that the name "Jesus" on the caskets was read correctly. He thinks it's more likely the name 'Hanun.'"

So does this mean that they are just hyping up the movie for $$$$ and their theory is debunked in the film itself???

marinamuffy

[The Sons of Liberty]

I read this article a couple of days ago and found it troubling. There are a lot of statistics to back up Cameron's hypothesis that this is the tomb of The Son of God, but I have some practical questions:

1. Joseph was a poor carpenter. Could he have afforded a tomb like this?

2. If this is the tomb of the Holy Family, why is it in Jerusalem and not in Galilee? Certainly, Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem and placed in a tomb owned by Joseph of Aramitheia. Even if his body were not raised and he was later placed in a "family tomb", why was his family placed there? As I understand Jewish burial customs, bodies are buried quickly, sometimes the same day. In those days, Nazareth was a long journey from Jerusalem. Transporting the body of a loved one for that distance could take several days and would be out of the question.

3. If most of the ossuaries were empty, how was enough DNA obtained to make an analysis and a match?

[onedoug]

The fundamental issue is that Jesus was a Jew. That really irks Hollywood. Look for Cameron & Co to find some way to insert "...he was a palestinian..."

[The Old Hoosier]

Silly.

1) It's just taken as a given in this piece that Jesus had a little brother, Jose -- never heard of this before.

2) It seems unlikely that any tomb of THAT Jesus would have been labeled -- the apostles would have been trying to COVER UP their lies about the resurrection if Jesus were in fact rotting somewhere, don't you think?

Isn't it more likely that even if we're dealing with the same Mary, James, etc, we are not dealing with the same Jesus?

[SuziQ]

Cameron can spend his own, or his investors' money and make a documentary about anything he wants. It doesn't make it true, and if someone is a strong Christian, the contentions in the film won't change any beliefs.

[rwfromkansas]

What a load.

Since he was buried in another tomb for the brief period he was dead, perhaps the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, this was definitely not his tomb.

They would not have been buried in Jerusalem anyway.

These names were very common during that time, and the idea that the odds are 600 to 1 or 30,000 to one is nonsense. No doubt many, many families had relatives with all the names in question.

[SunkenCiv]

thanks go to GoLightly and xcamel for compiling the list (thus far) of such topics:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789769/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1789966/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790456/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1790579/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1790608/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1790818/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790884/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1790953/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791244/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1791251/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791352/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791365/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791383/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791513/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791544/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791583/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791588/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791610/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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