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Dead Sea tablet 'casts doubt' on death and resurrection of Jesus
The Times of London ^
| July 9, 2008
| Sheera Frenkel
Posted on 07/09/2008 1:56:21 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: americanophile
radical new interpretation
That's all I needed to see. . .those three words = trouble any way you slice it.
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posted on
07/09/2008 1:58:00 PM PDT
by
ninergold3
(Don't like my attitude? Then get one of your own!)
To: americanophile
Notice how the headline says "Tablet casts doubt" but then the story starts off with "The death and resurrection of Christ has been called into question by a radical new interpretation More "interpretation" equals news from the media.
To: americanophile
Well, that’s it for me. Two thousand years of scholarship and tradition, negated by a stone tablet. So long, fellow Catholics — I’m off to join the pagans. They get laid a lot.
9_9
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posted on
07/09/2008 1:59:06 PM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: americanophile
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:00:25 PM PDT
by
TommyDale
(I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
To: americanophile
refer to a Messiah who rises from the grave three days after his death - even though it was written decades before the birth of Jesus Duh... It's called prophecy!
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:00:34 PM PDT
by
SolidWood
(Stop the Muslimarxist Obama.)
To: americanophile
The idea of sacrificing a son came long before as well. Yawn...
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:00:40 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
To: americanophile
Bwahahahahahahahahah!!!!!
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:00:40 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(Any nation that would elect Hillary Clinton as its president has forfeited its right to exist.)
To: americanophile
How stupid and Biblically illiterate are the reporters and editors at the Times (UK)? Don't answer that question; it's rhetorical. Don't they realize that there were Old Testament prophets who predicted the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Why should a new tablet that says the same thing as ancient texts and prophecies say, have any different effect on the status of Christianity? Only the ignorant would say that a new statement of old ideas has any new meaning.
Congressman Billybob
First in the series, "American Government: The Owner's Manual"
To: americanophile
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:01:50 PM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: americanophile
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:02:12 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Friends with umbrellas are outstanding in the rain.)
To: B-Chan
Yeah, I believed in Jesus Christ too, bummer.
Thanks a lot scholars!
Guess I'll go join a cult...
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:02:12 PM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: americanophile
Well folks, nothing at all to worry about, I was praying to Jesus just this morning and I can assure you all that He is alive and well and will be returning just as He promised, most likely sooner than anyone expects!
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:02:18 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Jesus said it, I believe it, and that settles it.)
To: SolidWood
That’s what I was thinking -
Jesus’ birth, crucifixion, and rising from the dead were prophecied in great detail centuries before they occurred.
Why should it be a surprise that some tablets dated decades before His birth said the same?
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:02:45 PM PDT
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: americanophile
Wait! Don’t tell me! It’s dated “July 27, 44 BC”, right?
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:03:20 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: B-Chan
Yeah, but have you seen them...
And I recommend a gas mask for the smell...
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:03:32 PM PDT
by
ejonesie22
(Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery.)
To: americanophile
I don't need the Dead Sea Scrolls to confirm the prophecy of Jesus. I can read Isaiah and Jeremiah as well as Daniel and the rest of the Law and the Prophets.
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:03:53 PM PDT
by
normy
(Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
To: americanophile
Don’t see how this “casts doubt” in any way. His coming was predicted, even expected, that some may have become enthralled into believing that they, themselves, and their followers were capable of emulating Him the expected one; don’t see how this is a problem.
That some were wrong about who He would be does not detract from who He became.
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:03:58 PM PDT
by
kjo
To: normy
I don't need the Dead Sea Scrolls to confirm the prophecy of Jesus. I can read Isaiah and Jeremiah as well as Daniel and the rest of the Law and the Prophets. This story is retarded, as the stone predicting the coming of the messiah in no way undermines the messiah. I would say the opposite. But, I must take issue with your comment. Are you saying that your views on religion (does this expand to other areas, too?) will be impacted by writings that you already agree with, but you will refuse to read or be impacted by writings that you already disagree with?
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posted on
07/09/2008 2:07:01 PM PDT
by
Ron Jeremy
(sonic)
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