Jesus Family Tomb Talking Points

Gamecock

[Gamecock]

I'm sure that by now all of you have heard about the claim that the ossuary of Christ's family has been found.

I would like to open a thread that will help us develop answers to friends, both Christians and atheists who might come to us with questions about it all.

Please feel free to post your rebuttals for others to use!

Biblical, rational, scientific, philosophical, whatever you can come up with is more than welcome!

[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]

Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution.

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[Yossarian]

Hi Heather!

Are you a friend of karen1978 by chance? Or are you just a sockpuppet of hers?

[Junior]

Oooookaaaay...

[xzins]

They aren't even certain that the name they have reads "Jesus." It could read "Hanun."

[Gamecock]

Indeed. And like someone else pointed out, that sounds like Chinese takeout.

[TheBattman]

Self-ping for use later...

[Ironfocus]

The DNA could be pretty much useless. It was mtDNA, extracted from "human residue", which may have been from anyone that handled the ossuaries. One cell can contaminate ancient DNA.

It established only that there was no maternal link between Jeshua(?) and Miriamne. Somehow that proves they were married!