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Jesus died of blood clot - Israeli researcher
Yahoo - Reuters ^ | June 8, 2005

Posted on 06/08/2005 4:41:38 AM PDT by echoBoomer

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli researcher has challenged the popular belief that Jesus died of blood loss on the cross, saying he probably succumbed to a sometimes fatal disorder now associated with long-haul air travel.

Professor Benjamin Brenner wrote in The Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis that Jesus's death, traditionally believed to have occurred 3-6 hours after crucifixion began, was probably caused by a blood clot that reached his lungs.

Such pulmonary embolisms, leading to sudden death, can stem from immobilisation, multiple trauma and dehydration, said Brenner, a researcher at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

"This fits well with Jesus's condition and actually was in all likelihood the major cause of death by crucifixion," he wrote in the article, based on religious and medical texts.

A 1986 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association mentioned the possibility that Jesus suffered a blood clot but concluded that he died of blood loss.

But Brenner said research into blood coagulation had made significant strides over the past two decades.

He said recent medical research has linked immobility among passengers on lengthy air flights to deep vein thrombosis, popularly known as "economy-class syndrome" in which potentially fatal blood clots can develop, usually in the lower legs.

Brenner noted that before crucifixion, Jesus underwent scourging, but the researcher concluded that "the amount of blood loss by itself" would not have killed him.

He said that Jesus, as a Jew from what is now northern Israel, may have been particular at risk to a fatal blood clot.

Thrombophilia, a rare condition in which blood has an increased tendency to clot, is common to natives of the Galilee, the researcher wrote.

© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; blood; crucifix; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; israel; jerusalem; jesus; kookthread; postedtowrongforum
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To: WKB

Guess we scared him away. Either that or it's medication time in the psych ward.


341 posted on 06/08/2005 1:37:52 PM PDT by GipperGal
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To: GipperGal

Either that or it's medication time in the psych ward.


Too Funny


342 posted on 06/08/2005 1:38:45 PM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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To: GipperGal
"...Yeah, I wasn't wearing my "Kiss me, I'm one of the Elect" t-shirt that day..."

Hey! Where did you get a t-shirt like that.......uh...wait a minute......uh oh...(sinking feeling).....I think I may be in trouble....oh, CALVIN!!!.....now where did that boy go?.... ;-)

343 posted on 06/08/2005 1:40:01 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (Excrementum Occurum)
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To: Petronski

I always thought he died of dehydration.


344 posted on 06/08/2005 1:40:21 PM PDT by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
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To: WKB
"Medication time! Medication time!"


345 posted on 06/08/2005 1:43:04 PM PDT by GipperGal
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To: GipperGal

Whoops. That was supposed to be a photo of Jack Nicholson from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"...


346 posted on 06/08/2005 1:45:30 PM PDT by GipperGal
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To: GipperGal

Oh NO The Dreaded red X :>)


347 posted on 06/08/2005 1:52:02 PM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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To: WKB

Sorry...[hangs head in shame] What do you expect? I'm predestined to fail.


348 posted on 06/08/2005 1:54:39 PM PDT by GipperGal
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To: Gamecock

"If they did not did not find any elect, then there were none there to find."

Thank you for your answer.

Now, does this means that "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life" only applies to the elect?

And if I am not one of the elect, the God who so loved the world created me to eternally burn in Hell? Regardless of what I do on earth? Mother Theresa (if not one of the elect) right next to Hitler?


349 posted on 06/08/2005 1:55:11 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Choose life!)
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To: OB1kNOb
Hey! Where did you get a t-shirt like that

I bought it at the "My Jesus is Better Than Your Jesus" zShop on Amazon.com

350 posted on 06/08/2005 1:56:39 PM PDT by GipperGal
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To: GipperGal; WKB; SoothingDave

He never did define "sin" for us.


351 posted on 06/08/2005 2:03:46 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Petronski

ROFL !


352 posted on 06/08/2005 2:04:10 PM PDT by Selkie ("There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent)
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To: WKB

Excellent quote !


353 posted on 06/08/2005 2:06:12 PM PDT by Selkie ("There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent)
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To: echoBoomer
Nope.

This guy was not there.

He could say anything and it would bring attention to himself.

HE could say for example......Jesus died from being shot by a 308 Winchester at 50 yards and that would make news.

Of course people would laugh and say today because they are so ignorant...."Of course he died from a 308 at 50 yards. No one can miss at that range."

354 posted on 06/08/2005 2:07:51 PM PDT by Radioactive (I'm on the radio..so I'm radioactive)
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To: rwfromkansas
Always be prepared to give a reason for your faith. That implies a reason that would be accepted as valid, even if not accepted as true. You have done neither on this thread. Other Christians called you on the carpet for your faith and you failed. Your faith does not stand up to rudimentary questioning, much less intense study.

Think about it for a while.

355 posted on 06/08/2005 2:08:09 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Gamecock
So youve already started on the anti Catholic attacks.

Youre not a good Christian.

356 posted on 06/08/2005 2:12:57 PM PDT by Selkie ("There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent)
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To: GipperGal

Oh. Good. I was worried it came from Calvin (Iwaselected&you'renot) Klein.com


357 posted on 06/08/2005 2:15:27 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (Excrementum Occurum)
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To: Gamecock
Your member name is the nickname of one of my ancestors.

Were he alive today I can just imagine what view he'd take of someone like you.

His daughter in law and grandchildren were all Catholics and he had a late life conversion.

358 posted on 06/08/2005 2:23:22 PM PDT by Selkie ("There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent)
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To: ShadowAce
He never did define "sin" for us.

No, but he did demonstrate the sin of Pride quite adequately.

359 posted on 06/08/2005 2:31:12 PM PDT by GipperGal
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To: GipperGal; cyborg
I bought it at the "My Jesus is Better Than Your Jesus" zShop on Amazon.com

LOL

360 posted on 06/08/2005 2:37:45 PM PDT by Petronski (How do you solve a problem like Petronski?)
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