Posted on 02/24/2007 9:14:06 AM PST by aculeus
I'd disagree with you on that one, but the point of it is that we both disagree with the story as it is preposterous and doesn't square with either of our sets of beliefs.
Other than that, I decline to involve myself in religious p*ssing matches.
Right, unless you believe the new testament isn't pushing their own agenda.
I once, as a joke, explained to someone who didn't know any better but asked me anyway, what the "Feast of the Assumption" was as follows: Mary disappeared from Earth. Everyone assumed she'd went to Heaven.
Hey, the proof is the 120+ year-old stained glass from somewhere in Western Europe in my childhood parish. (I think it was Dutch.)
TS
I'm not a believer, but I'm willing to bet there was a person named Jesus who had relatives and that all were buried somewhere.
As a lover of history and archeological digs that confirm written tales of the past, whether Greek, Latin, or Hebrew--or Sanskrit for that matter, I love to these types of finds.
I'd like to recommend a book I read recently called "The Jesus Dynasty" by a Biblical scholar and archeologist that pulls together a lot of the recorded history of Jesus in the various books of the Bible and has some pretty good theories on his birth, his brothers, several possible tombs and ossuaries and the operation of the Church after the crucifixion. For a non-believer to recommend it should tell you a lot.
Go to this url for some really interesting excerpts.
http://www.jesusdynasty.com/Exerpts-from-James-Tabors-Jesus-Dynasty.html
And maybe Moses ...
"The human remains inside were destroyed before any DNA testing could be carried out."
Sure.
You know what? I'm not trying to dump my beliefs on anyone. I was justing giving information.
My merely being Catholic offends you?
sheesh
Can you provide any scriptural reference?
THE PLOT THICKENS ...
The Middle East Blog, TIME
February 23, 2007 6:55
Jesus: Tales from the Crypt
Posted by Tim McGirk | Comments (54) | Permalink | Trackbacks (0) | Email This
Brace yourself. James Cameron, the man who brought you 'The Titanic' is back with another blockbuster. This time, the ship he's sinking is Christianity.
In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus wasn't resurrected --the cornerstone of Christian faith-- and that his burial cave was discovered near Jerusalem. And, get this, Jesus sired a son with Mary Magdelene.
No, it's not a re-make of "The Da Vinci Codes'. It's supposed to be true.
Let's go back 27 years, when Israeli construction workers were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the industrial park in the Talpiyot, a Jerusalem suburb. of Jerusalem. The earth gave way, revealing a 2,000 year old cave with 10 stone caskets. Archologists were summoned, and the stone caskets carted away for examination. It took 20 years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.
Israel's prominent archeologist Professor Amos Kloner didn't associate the crypt with the New Testament Jesus. His father, after all, was a humble carpenter who couldn't afford a luxury crypt for his family. And all were common Jewish names.
There was also this little inconvenience that a few miles away, in the old city of Jerusalem, Christians for centuries had been worshipping the empty tomb of Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Christ's resurrection, after all, is the main foundation of the faith, proof that a boy born to a carpenter's wife in a manger is the Son of God.
But film-makers Cameron and Jacobovici claim to have amassed evidence through DNA tests, archeological evidence and Biblical studies, that the 10 coffins belong to Jesus and his family.
Ever the showman, (Why does this remind me of the impresario in another movie,"King Kong", whose hubris blinds him to the dangers of an angry and very large ape?) Cameron is holding a New York press conference on Monday at which he will reveal three coffins, supposedly those of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother Mary and Mary Magdalene. News about the film, which will be shown soon on Discovery Channel, Britain's Channel 4, Canada's Vision, and Israel's Channel 8, has been a hot blog topic in the Middle East (check out a personal favorite: Israelity Bites) Here in the Holy Land, Biblical Archeology is a dangerous profession. This 90-minute documentary is bound to outrage Christians and stir up a titanic debate between believers and skeptics. Stay tuned.
--Tim McGirk/Jerusalem
http://time-blog.com/middle_east/
Via Drudge
If something is on Drudge I go to Free Republic because the links work better and the commentary is great.
These things should be discussed and refuted.
Here we go. I do not care what title you carry on you, If the Blood of Jesus is not applied to your life and you are walking daily with him. NO NAME WILL GET YOU THERE
Why is how I choose to worship anyone's business but my own? I responded to a misstatement by a non-Catholic about a Catholic belief and now I'm being proseltyzed?
Gimme a break.
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