Jesus’s tomb? Let’s bury that idea straight away

The Sunday Times ^ | March 4, 2007 | Martin Wroe

[MadIvan]

For your consideration.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Jalapeno]

The chances of finding that combination together was like finding a grave marked Ringo next to others marked John, Paul and George.”

Ah, I love the scientific method applied here. I'm sold.

[BenLurkin]

Jesus and Mary were very common names at the time of Christ.

In all my fifty years I've never met anyone named Ringo.

[Montfort]

"As a scholar, I don’t care if people aren’t religious, but I am dumbfounded at the second-rate thinking.”

Great line, and it applies to so much of the entertaining conspiracy theory stuff that many people enjoy reading. I need to always keep my critical faculties fully engaged when reading anything.

[BMIC]

It's only so poplar because it attacks the group whom it's currently most PC to hate: bible-believing Christians. This is like finding remains labeled "John Doe Jr.", "John Doe" and "Jane Doe". Nothing from that grave site says "Christ" on it, does it?

[Eagles Talon IV]

"In all my fifty years I've never met anyone named Ringo

Maybe not but Lorne Greene sure did.

[cousair]

Just one more anti Christ naysayer...pox on him and his so called discovery!

[BenLurkin]

I've never met anyone named "Lorne", either.

[pookie18]

[meanie monster]

lol pookie....

[Publius6961]

This obsession to "prove" the fallacy of Christianity perfectly tracks the trajectory of another phenomenon of the 20th century, which began in the late 70s.

I will leave it to the readers to identify it.

But, like the global warming controversy, if it "tracks perfectly", it must be real.

Pity the perverts and their supporters didn't choose to set out to "prove" the fallacy of the world's second greatest religion...

[layman]

The Lost Tomb of Jesus, which airs tonight on the Discovery Channel

This has been heavily promoted on television and in the print media. The MSM has mastered the art of disguising commercials as news or entertainment.When Steve Allen hosted the 'Tonight Show' it was pure entertainment. With Jay Leno it has morphed into an infomercial where 'celebrities' engage in superficial scripted dialog, and then 'entertain' us with a clip from their latest movie or a mention of their latest CD or book. It's all crap, as is 'The Lost Tomb of Jesus.

[pookie18]

So it's true! You are running!!! Go, meanie, go!!!

[Publius6961]

This has been heavily promoted on television and in the print media. The MSM has mastered the art of disguising commercials as news or entertainment.

I'm still pissed off at having wasted two hours with that clown who claimed to have found Atlantis.
Same ol' same ol', but he waited two hours to deliver the 5 second punch line:

"Couldn't find the damned thing!"

Guess which loser's program I won't be watching again in the future?

[TalBlack]

“Scholars from all religious traditions and none have no doubts that Jesus lived. The argument is about whether he was who he said he was.”

The whole point of Cameron's efforts, starting with the title, is that Jesus was mere flesh.

[FrankR]

Cameron played "loosy-goosey" with the facts of "Titanic", adding passengers and a love story that never existed, and now that the Oscar lights have dimmed on him, he's looking for another adventure.

Christianity isn't swayed one way or another, even IF they found Jesus' grave and remains, as those were of his earthly body.

Christianity is not about artifacts and liberal-atheists' agendae, it's about faith and belief in a higher being; a belief system that puts this life into perspective.

So they can just keep digging up half of the middle east in an effort to collapse Christianity, but all they're likely to find of any value by digging, is oil.

[HitmanLV]

In all my fifty years I've never met anyone named Ringo.

I've met a Ringo. I've even met a 'Sloopy.'

[ModelBreaker]

Christianity isn't swayed one way or another, even IF they found Jesus' grave and remains, as those were of his earthly body.

Disagree. Without the resurrection, Christianity is just another second temple messianic sect. It is the FACT of the resurrection that sets Christianity apart from all other religions.

[GaryMontana]

My friend had a dog named Ringo.

I have a wolf-hybrid named Bodicaha.

So?