Posted on 10/23/2018 8:48:30 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
So Mr. X will take them home, wait a few years and sell them on the black market.
Some of those artifacts should still be displayed and properly labeled as copies. It’s still okay. This would help to educate a largely unchurched public. Just tell the truth, but also tell the story and what makes this story significant to Mankind.
Did NPR ever report on this little fake item?
“Some of those artifacts should still be displayed and properly labeled as copies. Its still okay.”
Are they copies, or are they forgeries?
No, NPR just reported what the Museum Of The Bible has announced.
Or this.
I just don’t get the impression that NPR thinks the Word of God is true to start off with.
“I just dont get the impression that NPR thinks the Word of God is true to start off with.”
Should NPR and other news organizations refuse to publish Museum Of The Bible’s announcements?
I seriously doubt I will trust another human that utters these words.
Not sure. They may have been sold as forgeries.
It’s a chance you take from any dealer of antiquities.
This often happens to other kinds of museums.
The Curator may not catch the latest techniques of fakery.
But now that it’s proven that they are not originals, use them anyway, just openly acknowledge these are copies or prototypes. No need to weed out and close down some of the more interesting themes of display. I would very much like to visit such a museum myself. The San Fran Bay Area is ‘not known’ to have many such places. They have the opposite types, though.
The headline explains why. Here is the headline from the Christian Post:
Bible Museum Says 5 of Its Dead Sea Scrolls Artifacts Are Fake After 3rd-Party Testing
What’s the marketing difference?
When it comes to Middle East history, fakes are common as lots of $$$ is on the table.
In reality, this is a shakedown of Hobby Lobby.
Just as long as they’re subtle, like Barack Hussein Obama’s real father (John 8:44).
Whenever there’s some dubious archeological “finding” that undermines claims about Jesus, the media always run with it uncritically. I remember the ossuary frenzy a few years ago.
“Whenever theres some dubious archeological finding that undermines claims about Jesus, the media always run with it uncritically.”
This is not a case of the media hyping a story, the Museum Of The Bible released a statement, and it is the media’s job to publish that statement.
Not surprised.The Dead Sea Scrolls already have their own museum,in Israel.
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