Ossuary of Jesus ? Fact or Fiction ?

Greetings!

If true (how would they ever verify this?!), not a problem in the Baha'i view!

Jesus' Resurrection was spiritual, not physical. He Himself said the flesh inherits nothing!

Best,

Bruce

Just watched the show and it lead to more questions than answers. The most interesting part was the second show " a critical look" . I will buy the book just to find out more details. I do hope that this leads to alot more "academic" and "scientific" reasearch into this topic.There is still alot yet to be researched and checked out. The inscriptions inside the tomb. DNA showing mother/child between Jesus and Mary(the Mother) etc,etc.DNA showing a link between Mary Magdalene/Jesus/Judah as mother/Father/child. They touched on the symbols over the tomb but never made a conection historically to Jesus or Christianity. The James Ossuary was a surprise , and one that should not have been included in my opinion.

opensoul7 said:

Just watched the show and it lead to more questions than answers. The most interesting part was the second show " a critical look" . I will buy the book just to find out more details. I do hope that this leads to alot more "academic" and "scientific" reasearch into this topic.There is still alot yet to be researched and checked out. The inscriptions inside the tomb. DNA showing mother/child between Jesus and Mary(the Mother) etc,etc.DNA showing a link between Mary Magdalene/Jesus/Judah as mother/Father/child. They touched on the symbols over the tomb but never made a conection historically to Jesus or Christianity. The James Ossuary was a surprise , and one that should not have been included in my opinion.

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I don't think that many scholars or academics would touch this with a ten foot pole.

These claims can be refuted by a volunteer digger who has had no formal training whatsoever but has participated in a few digs anywhere in the Mediterranean. Frankly its not worthy of academic review and I don't see how it ever will be.

It's not the product of academia but popular stupidity and its trek into academia will only be procured by money. Lots of money because this kind of thing cannot feed an academic career.

I personally do not have a problem with the show. I think that it is sad that the bones were buried and cannot be studied any further. I wish we could go back in the tomb and do more studying. All I see is a possibility and would have no problems if they were true.

I have never believed that we have all the correct information. Some texts were discarded. I believe most people who can think for themselves can see that we have an edited text to read and not the whole story. Who should decide what is in the bible and what is not? Men who wanted to keep women out of the church?

If anyone believes that some of the texts where not discarded to fit the doctrine of the time, they are naive.

What about people who claim Jesus never existed? I wonder what they have to say about this discovery?

What we have here is another legend. I wish it could be examined more.

Reverend Rick said:

What about people who claim Jesus never existed? I wonder what they have to say about this discovery?

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Probably much the same thing the rest of us are saying: "What discovery?"

SoyLeche said:

Probably much the same thing the rest of us are saying: "What discovery?"

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Ha! I imagine so...

It would be the very hieght of intellectual dishonesty to apply a minimalist view of historical evidence to deny the existence of a person and then turn around with a maximalist view of circumstantial evidence that is based on what you've already rejected.