Why don't you look through the Bible and tell me how many gardens are mentioned and what constitutes them? Today's idea of a garden doesn't have anything to do with the gardens of two thousand years ago. Gardens were usually made up of olive trees.MidnightBlue said:That depends on the tree, doesn't it? But why are trees necessary, anyway? Are you assuming that a garden is always some sort of orchard?
You know what? I was gonna go through the rest of your post, but it's all speculation on your part. I'm not gonna waste my time with that because you won't listen anyway, and your problem with the author of that article (whom I happen to know) is an incredible archeologist, and your problem seems to lie mainly with the fact that you don't like his conclusions. You've looked for ways to poke holes in the argument only because the evidence doesn't support what you happen to believe. Your conclusions are dictating how you view his evidence. He could have a freaking video tape of the burial and fifty signed affidavits telling us that the tomb was elsewhere and you'd be smirking and waiving your hand sanctimoniously.
One of the strongest indications of that is your failure to address the fact that it was illegal, under Jewish law, for someone to be buried west of the city during Jesus' life. You've glossed completely over it by flippantly dismissing the rest of the evidence, knowing good and well that the strongest case lies with that evidence. You can throw out the other evidence for all I care (it's clear your going to make false inferences untill the end of time) as long as you just address that one glaring discrepancy. Until you do so you appear to just be cherry-picking your arguments.