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Well, try as I might, I can't find anything to really disagree with.marduk wrote:what I particularly like is the way that hes proclaimed to be the Son of God
of course the fact that there is no direct evidence that he himself ever claimed this is irrelevant
there is no Gospel according t o jesus, at least no Gospel that hasn't been channeled by someone froma different planet
should you take the claims of the group that he came from as evidence then hes just a prophet
so why Simcha is so excited that finding a dead old corpse box that would prove that Christ was just a man is a little mystifying
as a good well behaved hebrew with faith he should already believe that
seems he juts wants to prove it to all the christians out there that they're totally wrong and should all just be worshipping YHWH like he does
except according to Simcha
YHWH isn't all that great anyway as it was the explosion of Thera that got the Israelites out of Egypt
so just what does this guy believe
or is it possible and I admit this is a long shot
is it possible that hes just in it for the money
Not true of the James ossuary which has a checkered past...to put it mildly.Forum Monk wrote:Good point. Typically family members do not use titles nor surnames in referring to their loved ones. Unless others would be looking at the boxes and if that was the case, the names would have been neatly carved.
What doesn't add up however; the boxes were discovered for the first time, supposedly, by the construction crew, and the inscriptions were recorded at that time by the field archaeologists.
True. That has always been a problem. The complete lack of contemporary historical reference to Jesus has always been a problem for christian apologists. It actually even goes deeper than that.marduk wrote:there is no Gospel according t o jesus, at least no Gospel that hasn't been channeled by someone froma different planet
should you take the claims of the group that he came from as evidence then hes just a prophet
He's a showman who uses "history" as a product. Controversy sells. I read where the Discovery Channel had 4 million viewers for that show. It worked....and now there is a book coming out.so why Simcha is so excited that finding a dead old corpse box that would prove that Christ was just a man is a little mystifying
Bingo.or is it possible and I admit this is a long shot
is it possible that hes just in it for the money
both and neitherDo you question the existence of this Jesus as a historical person, or do you question the claims that are made about him?
http://www.skepticfiles.org/mys3/christ.htmDemeter of Eleusis multiplied loaves and fishes in her role as Mistress of Earth and Sea.