Do you believe that they have discovered the Bones of Jesus, Mary and their Family?

Question

And hardly a murmer of protest from the Christians.....
Interesting isn't it, how the Christians react to such things as apposed to the Moslems who would be calling for the Director's head........if it was Mohammed they were debunking?

Answer 1

I assume that the vast majority of Christians are, like the rest of us, unconvinced by the mere word of one movie director and are awaiting more evidence. It's an interesting story, to be sure, but nothing to get upset over...at least not at this stage.

But you make a good point. If James Cameron were claiming to have found the bones of Mohammad, a dozen fatwas would have been issued against him within hours and Muslims overseas would be smashing cars, burning embassies, and rioting by the thousands at this very moment. No disrespect to my Muslim neighbors, but it's true.

I refuse to accept or deny the evidence contained in Cameron's documentary until I have at least SEEN the thing and had time to consider the arguments of those for and against.

Answer 2

I am indifferent, like the Puritans would have been, because Jesus was a spiritual being. It doesn't matter whether His physical body rose up, because His essence certainly did. It doesn't matter whether Jesus loved Mary Magdeleine, whether He married her, and whether they had children, because He was/is divine regardless.

We worship Jesus as Lord. We do not worship Jesus the man. Not Jesus the baby, not Jesus alone in the wilderness, not even Jesus on the cross. The way we symbolize Jesus is about how the church tried to teach us about Him through symbolism. I don't say whether they were wrong or right, simply that they believed it would be easier for people to know Him if they could see some physical manifestations of His life, work and sufferings.

I don't know whether you've ever heard about the hypothesis of the English poet and author C.S. Lewis. I happened upon it only recently, but it seems to me to make a lot of sense.

Lewis's theory was that nobody can believe that Jesus of Nazareth was just a man who espoused a number of good moral lessons. Lewis, in contradiction of another theory of his time, believed Jesus could only either be The Lord or a lunatic. No sane man (and I accentuate the word "man" here), would say and do the kinds of things that Jesus did, not just intentionally provoking and martyring himself, but also speaking the unspeakable: "I am the Son of God". So, according to Lewis, Jesus was either really the Son of God or He was a nutcase. Lewis believed the former, as do I, because Jesus was way too consistent in his goodness and lucid in His every act and thought to be a mere nutter, in addition to the fact He performed many miracles.

Being the Son of God does not, however, preclude Him from having a human shell which may not have transcended along with His spirit. Nor does it preclude Him from feeling human love. We know - every one of us - that He WAS love. Why can't Jesus be LOVE in all its incarnations? Brotherly love; love of family, even fatherly love?

Answer 3

I'm not willing to say one way or another, as the documentary hasn't been shown yet. From what I've researched so far, it's a decent argument for it anyway.
The odds of them finding an entire family (10 ostuaries) with the names of a biblical family are something like 600 to 1.
I'd like to see the film before passing any kind of judgment on it. Btw, the film makers are stating that this is being done from a scientific and not a religious standpoint.
MANY christians are already up in arms about it and trying to debunk it, btw. Simply run a search on the net for it.

Answer 4

Why make a big deal over nothing. Christ Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into heaven. His bones are not here.
The producers of this documentary, produced another documentary last year "Proving" Gods Word to be correct.
This year, they release a documentary saying Christs resurrection is a hoax. Which is it? They are playing both sides of the coin. It's all about the money. Something else I find odd is that they supposedly did DNA testing on the remains of Mary Magdelene and the supposed remains of Jesus. The DNA did not match, and it shouldn't match. However, the supposed child's DNA was never tested. Why? I guess that they did test the child's DNA and found it to be negative, not matching the mother and father. They will not speak of this because it would prove them to be frauds. I do not hate these people for their un-belief, I only choose to pray for them.
God Bless You....Peace.

Answer 5

On what grounds are we supposed to base our belief or disbelief ? What is the evidence ? What are the qualifications of these people who make the claim ?

I say "Prove it".

I can remember years ago when a lot of people were in possession of crucifixes containing pieces of 'the true cross'. There were so many of these about that it was realised that if they all came from the same cross it would have been so big and heavy no-one could have lifted it.

Somebody was telling porkies and no doubt had discovered a nice little earner. This proves nothing of course except the fact that people are gullible.

Answer 6

This is not a recent discovery its the subject of a book The Jesus Dynasty by Dr James Tabor on his blog his states that his not completely convinced its Jesus of Nazareth in fact there is many men named Yeshua at the time and many Marys so its mere speculation.

Answer 7

Christians have not reacted because it is just a publicity stunt. It deserves no more notice than the Da Vinci Code. The leading archeologists involved have all expressed their opposition to the suggested "identifications" on a number of different grounds. This isn't science, just media hype.

Answer 8

the Davinchi code still leaves them speechless, I suppose that James Camerons documentary is a bit further from the truth, otherwise there would be christians rioting. I notice whenever you mention the Crusades or Witchtrials, theres always some fundie christian giving a cop out line like they werent true christians, or they were Pagans or Atheists, or how could you judge our religion through the actions of a few? hey thier own bible says you shall know them by thier fruits, then agian that line is constantly ignored.

Answer 9

There are no bones of Jesus to be found, He ascended to heaven on the third day after His death. Why do people keep asking such nutty questions, don't they understand what the Bible says about this matter?

Answer 10

I firmly believe that Jesus rose from the dead, just as He said He would. It will take more than the antics of a publicity seeking film director to convince me otherwise.