Ok, another Question. Everyone thinks its crazy to think that, that is Jesus' body and his child....?

Question

Than I think its crazy to believe in a book that was writen by many people with discrepancies, and who also could have wrote only what they want you to believe. Also many years after the fact. So why are so many upset at my question?

I'm not saying weather I believe or not that, that is THE Jesus. My real question is not being answered, about the Bible. Because I think that there is no answer for it. No one can truly prove or disprove that the Bible could be all "made up" for a lack of better words.

Answer 1

You are comparing apples to oranges, as the saying goes. The Bible is either true or false, but its truth or falsehood isn't dependent upon anything else; however, the "Jesus Tomb" is either true or false, but it's completely dependent on facts (or lack thereof) to support it.

In this case, there are NO facts that support this is the tomb of Jesus Christ. In fact, even Jewish and atheist archeologists are saying this is a complete fabrication. Here's a quote from an ATHEIST archeologist:

"I'm not a Christian. I'm not a believer. I don't have a dog in this fight," said William G. Dever, who has been excavating ancient sites in Israel for 50 years and is widely considered the dean of biblical archaeology among U.S. scholars. "I just think it's a shame the way this story is being hyped and manipulated. ... I've known about these ossuaries for many years and so have many other archaeologists, and none of us thought it was much of a story, because these are rather common Jewish names from that period," he said. "It's a publicity stunt, and it will make these guys very rich, and it will upset millions of innocent people because they don't know enough to separate fact from fiction."

Here's the entire article, which may enlighten you:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/26/AR2007022600442.html?nav=rss_nation/science

Answer 2

The media is playing this up into being a big deal, but it's not. The BBC did a documentary on this 16 years ago, and 90% of the people involved in the actual dig agree that the chance of it being THE Jesus' grave is miniscule. The first archeologist on the scene said that on a probability scale of 1 to 10, the chance that this grave belongs to THE Jesus is a 1, if that. Most scholars agree that the one box doesn't even say Jesus, it says a different name. This wasn't a big deal until an American decided to make it one. As a Christian I have no problem in thinking that Jesus was married and had children - it would be odd if he didn't in those times. But in this case, it's the scientists that are saying the information is false, not just the church. Do some research of your own on it before you get sucked into the media hype.

To address your additional question: proof for some is not proof for all. For the believer, no proof is required. For the nonbeliever, no proof will ever be enough.

Answer 3

Why? Because it IS a fraud. The tomb was so poorly replicated. The coffins that were supposedly "dug up" were not used until the AD 400s. It was also done by 2 Atheists and 3 Jews. They would obviously be trying to cause the fall of Christianity. If it was a reliable source and remotely close to the correct type of tomb, that could potentially be different. However, that'll never happen, because Jesus was resurrected.

Answer 4

Not upset, your question is just redundant. It was asked and answered 27 years ago. I am just so amazed at the influence Hollywood has on what is perceived as truth these days. It is very frightening. Most of the people out there making decisions have very little formal education and yet they are considered by many as scholars just because they make movies and tv shows. Case in point, James Cameron and this tomb hoax. James Cameron is not an archealogist, and not a genetic scientist.

Answer 5

The Bible is very reliable, you are entitles to your opinion about it though. I believe the Bible is God's Word. There is not actually that many discrepancies at all. There are difficulties,but when you know more about the Bible, they are explainable.

Answer 6

Not upset, what you said applies to you as well, you believe what you want to believe out of Bias.
The Bible has no contradictions.

In 2 Timothy 3:16, we are told that all Scripture is inspired. The word used for inspiration is theopneustos which means "God-breathed," implying that what was written had its origin in God Himself. In 2 Peter 1:21 we read that the writers were "carried along" by God. Thus, God used each writer, including his personality to accomplish a divinely authoritative work, for God cannot inspire error.

The Bible speaks many times of its inspiration: In Luke 24:27,44; John 5:39; and Hebrews 10:7, Jesus says that what was written about him in the Old Testament would come to pass. Romans 3:2 and Hebrews 5:12 refer to the Old Testament as the Word of God. We read in 1 Corinthians 2:13, "This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit." This is corroborated in 2 Timothy 3:16, as we saw above. In 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Paul when referring to that which he had written says, "...you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the Word of God..." Peter speaks of the inspiration of Paul's writings in 2 Peter 3:15-16, where he maintains that, "...Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters..." Earlier, in 2 Peter 1:21 Peter writes, "For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along [moved] by the Holy Spirit." And then finally in Revelation 22:18,19 the writer John, referring to the book of Revelation states, "...if anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life..."

Charles Wesley summarizes this high view of inspiration brilliantly when he says, "The Bible must be the invention either of good men or angels, bad men or devils, or of God. However, it was not written by good men, because good men would not tell lies by saying 'Thus saith the Lord;' it was not written by bad men because they would not write about doing good duty, while condemning sin, and themselves to hell; thus, it must be written by divine inspiration" (McDowell 1990:178

Answer 7

It isn't Jesus' bones. It is an ossuary, a box that USED TO have bones in it. Surprisingly, the bones have gone. Isn't that just TOO CONVENIENT?

Answer 8

i never said your question was crazy yet, but just what I have read here, you have already said it for us, so we need no more to say.

Answer 9

Your question requires clarity.

Answer 10

I am not upset about your question.