Now that Jesus's remains have been located will Christians finally admit their religion is a hoax?

Question

And that Jesus never 'ascended' to heaven? Or will they cling to their fantasy religion?

http://www.jesusfamilytomb.com/evidence.html

Answer 1

Well, it would be cool if it were for real, but alas, 'tis only a hoax. It is highly unlikely that the Jesus of the Bible ever existed. There were many, many guys named Jesus in those days, as it was a very common name, but none of the more famous ones fit the description of the biblical one.

Answer 2

what they found was his bones only. Like what Hindus believe, the body is just a physical being. Only the soul is a greater entity. They found his bones. Did they find his SOUL?

His soul ascended to heaven.

Stop saying Christianity is a hoax. If it were to be, then all religions that came after that..IS ALSO A HOAX because they contain almost the same teachings.

Answer 3

No,they have not been located.There are many critics of the documentary,Christian and non-Christian.
Even more problems with the ‘Jesus tomb’ are appearing.Critics (Christian and non-Christian) are disputing the film.

1.One of the ossuaries is in Hebrew, several in Aramaic, and one in Greek.Why would they be in different languages?The Jews at that time spoke Aramiac,including Jesus’ family,not Greek.This suggests a multi-generational tomb.
2.In addition,the names were extremely common.Jesus,Matthew,and Jospeh were in the top ten of used names in that era.The name Mary,was shared by over 21% of Jewish women.
3.Mary Magdalene was never called Mariamene.This name comes from a 4th century document called the ‘Gospel of Phillip’.Why trust a document written hundreds of years ,since we already have records of what the people who knew her called her? Also,the ‘Mary’ of the tomb,does not have anything about Migdal on the ossuary.It simply says Mary.
A big deal is made of DNA evidence.What happened?
4.Scientists were able to extract DNA from the remains in two of the caskets.What did this show? That the one in the ‘Mary’ caket and one in the ‘Jesus’ casket,were not maternally related.So,they’ve taken that finding,and made a big leap to come to the conclusion that ‘Mary’ and ‘Jesus’ were married.
5.Here we run into a few more problems.The tomb was found in Jerusalem.Joseph’s birthplace was Bethlehem,he lived in Nazareth,and died in Galilee.Why would he have bought a tomb in Jerusalme,a place where he had no connection? The tomb and ossuaries were also the type that only the rich would have been able to afford.
6.There is no evidence that shows Jesus as having a son,or being married.
7.They have to explain why there are three brothers of Jesus missing from the tomb: James, Judas and Simon,and then explain why a ‘Matthew’ never recorded as being part of Jesus’ family,was in the tomb.
8.The makers rely on the assumption that the earlier ‘James,son of Joseph,brother of Jesus’ ossuary,was taken from the same tomb as the ones in the film.For this to have happened,the earlier James ossuary must have been removed from the tomb after 1980.The problem? The earlier James ossuary,was photographed in the 1970’s.It could not have come from the tomb.
9..The next problem is statistical evidence.While calculating,they did a few things that dramatically altered the result.They removed the names ‘Matthew’ and ‘Judah’,yet kept in ‘Mariamne’,based on the ‘Gospel of Phillip’.

This is what the experts had to say about the find:

Prof. Amos Kloner, the Jerusalem District archeologist who officially oversaw the work at the tomb in 1980 and has published detailed findings on its contents, on Saturday night dismissed the claims. "It makes a great story for a TV film," he told The Jerusalem Post. "But it's impossible. It's nonsense." “"They just want to get money for it,"
Kloner said the names found on the ossuaries were common, and the fact that such apparently resonant names had been found together was of no significance. He added that "Jesus son of Joseph" inscriptions had been found on several other ossuaries over the years."There is no likelihood that Jesus and his relatives had a family tomb," Kloner said. "They were a Galilee family with no ties in Jerusalem. The Talpiot tomb belonged to a middle-class family from the 1st century CE."
"Archeological evidence shows that chances of these being the actual
burials of the Holy Family are almost nil," said Motti Neiger, a spokesman for the
Antiquities Authority.
Stephen Pfann, a biblical scholar at the University of the Holy Land in Jerusalem who was interviewed in the documentary, said the film's hypothesis holds little weight. "How possible is it?" he said. "On a scale of one through 10 - 10 being completely possible , it's probably a one, maybe a one and a half."


http://www.extremetheology.com/
http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/

So,please do not make such blatant claims,especially since you do not seem to know the full story.

Answer 4

These are not the remains of my Savior. The scientists say that they have comparative DNA for proof, but i would like to know what they compared it to. Did they ascend to the throne of Heaven and pluck a hair from the Almighty Himself. I think not!
We don't even know if Christ would have had Mary's DNA or was she more like a surrogate? What would the genetic markers look like for the One who created the universe? For that matter, the One who created DNA.
Search the scriptures. "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen" Luke 24:5-6

Answer 5

Sorry, but there is no proof that the bones of Jesus have been located. There were many Jesuses and Many Jospehs around. Even the web site for the movie makes no claim of absolute proof, but only poses the question. It's simply another DaVinci Code, but this time posing as an actual documentary rather than a work of fiction.

Answer 6

Give me some definative proof first. Even if the info regarding the tomb is true, it will never end Christianity. Christians will always defend their faith with as much vigor as ever.

FYI: There is supposed to be a special aired on the history channel this coming sunday night..

Answer 7

Jesus' fleshly remains are dust. Whatever has been found is not Jesus.
(1 Corinthians 15:50) However, this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God’s kingdom, neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
Jesus' body was not resurrected to heaven.

Answer 8

Better get your facts straight before you're embarassed. The creator of this documentary is being mocked by serious archaeologists. Watch and see if the Discovery Channel includes any experts or just the wack jobs that want this to be evidence of Jesus' lack of resurrection.

Answer 9

if religion was based on evidence it wouldn't be religion. this will create a lot of arguments but the believers will cling to their beliefs.
besides it's not exactly concrete evidence.

Answer 10

They haven't found Jesus' remains. It's all a hoax to promote some stupid movie.