Based on the discovery of a Jesus Tom there is a 800 to 1 chance that Christianity is a HOAX. Do you believe?

Question

Do you believe in statistics? Statististics analysis of the likelihood that the cluster of names found in Jesus Tomb (Jesus son of Joseph, Mary and another version of Mary that in Greek is known as Mary Magdalene, and the Jesus son Judah) not be that of the notorious Jesus is 1 to 800.

Tomb not Tom. (sorry for the typo error)

Answer 1

If Christians abandon their religion rather than modify it to suit the facts, they should realize they never were Christians. Jesus most likely existed and most likely was an insightful, inspired Essene rabbi who taught many truths in his ministry. It's the birth and death of Jesus that he did not teach, which others added to his biography. If modern Christians can't accept the man as he was, well, that fulfills one of his "prophecies", that many who believe they "knew" him never knew him after all.

Answer 2

I have been following this story for some time. The '800 to 1 statistics ' are an unfounded build up just as the film makers build up of his documentary. James Cameron has a notability for theatrical representation. The claims he is making are still being investigated for fact and fiction. No tangible proof has been provided either way. The DNA tests so far identify relationship of persons in tomb. The names on the caskets were as common then as John and Sue is to us today. There is NOTHING so far that proves this to be the burial place of The Christ written of in the Scriptures.

By the way, I'm Agnostic and would welcome proof either way.

Answer 3

Filmmaker James Cameron is claiming he and some archeologists found the tomb of Jesus’s family. All the casket-like things called ossuaries are empty. I wonder what the archeologists were thinking when they found an ossuary with Jesus’s name on it. I can imagine the moment they removed the lid and looked in. If it were me, I’d wonder if I was going to see one of the following:

1. Nothing
2. Decomposed stuff
3. Jesus sitting up and saying, “What in Dad’s name took you so long?”

If you put an ordinary guy in an ossuary for 2,000 years, he’d clearly be dead. But if I were opening that ossuary I’d be wondering if maybe someone put Jesus in there after he died but before he arose. And maybe it’s hard to get out once you get in. I’d be worried that Jesus arose inside the stone box, and he’d be totally pissed that no one let him out until now.

I realize that this would not be the most rational worry in the world. But I like to base my worries on an expected value calculation. So for example, a 90% chance of getting a sliver would worry me about the same as a .000001% chance of a nuclear bomb going off in the backyard. In this ossuary example, I’d be looking at maybe a 2% chance of waking up an angry Jesus. I say that’s worth a worry.

If Jesus was in there, and sat up when I took the lid off, I’d first try to judge how angry he looked. If he had that money-changers-in-the-temple look, I’d go with a joke, like “Ha ha! Turn the other cheek!” Or maybe I’d try to explain to him that the extra suffering was extra good for humanity, and after all, that’s his job. Then I’d say, “Hey, I don’t like my job either, but you don’t see me complaining all the time.”

I know that some of you will say that if Jesus could move that big rock that was allegedly in front of his tomb in the traditional telling of his life, he’d have no trouble removing an ossuary lid. But he wasn’t supposed to be in an ossuary in the first place, so obviously if this ossuary is genuine, some of the details of the story were wrong. And if God let Jesus be crucified, it’s not a huge stretch of the imagination to think he’d let him stay in a stone box for 2,000 years. It makes sense to save your coolest miracle for when it’s needed most. And I think you’ll agree that this would be a good time for a messiah. And if you were God, you’d want James Cameron attached to this production. So it makes sense to me.

That’s why I’d be a crappy archeologist. I’d be afraid to open anything.

Answer 4

It's not Jesus' tomb. They're not Jesus' bones. Even all the archaeologists are saying that.

Anyone who believes this is "the real thing" has to remember that the notion is coming to us from a man who made movies about a man-like robot who travels through time to kill people.

So, it's not true that there's an 800 to 1 chance that Christianity is a hoax. The odds aren't that good, trust me.

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Answer 5

As long as you are using statistics what is the probability that someone was raised from the dead and ascended into heaven?

Anyway, I thought that afew years ago someone determined that some of the marking on that box were added recently.

I thought this was an interesting point made by James Cameron:

"Unveiling his documentary The Lost Tomb of Jesus, Mr Cameron said the chances of finding that combination of names together was like finding a grave marked Ringo next to others marked John, Paul and George. "

Actually, Mr Cameron, finding the names John and Ringo on a grave would kind of prove it was NOT the Beatles, since John and Ringo are still alive. So, one could also conclude that finding a box with "son of Jesus and Mary" on it would prove it was NOT Jesus Christ's tomb, since the evidence we do have have Jesus do not say he had a child.

Answer 6

We in the christian world do not just believe on TV showingg or movie showin g or newsprint regarding the said bones of Jesus Christ which was alleged found in India. That is a false contention of those who wanted to destroy and b break our belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God. I am sorry for you that the way you ask question speak of a kind of person you are. You can not say that you are an intelligent man when you believe stories on the movie, newsprint, or TV show. You do not want to imagine yourself that the story is just a fiction written by the author to attract people to raise money and that is a business.

Answer 7

the two had basic messages of discarding the complicated dogmas of their make certain's faith and specializing in easily being a extra suited individual. the two had human beings coming after them that re-complexified what they mentioned. regrettably, their similarities are lost on maximum present day Christians who view their very own dogma as something that could desire to acquire their timeless loyalty, as against a reasoned set of regulations that could desire to make sense (and that i in basic terms element to Christians because of the fact Buddhists do no longer tend to assert issues like "there is not any similarity").

Answer 8

Jesus bones was never found in any tombs, That is atheists & sceince ways of try to make money & deceive people, Here is one person they will not fool. Jesus rose from the dead & acsended up to heaven, & Judah represents The Fighting tribel of Israel, & also Israel is known as Judah, so your chance is 0%.

Answer 9

Based on the set of responses here, it seems that truth is whatever people want to believe it to be. Most people who state what is truth in a situation such as this have little concern for history or facts, only belief.

Answer 10

I believe there is a near %100 chance that *both* Christianity and the tomb are hoaxes.