i just watched the documentary on the discovery channel, and was wondering what every one else thought.
the christs tomb does not disprove the christian faith if it is his tomb.
2007-03-04 15:25:41 · 7 answers · asked by D-Ray 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ah, the paranoia of Christians that makes them so aggressive and in many ways vulnerable.
2007-03-04 15:34:16 · answer #1 · answered by Terry 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
This documentary is exactly about disproving the Christian faith. However, anyone who does a little research on this documentary will find many archaeologists and scholars speaking out against it (links below in case you don't want to bother to look it up).
The biggest thing that tells me it is a lie is the excitement athiests have for this documentary and that they are saying they found Jesus' remains. There are no remains. He is risen.
However, for those of you who are factual and do not follow the Bible as the divinely inspired word of God, there are other troubling things about this documentary.
1) There is a serious problem with the way the names on these ossuaries are analyzed. Why are some in Hebrew, some in Aramaic, and the supposed Mary Magdelene one in Greek? Not only does this indicate a multi-generation tomb because of the variety of languages but the languages themselves indicate people who died after 70 A.D. when Rome destroyed the Temple Mount and Jewish Christians fled. Mary Magdalene and Jews of Jesus time spoke Aramaic. She was from a fishing village and not a Greek city. Why would her name be in Greek?
2) Jesus was never called "son of Joseph" by his disciples or those who knew him. He was called "son of God".
Here is more along this vein...http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/
2007-03-04 15:58:59 · answer #2 · answered by lorilou 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It was an entertaining dramatization but it was not good archaeology (biblical or otherwise) because they sought from the beginning to prove that this was the tomb of the biblical Jesus rather than to just examine the evidence scientifically without an agenda.
Newsday is kind enough to call it a theory ... it is a weak hypothesis at best.
"If 'The Lost Tomb' had been prepared to consider all the evidence - pro and con - then maybe this might be a more compelling theory." - Newsday.com
2007-03-04 15:32:13 · answer #3 · answered by Capernaum12 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I don't think *disproving* christianity was his goal.
It was an interesting documentary...not sure just how much longer I can stand Ted Koppel though.
2007-03-04 15:29:36 · answer #4 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes,it would disprove the Christian faith.paul had a lot to say about that.
But,we don't have to worry,because it is not the tomb of Jesus anyway.
2007-03-04 15:28:58 · answer #5 · answered by Serena 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Not going to watch it. There is nothing they can say that I want to hear. Sorry, but it's a bunch of bull. Don't you think it's possible that someone carved all those things after the fact? Someone who thought it would be funny to see what would happen if they did? Sorry, to me it just doesn't hold water at all.
2007-03-04 15:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by odd duck 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Only an atheistic moron would believe that so called documentary...they even try to get us to believe it was 'scientific' ..ha, ha, what a laugh....
2007-03-04 15:31:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋