"Problems Multiply for Jesus Tomb Theory."?

Question

What other arguments - not mentioned in the paper - can you give to reject the claims of the Jesus Tomb?

Answer 1

Well...for one Christians believe that Jesus physically ascended to heaven. This would kinda blow that theory! I think that yes, the tomb theory could be true, but there needs to be a lot more research done. I'm not convinced yet. I am eager to hear more about it, but I'm concerned that some people may attempt to stifle the research and results. CONSPIRACY!!!!! It's been done by the before by the goverment in the name of doing whats best for the country. I watched the follow up program after the presentation, and I was severely disappointed. I thought the program was very one-sided in favor of the opposing side. The person that was conducting the debate was very rude to the people who were there representing "The Lost Tomb of Jesus."
It was a very uneven debate.

Answer 2

There's a lot of materials posted that's unscientific or unscholarly online. What happened here was a documentary that was released without proper academic review.

For instance, when general products are released, Consumer Reports tests those products to see if it is safe and reliable research has been done. This type of peer review was NOT done on the Lost Tomb of Jesus. Scholars weren't allowed to review it. Only one scholar, who was a paid consultant; hence, he is already biased towards it.

So nobody is making conclusions yet. But there's hope. A 'Consumer Reports' of the Lost Tomb of Jesus is being released soon. A new book called 'The Jesus Tomb: Is It Fact or Fiction? Scholars Chime In' [isbn: 0978834690] will be the deciding factor for many people whether this is the tomb of Jesus or not since so many scholars and scientists are looking at the data and they are sharing the information in this book to make a solid conclusion.

Answer 3

Cameron is pandering to the public and his "discovery" will be proven to be just bad science:

- The statistical analysis is flawed and the person conducting the analysis has backed off their conclusions in an open letter to statisticians, stating "I now believe that I should not assert any conclusions connecting this tomb with any hypothetical one of the NT family." See http://fisher.utstat.toronto.edu/andrey/OfficeHrs.txt

- The name "Jesus" was a popular name at that time, appearing in 98 other tombs and on 21 other ossuaries

- There is no historical evidence that Jesus was ever married or had a child

- The earliest followers of Jesus never called him, "Jesus, son of Joseph"

- It's unlikely Joseph, who had died earlier in Galilee, would have been buried in Jerusalem

- The Talipot tomb and ossuaries probably would have belonged to a rich family, which is not a historical match for Jesus

- Fourth-century church historian Eusebius makes quite clear the body of James, brother of Jesus, was buried alone near the temple mount.

- The two Mary ossuaries do not mention anyone from Migdal, but just Mary, a common name

- By all ancient accounts, the tomb of Jesus was empty, making it unlikely that any body was moved, allowed to decay for a year, then be put into an ossuary.

- If Jesus had remained in the tomb, first-century opponents of Christianity would most certainly have found His body and put it on public display.

- Amos Kloner, the first archaeologist to examine the site, said the conclusions cannot be supported by the evidence but it's a way to make money on television. He would have nothing to do with supporting the movie's assertions. "It's nonsense," he said.

- James, the half-brother of Jesus and author of the book of James, the early leader of the church in Jerusalem, was martyred for his faith. Why does James make no mention in his letter that Jesus was not bodily resurrected? When he was about to die why didn't he just recant his beliefs and say, 'Okay, okay! My brother didn't rise from the dead. Here's where we took him. Here's where his bones are. Here's our family tomb. We made the whole thing up?' People will generally not die for a lie when they know it's a lie. Why would James die perpetuating a lie when it would have been so easy to disprove? In fact why would any of the apostles go to their deaths for something they knew to be false?

As I have expected, there has been **no scientific or historical find** that has ever been shown to disprove the authenticity of the bible's history or theology.

Kind of disappointing to see that all it takes is a press conference and a slick TV show for some folks to form life-altering opinions versus taking the time to rationally examine all the issues and dig a little deeper. It is the Macdonald's generation: fast, superficial, and never satisfying.

Answer 4

Like the old testament, cross, it's all the past I am looking forward>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>