does anyone else find it funny that there was such a bug fuss about the tomb of jesus before the...?

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does anyone else find it funny that there was such a bug fuss about the tomb of jesus before the television program about it and since it aired htere is nothing in the media about it?

Answer 1

Smoke and mirrors?
What is funny, is that now that this concept has been thrown to the masses, millions will probably glom on to it as a 'proven scientific fact'!
For me personally? I thought it was hilarious. You know back in the 70's they had this series "In Search of..." hosted by Leonard Nimoy (I guess everyone respects a Vulcan). One of the shows, they wasted an hour of prime time looking for Noah's Ark, as if finding it was of paramount importance to life. Never found it though, just like Jesus bones.
Another great fake out in the last century? The Shroud of Turin.
For all those liable to believing these thing? I have some swampland in Louisiana for sale...

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Answer 3

Cameron is pandering to the public and his "discovery" is just bad science motivated by greed. Now there is lots of back pedaling going on:

- 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

What else is there to prove about it. They extracted DNA from the bones and proved it was the remains of Jesus beyond a doubt and Christians of course denied he DNA proof even when they showed where they had found the crown of thorns with the body. It would have upset the Christians apple cart so what more can they prove.

Answer 5

I would be interested to find out exactly how many people watched that program. I missed it but I heard there was nothing ground-breaking about it. Of course it lost all credibility with me when they announced James Cameron as the director. I figured they would turn it into a big Hollywood spectacle and make it seem bigger then it really was...

Answer 6

What I find funny about it was that most atheists here on the forums were laughing about how erroneous the statistics were, and were making it clear they thought it was probably bogus -- before it even aired! Then, after it aired, they were even more adamant but calm about denying its validity.

It was the Christians who were making the biggest fuss about it as if it scared them -- even though most athiests considered it crap.

Answer 7

I think it was His bones they claimed they found. Nope, it doesn't strike me as strange since it's just not going to happen. He was translated. His bones will never be found. They probably just realized they didn't have enough evidence to convince anyone yet so they have to go make some more.

Answer 8

Well since the "founder" admitted to being a fraud, I'd say there is nothing more to note.

Answer 9

Eventually news becomes olds. It's something that will never totally go away.

Answer 10

strange is a better word