Atheists....Please answer effectively? Thanks so much!?

Question

Despite claims to the contrary, Jesus bones haven't been found yet. So if Jesus wasn't God (and most Christians believe that He was), wouldn't archealogical digs have unearthed his remains by now? I understand that it's not incumbent upon atheists to defend why Jesus remains haven't been found, but I find it curious the fate of such a major historical figure, so major that our calendar is divided into before-he-was-born, and after-he-was-born, still remains shrouded (no pun intended) in mystery...?

Again, please only answer efectively and respectfully?...

Thanks again....

Answer 1

It depends on what you believe to be true. I believe the old King James Bible 1611, that says that Jesus died on the cross and was burried in a tomb, for two days and on the third day he arose out of that tomb and body and all went to sit on the right had of God. When it is time for the rapture he will call all christians home to be with him.

Answer 2

He was one of many many millions of people who lived in that area. Uncountable numbers of human bones have been found. No one knows, or can know, if any of those bones were of Jesus.
As for the calendar.--- From about 300 AD 'till about 1600 AD religion ruled the Western world. Every last person was super religious. The Bishops were more powerful than the kings. Naturally, they would date the calendar with some reference to Christ, even though there is a question of the time of his birth. He could have been born any time from 4 BC to 8 AD. Roman records do not agree with church claims.
Two others were executed at the same tims as Christ. Where are their bones ? Captain Longinus stuck his spear into Jesus. Where are his bones ? You have to remember that Jesus was executed by the Romans for claiming to have powers greater than Caesar. The Jews wanted him dead because he claimed he was the messiah. For every friend, he had dozens of enemies. It would be more that a miracle if his bones were kept until now.

Answer 3

Think (for a moment, please) as to how many person just the Roman Empire put to death desides the person of Yoshua bar Yoseph (a.k.a , Jesus).

What sort of DNA match would you look for to definitively establish that the bones found belonged to the Youshu bar Yoseph?

Think of all of the suppoesd bones of all of the supposed saints just in Europe (amny of which have turned out tob e chicken, goat and sheep bones...odd saints) why don't the Christians have his bones?

Only the Christain calendar was establihsed around the time of the death of the person they call Jesus (a Greek name for a Jew?). The Muslims have a calendar centered around the Prophet Mohammad. The HIndus have a different calendar as do the Chinese and the Japanese, etc.

You have been hidden in you own little culture too long! There is more world out there than you have yet experienced or dreamed of!
Get out of your cocoon, spread your wings and learn about different cultures, religions and the rest of the world.

May it all be well with you.

Answer 4

Most remains decay. Finding bones is the exception, not the rule. Why isn't every historical figure, whose remains are not found, divine?

AD dating was established by the influential church more than 500 years after the fact, and Jesus would have to be born before 1A.D. if the Bible stories are founded in historical fact.

Answer 5

The first - and fairly substantial - flaw in your theory is the term "historic figure". Jesus is an historic figure in the way Jane Eyre is. There is no evidence he existed ever outside the bible, just as there is no evidence Jane Eyre existed outside the novel that bears her name. You would not expect to find her bones, or even her grave.

The second flaw is - how do you know his bones have not been found? If he did exist (doubtful) then lots of bones have been found in the area he lived - it is perfectly possible some were his. How could you prove they were not - no DNA profiling in 0 AD.

Answer 6

I think you and I both would need to know a lot more about archaeology to engage in any meaningful discussion on this question. Not that it's a bad question, but I just don't think the lay person knows enough about what archaeology is capable of doing.

My guess is that seldom did the remains of humans that long ago receive what was necessary to be preserved until today... even the bones.

Answer 7

Jesus died how he lived. Poor. Most poor people, even those viewed as holy men and women, did not (with noted exception in the Aztec and Egyptian cultures) have lavish or ornate burials. These types of burials are much easier to find, and more likely to be preserved as they tend to be hidden away. Jesus being a poor man, would have been buried simply, and there would be little hope that he would have been preserved. Over the course of 2000 years, it is unlikely in the extreme that any of his remains are still viable or intact.

Answer 8

You have begun with the premise that jesus existed at all. Historical figure? Who established him? Josephus? Historian? I don't know what you are after, but the only way you will ever find the answer is to start from the beginning and not from the middle. You won't get far before you decide there are no bones to be found.

AEN

Answer 9

The problem is, he did not become a major historical figure overnight. Christianity only really picked up after Paul and it was probably already to late at that point -especially after the repression of the jewish revolt by Vespasien and Titus- to try and recover his bones.

Answer 10

Why?

How about Daniel, Solomon, David, Paul, Mary Magdalene, Judas--we haven't found these Biblical personage's bones either.

Alexander the Great's bones have never been found. Nor Cleopatra's. Amelia Earhart's too, for that matter. Should we then consider them Gods?