My grandma went to the Holy Land a little while ago and she brought me back a couple of smooth stones from there because "Jesus walked on them".
I see all these things on TV, like The History Channel, where the host is in a church or something and says something like, "This spot, right where I'm standing, is where Jesus was born." How do they know for sure?
2007-12-27 09:35:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is just the same as every 250 year old inn in the Northeastern United States claiming that George Washington slept there.
2007-12-27 09:41:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably all the rocks upon which Jesus actually walked are several feet underground by now.
Your grandma is simply saying that Jesus walked in that area and brought you some rocks back as a memento -- I don't think she really believes his feet touched those exact rocks.
About his birth site -- I don't think we can know for sure exactly where that is, either. The early church simply erected a shrine around a place that seemed likely, and said that was where he was born. If it's a cave in Bethlehem, it's probably close enough, even if it's not the exact spot.
2007-12-27 17:41:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I visited the Holy Land back in the early 80's. I took the standard tour and what we were told was this: everything on the tour was based on local legends, some historical data
and partially on what was widely conceived as being the truth.
for example I got to touch a fairly good sized chunk of the original cross that Jesus was crucified on. I had to go thru a ritual to do it, but I did it. It was cool. BUT was it really genuine? It was definately a piece of petrified wood and I am willing to believe it was roughly 2000 years old. But was it THE cross?? Even the rabbbis admitted that it had been widely accepted as genuine but it really couldnt be proven.
A lot of sandstorms have occured in the last 2000 years covering up Holy sites and uncovering them thru the years.
The only three things I saw that were undisputable were the Jordan river, the sea of Galilee and the petrified remains of Capernum. I saw Calvary Hill (well it was what the Isralis BELIEVED to be Calvary Hill. some things have to be taken with faith. Is it hurting anything for her to believe that Jesus walked on stones she has in her posession? How do you know that He didnt?
2007-12-27 17:55:22 · answer #3 · answered by molly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Israel's Ministry of Antiquities has unearthed many of the stones (pavement stones) which date back to the time of the Second Temple (Jesus' era).
As for the birth spot and other "shrine sites", the mother of Emperor Constantine mother toured the Holy Land and Jerusalem in particular, and "sensed" what events happened where. Shrine sites can be disputed, but historical geography speaks for itself.
2007-12-27 17:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to see what show on the History Channel you were watching.
The answer is they don't. It's all a bunch of bollocks.
2007-12-27 17:39:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be impossible to know who may have walked on a rock 2000 years ago.
2007-12-27 17:41:06 · answer #6 · answered by t_rex_is_mad 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christ created the universe.
2007-12-27 17:39:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
their wallet confirms it
2007-12-27 17:39:16 · answer #8 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋