"Those names are common" is no objection to filmmaker James Cameron's claim that he has located the tomb of Jesus.
Among the chief objections made to filmmaker James Cameron's claim that he may have located the tomb of Jesus is that the names found on the ossuaries were common in that time and place. I wondered a few days ago, how common?…
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26 - SHARK
Jaz, in Shark's World, provenance is everything.
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late thought:
RE: "...James Dobson's Focus on the Family cites a Liberty University professor..." from the original 'essay' --
Saying "a Liberty University Professor" is akin to saying "an antarctic saguaro cactus".
Just tryin' to be helpful,
S
27 - jaz
understood, SHARK...mine as well, which is why the caveat about the James ossuary and those possibilities
just to be clear, i neither believe nor disbelieve all of this, i just think it's worth the Study...especially in light of the implications
it would be nice to dispel Myth, and show a great Teacher for the Man that he was
but i'm silly like that, and will reserve final Judgement until more Facts are in
28 - Don
What I find mind boggling is in 1980/82 they found a tomb with bone boxes inscribed with all of those possibly Jesus family related names on them and they didn't keep even save a small sample of bone from each box for subsequent DNA testing. They handed the remains over to some religious group that re-buried them somewhere.
29 - David Cameron
I saw the Tomb last night & think that science could prevail over politics here if science could prevail over politics here...
If a fraction of the $ garnered by the film were allowed (by IAA &??) to be used for full DNA & chemical signature testing on both relevant & irrelevant (for control) ossuaries, and a neutral-as-possible panel of paleologists & statistitians were put to work on the questions, the evidentuary truth would out.
I also think politics & bias are stronger than truth. At least they have been for the last 2500 years!
30 - Sam Wilde
So, just where are the bones.... which might have lots more DNA available than the scrapings off the bottom of the boxes? Gone forever with no hope of science getting at them?
31 - jaz
the bones were buried in 1980 according to Jewish tradition, in unmarked graves...so are now completely unavailable to researches...the only material available is residue in the ossuaries
32 - bogdan
"""The bones contained in the boxes have long since been reburied, according to Jewish custom, in unmarked graves in Israel."""
FIND THE BONES STUPID PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!