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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 12/21/2004 : 08:35:25
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The James ossuary has come up a couple of times since we originally discussed it. So when i stumbled across this article, I thought I'd post it. It's a pretty complete rundown of the of the story.
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Holy Fake?
Ossuary Was Found Two Years Ago
Dec 19, 2004 8:34 pm US/Eastern
(CBS) Correspondent Bob Simon has a story about the Bible and truth. More precisely, it's about Biblical antiquities and how they can be seen to prove that the stories told in the Bible really happened.
Just two years ago, the world of biblical archaeology was rocked to its foundations, and all because of a stone box that was discovered in Israel, and called an ossuary.
Ossuaries were used to hold the bones of the dead approximately 2,000 years ago, in the time of Jesus. The discovery of this ossuary created more excitement among Christian scholars than anything since the Shroud of Turin. And like the Shroud, no sooner was it unveiled than it came alive, with questions.
In a backhanded sort of way, I am reminded of Piltdown.
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
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Posted - 12/22/2004 : 00:38:12 [Permalink]
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The interesting point of the whole story is that they frequently admit that:quote:
...the ossuary is the first firm archaeological evidence that Jesus once lived here.
"That is really a great thing just to be able to confirm, from an extra-biblical source, that a man named Jesus existed,"
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"Any religion that makes a form of torture into an icon that they worship seems to me a pretty sick sort of religion quite honestly"
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2004 : 02:44:08 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by filthy
The James ossuary has come up a couple of times since we originally discussed it. So when i stumbled across this article, I thought I'd post it. It's a pretty complete rundown of the of the story.
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Holy Fake?
Ossuary Was Found Two Years Ago
Dec 19, 2004 8:34 pm US/Eastern
(CBS) Correspondent Bob Simon has a story about the Bible and truth. More precisely, it's about Biblical antiquities and how they can be seen to prove that the stories told in the Bible really happened.
Just two years ago, the world of biblical archaeology was rocked to its foundations, and all because of a stone box that was discovered in Israel, and called an ossuary.
Ossuaries were used to hold the bones of the dead approximately 2,000 years ago, in the time of Jesus. The discovery of this ossuary created more excitement among Christian scholars than anything since the Shroud of Turin. And like the Shroud, no sooner was it unveiled than it came alive, with questions.
In a backhanded sort of way, I am reminded of Piltdown.
I don't have time to check the full article now (I'll to come back to it later, thought), but I thought I'd comment that the title of the piece-- Holy Fake? is actually a really funny (but subtle) pun... |
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