Comments on: What would it take to prove to the Pope that some 1st century bones are those of Jesus? http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Seeker http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-36264 Seeker Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:14:30 +0000 http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/?p=370#comment-36264 Even if a box of bones from exactly that time was discovered with a sign on it saying "These are the bones of Jesus of Nazareth" it wouldn't prove anything. It would just be a box of bones and a sign- unless you could establish reliable testimony from the time about who wrote the sign and why. Even if a box of bones from exactly that time was discovered with a sign on it saying “These are the bones of Jesus of Nazareth” it wouldn’t prove anything.
It would just be a box of bones and a sign- unless you could establish reliable testimony from the time about who wrote the sign and why.

]]> By: dog http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-1555 dog Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:28:28 +0000 http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/?p=370#comment-1555 I loved the 'Benny and The Cardinals' bit, Richard. Now I have to learn to play an instrument, so I can form that band LOL! I loved the ‘Benny and The Cardinals’ bit, Richard. Now I have to learn to play an instrument, so I can form that band LOL!

]]> By: Richard http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Richard Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:06:29 +0000 http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/?p=370#comment-1546 Regarding the Vatican and the Pope, may I refer you all to: http://richardsmindspaces.blogspot.com/2007/04/is-pope-connected.html Regarding the Vatican and the Pope, may I refer you all to: http://richardsmindspaces.blogspot.com/2007/04/is-pope-connected.html

]]> By: Will Keeler http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 Will Keeler Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:02:43 +0000 http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/?p=370#comment-1235 Check out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553349481?ie=UTF8&tag=damnecom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0553349481" rel="nofollow">"Another Roadside Attraction" </a> by Tom Robbins The Vatican already has the bones hidden away Check out “Another Roadside Attraction” by Tom Robbins
The Vatican already has the bones hidden away

]]> By: Greta http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Greta Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:44:28 +0000 http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/?p=370#comment-923 Most Christians do not believe that Jesus was resurrected like a warmed up body from the dead, so to speak. Neither was he, as the blogger put it, "bodily resurrected into heaven" if that means that he went like a live rocket straight up into space! Even if some artists of previous centuries painted scenes like this, it was in the first place a metaphorical image of something that cannot be visually expressed. The "resurrection body" was not the same as his pre-crucifixion body. The Gospels also try to explain and express something that was out of the ordinary and not at all easy to narrate. They use images for a happening that defied explanation by everyday language. That Jesus is "alive" is something that is experienced today still by millions of Christians for whom his spiritual presence is a reality. One either experience it or you don't. Most Christians do not believe that Jesus was resurrected like a warmed up body from the dead, so to speak. Neither was he, as the blogger put it, “bodily resurrected into heaven” if that means that he went like a live rocket straight up into space! Even if some artists of previous centuries painted scenes like this, it was in the first place a metaphorical image of something that cannot be visually expressed. The “resurrection body” was not the same as his pre-crucifixion body. The Gospels also try to explain and express something that was out of the ordinary and not at all easy to narrate. They use images for a happening that defied explanation by everyday language. That Jesus is “alive” is something that is experienced today still by millions of Christians for whom his spiritual presence is a reality. One either experience it or you don’t.

]]> By: jen http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-921 jen Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:18:05 +0000 http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/?p=370#comment-921 It wasn't Jesus...it was his body double. It wasn’t Jesus…it was his body double.

]]> By: Brian Westley http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Brian Westley Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:23:08 +0000 http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/?p=370#comment-917 No doubt if the pope were presented with evidence that some ancient bones were the bones of Jesus, he would keep it under his hat. No doubt if the pope were presented with evidence that some ancient bones were the bones of Jesus, he would keep it under his hat.

]]> By: Prodigal http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Prodigal Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:59:11 +0000 http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/?p=370#comment-916 I just saw an update on the assuary. It passes all tests as an item from that time period and the inscription piece that passed only 2 of 3 tests is the 2nd half, surprisingly, not the first. In archaeology, "absence of evidence is not equal to evidence of absence". The assuary as a whole passes almost all tests of legitimacy, but part of the inscription doesn't pass every test. Scholars are still split. As a Christian skeptic, I find archaeology interesting but it's a generally true kind of science for me. I just saw an update on the assuary. It passes all tests as an item from that time period and the inscription piece that passed only 2 of 3 tests is the 2nd half, surprisingly, not the first.

In archaeology, “absence of evidence is not equal to evidence of absence”. The assuary as a whole passes almost all tests of legitimacy, but part of the inscription doesn’t pass every test. Scholars are still split.

As a Christian skeptic, I find archaeology interesting but it’s a generally true kind of science for me.

]]> By: Perfumefortheanosmic http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-915 Perfumefortheanosmic Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:29:38 +0000 http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/?p=370#comment-915 It'll take a time machine. It’ll take a time machine.

]]> By: firepetals http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/2009/07/01/what-would-it-take-to-prove-to-the-pope-that-some-1st-century-bones-are-those-of-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-913 firepetals Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:11:45 +0000 http://www.damnedifgodexists.com/blog/?p=370#comment-913 How could you ever convince Christians or, worse, the Pope that Jesus stayed dead? There is so much evidence anyway that Christianity is made up that they should have seen that already. How could you ever convince Christians or, worse, the Pope that Jesus stayed dead? There is so much evidence anyway that Christianity is made up that they should have seen that already.

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