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Posted by David (Member # 1) on :

Christian news sources quick to debunk Jesus tomb claim

by Trevis R. Badeaux

Famed director James Cameron claims to have made a titanic discovery. Biblical scholars and other archeologists wasted no time in firing back.
Cameron, director of “Titanic” and other blockbuster films, completed a documentary in which archaeologists claim to have found the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth. Christians believe he was the son of God who was assumed into Heaven, which means he rose to Heaven soul and body.

The Cameron documentary claim would crack the foundation of Christian religions if proven true. However, Biblical scholars and archaeologists early Tuesday released 10 reasons, they say, the film’s claims are “bogus.”

Ben Witherington, author of “What Have They Done With Jesus” and a New Testament professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, said in an interview with the Christian Newswire on Tuesday the director and his film make claims that are “full of holes, conjectures and problems.”

“It will make good TV and involves a bad critical reading of history,” Witherington said. “Basically, this is old news with a new interpretation. We have known about this tomb since it was discovered in 1980. There are all sorts of reasons to see this as much ado about nothing much.”

Witherington and other scholars offer 10 reasons the “Jesus tomb” claims are false:

There is no DNA evidence that this is the historical Jesus of Nazareth

The statistical analysis is untrustworthy

The name “Jesus” was a popular name in the first century, appearing in 98 other tombs and on 21 other ossuaries

There is no historical evidence that Jesus was ever married or had a child

The earliest followers of Jesus never called him “Jesus, son of Joseph”

It is highly unlikely that Joseph, who died earlier in Galilee, was buried in Jerusalem, since the historical record connects him only to Nazareth or Bethlehem

The Talipot tomb and ossuaries are such that they would have belonged to a rich family, which does not match the historical record for Jesus

Fourth-century church historian Eusebius makes quite clear that the body of James, the brother of Jesus, was buried alone near the temple mount and that his tomb was visited in the early centuries, making very unlikely that the Talipot tomb was Jesus’ “family tomb”

The two Mary ossuaries do not mention anyone from Migdal, but simply has the name Mary, one of the most common of all ancient Jewish female names

By all ancient accounts, the tomb of Jesus was empty, making it highly unlikely that it was moved to another tomb, decayed for one year’s time, and then the bones put in an ossuary

— Christian Newswire contributed to this report

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Posted by TEXASGRANDMA (Member # 847) on :

When I heard this on the news, it broke my heart. Not because I believe their lies, but the thought that people would go to so much trouble to try and destroy the Gospel. But, I must remind myself that our Heavenly Father cannot be broken by men.
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