What do you think will happen to Christianity now that Jesus tomb was supposedly found and is in the news?
They are saying he had a wife and children, how can all this be explained with the Bible's explanation of him? I have always felt the Bible to have man made mistakes in it being translated from so many diffrent languages but, I have always stood strong in the belief that Jesus was the one and only one, The Christ son of God
2007-03-01T08:00:42Z
I for myself would be interested in hearing or reading everyones opinion on this subject even if it is millions.
tayzar12007-02-26T23:54:34Z
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wow i totally agree with you. I believe in Christ - Jesus. I do believe Jesus is the son of God, but i don't believe some of the things that are written in the bible like how you said. I totally agree with you on this, i mean it would of being a different story if God/Jesus wrote it, but it was written by men which are translated in so many languages and i sometimes feel guilty about doubting it. Some doesn't seem right either way i know whats right in my heart and that Jesus is my savior
If the contents found in those tombs are in fact the bodies of Jesus and his family, I think it would have an effect on Christianity, but I think most Christians..depending on the depth of their convictions would still believe anyway.
Besides, isn't there a difference between the corporeal ascension and a soul's transmigration? To put it simply, can the sole go while the body stays? That's what we believe of mortals. Obviously, Christians derived that from somewhere!
Even so, I feel certain that faith was a prime component to people's belief systems, even back during the time of Christ and it still is today. Christians believe in ancient texts handed down through the ages that say Jesus is the Son of God. Muslims say, Nope, he was a good man and a prophet but NOT the son of Allah. Mohammed is the true prophet. THEN you have the Jews who say, Mohammed and Jesus were nice boys but neither was was the Messiah.
Then throw in the Buddhists, the Sikhs, The Hindus, the B'Hai's...and tons more faiths and religions I know nothing about and you've got a really big salad with every ingredient firmly believing it's the one component that truly makes the salad complete.
Let's just play "what if" for a second kiddies and ponder this:
Wouldn't it be an incredible reality to one day wake up and we all, as the Brotherhood of Man, believe in the oneness of the Universe. That God--the omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent entity-- was, is and always will be the only thing that mattered? What if it's JUST God? What if we can all get into Heaven not only for believing in God but for living a God-like existence? Free from judging...free from disdaining others for being different...for thinking differently or looking different from others.
What if Mohammed and Jesus and Budhha and Ganesh and Vishnu and that old Coke bottle that remote tribes worship in South America ALL turn out to be just mere components of the same God? I mean WOW!!!???!!
Could we handle religious solidarity on a global level????
If that were true, then that would mean for centuries now, man has been killing his fellow man in the name of Jesus and Mohammed??????
Then we've been killing each other for what? Population control???
I believe in God...maybe differently than your beliefs, but I know that I'm not perfect--far from it..I am the definition of a flawed, errant human being, but I do try to live as God like as I can.
That means being tolerant and forgiving and until we understand that and start playing by The Rules, I really don't think it'll matter who or what is buried in that tomb.
This very question has been rolling around in my head all day. There are so many ifs, but what I have read about it is incredible. James Cameron knew the firestorm this would cause and it's reported that he has had the highest regarded experts in the world (archaeologists, historians, theologians, etc.) examine this evidence. He wanted to have all his ducks in a row before presenting this to the world. I can well imagine...
Among Christians who do not take the word of the Bible as literal, there will be some elasticity I think and more of a willingness to at least explore the subject. But there will be a great many who simply will refuse to even hear about this. Evangelical religious leaders like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell will froth at the mouth and scream blasphemy. But these people are not fans of real science in any case and do not appreciate the Bible being too closely examined. Talk about a house of cards collapsing. IF true, this will change the world as we know it, literally. From Rome to the local churches in small towns. It is almost unimaginable to think of how those whose faith rests on Jesus Christ being the Son of God would even begin to deal with these realities - if they prove to be realities of course. Can they maintain that he is still the Son of God if it is proven that he married Mary Magdelene, had a child, and did not rise from the tomb? Your guess is as good as mine.
EDIT: Serena, I would be interested in where you obtained this information, which website or magazine, etc. I'm interested in whether it came from a religious organization or a non-biased source. If you have the source would you please post it or email it to me? Thank you very much.
Nothing. The myths of christianity are just as specious as they've always been.
As I wrote elsewhere today:
1) To make a DNA comparison you need something to compare it to. Even _if_ there was a "jeebus" (which there wasn't) there's NOTHING to get a sample from for comparison and no known descendants.
2) Whatever happened to the buybull fairy tale? The so-called "tomb" they claim to have found is a coverstone; where's the cave with the rock over the entrance? And since "god" stole the body after the burial, again there is NO source for DNA comparison.
3) Where's the peer review? ALL reputable scientific and archeological research submits its findings to independent and neutral bodies for verification and adjudication. Cameron is acting the same way as Pons and Fleischman (the clowns who claimed they had "cold fusion") and Hwang Woo-suk (with his phony cloning "experiments"): all are frauds who sought publicity and money before they sought evidence and verification.
This is as idiotic as the alleged "bone box" and "king solomon's stone", both of which were proven to be frauds. For the idiots who still believe the ossuary myth, the box and some of the engravings are 2000 years old but the "jeebus, brother of joseph" engravings have been proven to be less than 50 years old.
All idiotic claims of "relics" and "proof that jeebus existed" are desperate and dishonest attempt to prove their religion is real by misusing and warping science. And before any of the "god"-fellaters (that's why they're on their knees in church) claim this is an atheist argument, understand the facts: many of the harshest critics of "historical christianity" ARE christians. The archeologists who have said the jews were NEVER in Egypt ARE christians who _wanted_ that to be true, but to their credit, they were honest about the evidence, which is more than can be said James Cameron and these other idiots.
HELLO- those men who say they found the bones of Jesus are the ones that are wrong- How can there be bones left of Him, who rose physically from the grave to give us victory over death. What will happen to Christianity? THE TRUTH WILL LAST FOREVER- the Word of God will stand. No matter what man tries to do to dispute the word of God and the truth about the crucifixion and the resurrection-one day every knee will bow to the resurrected Christ.