Name:Skeptic68 •
Title: Doesn't it say somewhere ... •
Date posted: 03/05/07 16:59
Q: Now, I in no way pretend to have a vast knowledge of religion nor am I a devout religious person. I have simple yet fundamental beliefs. I believe in God and the Devil, in Heaven and Hell. I believe there is good in the world and there is evil in the world. So please don't jump down my throat if what I am about to say is incorrect or sounds utterly absurd.
Wasn't there something written or said about the second coming of Jesus? Something like he will rise again when the 3rd anti-Christ is about to reveal himself or something like that?
What if.... this is the second coming of Jesus? Not that Jesus was ever out of the picture, but the finding of the tomb/bones shows that he may have really walked on this earth. The finding of the tomb/bones...brings Jesus back to life so to speak, even if only in theory.
No matter, I personally believe what was found holds a great deal of truth and that people are afraid to face the findings for what ever reason. I think it should be investigated further, but knowing how this world works, I'm sure it will be quietly hushed up by some religious or government organization
To me, the finding of the tomb/bones means that a private family tomb was found, a family that loved each other enough in life to share their eternity in death. Sure, it may be a monumental find, but in the end, it is still a family funeral plot.
Name:christinme •
Date: 03/05/07 17:11
A: Hello, I agree with your saying it's only a familial burial tomb, yet the second coming clearly speaks of the return of jesus to claim his people and take them to be with him in heaven while all hell breaks out on the earth.
Name:Wes Boll •
Date: 03/05/07 18:04
A: Well, let me ask you this, why the "HECK" are we digging up family tombs,dropping the bones in the ground and selling or displaying the cofffins so to speak ,something wrong with that picture
Name:Wes Boll •
Date: 03/05/07 18:21
A: Anybody going to answer my question, Where are the bones and who buried them, 1980 was not 2000 years ago,Come on folks, answer the big one!!!
Name:Skeptic68 •
Date: 03/05/07 18:39
A: People do it for money, as a status symbol or recognition, why else would they do it? It's like excavating the remains of dead kings/queens. People are simply curious about the past. It doesn't make it right though.
Name:Wes Boll •
Date: 03/05/07 19:00
A: Yes, it does not make it right, however, if we are going to do it I am sure we did it in a repectable manor,therfore,once again! I ask, who buried the bones, where are they and how were they marked to keep the family vault together, guarantee if I paid sweat and blood for a family vault today and found out 2000 years from how that someone broke up my family bones and lost them their would be hell to pay!!!!
Name:hbic3 •
Date: 03/09/07 14:28
A: The book of Revelations says that the Christ will come again when the 7th seal is opened(bearing in mind that Revelations is just ONE of the many dooms day books written at the time that was supposed to be "inspired by God." All of them differing from one another on the details.) The three anti-christs thing is taken from a common interpretation of Nostrodamas's writings.
Islam believes that the statement that God will send "another helper" came about with Muhammed. And Christians take it to mean the second coming of Christ. Some Christian faiths believe it will be Jesus. Others believe it will be another Christ, but not Jesus. Others think it won't matter who the person used to be on earth, if they ever were on earth, because God and Jesus are one in the same and no matter what, the Christ will be God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
On a factual historical note. Jewish law dictated that deceased persons were to be buried in the ground before sundown. A cave was considered in the ground. However, only those well-to-do families actually had tombs. It's widely accepted in the Christian faith that Joseph of Arimathea, who "lent" his tomb for Jesus to be buried, was a rich man. I think, not sure, that the Bible even describes him as such. On the other hand, there is some, as of yet unproven, reason to believe that Jesus and his family were well-to-do, and that Joseph was not actually a carpenter. The first reason being that he was a descendant of King David, possibly on both Mary and Joseph's side, and he was accepted among his people as being "of the house of David" which would have made Jesus and His family nobility. Whether or not this is true, who really knows?
As for Wes Boll's question, I believe, and I could be mistaken, that the inference here is that they were "found" by members of the Knights Templar and buried where they were "found" to protect them. Unless I'm incorrect, and I admit I haven't looked over the entire site yet, If that's what the makers of this show and book are concluding, then to date the tomb to 2000 years ago doesn't match the time frame of the Knights Templar, thereby presenting a problem with their story thus far.
Name:slyfoxx •
Date: 03/09/07 15:23
A: Its done all the time...look at King Tut's tomb...there's been lots of tombs dug up for reserching the past. Why is it a problem now?? Why because it could be Jesus'???
Name:Bob •
Date: 03/09/07 16:06
A: The tomb was found when a construction team was digging to lay the foundation of a new apartment complex. This happens all the time in Israel, and there is a standard procedure, which the construction company followed. A law was passed in Israel back in 1978 that says that all archeological remains belong to the state of Israel. So, the construction company called in the archeologists. The bones were removed and re-interred with a Jewish burial service in a cemetary in Israel set aside for this purpose. The ossuaries, or at least those with inscriptions, were then documented and put in storage. Ossuaries without inscriptions are so numerous in Israel that they can't store them all. Most end up discarded or on the market.
The archeologists who first investigated the tomb did not consider it particularly unusual or outstanding. Pretty common stuff. A BBC film was made in 1996 with the same premise as Cameron's film, and it stirred little imagination in the archeological community, probably because archeologists make premises based on science and not on imagination.
Name:slyfoxx •
Date: 03/09/07 16:09
A: and your point is??? someone asked why tombs were being dug up.....I was wondering why it was a problem when it happens all the time. Stop looking for an arguement Bob where there isn't one.
