How will it stand up against DNA evidence? I guess we'll all be atheists now and give up our faith because how can we be Christians after we see James Cameron's DNA evidence that the bodies found by Israeli archaeologists are Jesus and Mary Magdelene and their children:
Let's go back 27 years, when Israeli construction workers were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the industrial park in the Talpiyot, a Jerusalem suburb. of Jerusalem. The earth gave way, revealing a 2,000 year old cave with 10 stone caskets. Archologists were summoned, and the stone caskets carted away for examination. It took 20 years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.(via)
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But film-makers Cameron and Jacobovici claim to have amassed evidence through DNA tests, archeological evidence and Biblical studies, that the 10 coffins belong to Jesus and his family.
So, the names Mary, Joseph and Jesus were rare, right? Not quite:
Matthew 27:56 among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.But I think the most important question is, what the heck is the DNA evidence? Did he find the blood of Christ that was shed for the remission of the sins of his people? Did he test that against the remains that were found in the tomb? How else would DNA evidence prove that Jesus did not raise from the dead? I guess we'll have to wait until Monday to find out.
Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Acts 12:12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
Colossians 4:11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the Council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Acts 4:36 Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,
Update: I should have added the following when I wrote this post:
These names are common because they are names from the Old Testament. We name our kids after the people of the Bible (we named are daughters after Sarah and Samuel) and people in history (Calvin, George Washington, Martin Luther, Abraham Lincoln, etc.) and so did the Jews. Mary is a Greek version of Miriam and that was the sister of Moses (Numbers 26:59), Joseph was one of the twelve sons of Jacob and he saved Israel by bringing his family into Egypt to avoid the famine, and Jesus is the Greek version of Joshua who lead Israel into the promised land. Finding a tomb with these inscriptions isn't a shock, it's to be expected.
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