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Title: Jesus might have had a wife and/or kid
Post by: the president on 16/04/2009 17:10:08
Christianity Debunked?

TIME reports that names on ten burial caskets found near Jerusalem have been deciphered. James Cameron is producing a new documentary, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, detailing DNA tests and other findings proving that Jesus was not resurrected and he fathered a son with Mary Magdelene.

A study commissioned by James Tabor of religious department at the University of North Carolina places the odds at 42 million against there being more than one such combination of family names.
Title: Jesus might have had a wife and/or kid
Post by: Don_1 on 16/04/2009 18:27:22
'Jesus' Was apparently a very common name at this time.

If DNA can be collected it would be great! We could compare it to the DNA of ermmm.......


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Title: Jesus might have had a wife and/or kid
Post by: blakestyger on 16/04/2009 23:44:23
He certainly kept pets ...

http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/teach.html

... a tortoise, I think.

Title: Jesus might have had a wife and/or kid
Post by: LeeE on 19/04/2009 00:05:06
Until time machines are invented, nothing will be proved concerning whether or not someone named Jesus (and the exact name and it's form is debatable anyway) ever existed, let alone prove that he was not resurrected or that he had children with anyone in particular.

The fact that the odds against finding a particular combination of names is extremely high is proof of nothing; the odds against any particular individual winning the lottery is similarly high, but the odds against someone winning it are very low - the lottery is won by one or more people much more often than it not being won by anybody.

This is just another of those Holy Blood & Holy Grail/Da Vinci Code things.
Title: Jesus might have had a wife and/or kid
Post by: Chemistry4me on 19/04/2009 02:22:59
Jesus might have had a wife and/or kid.

No he didn't.