I've gotten a ton of email on this. Many are asking is this the end of Christianity? No it's not.
I can't possibly respond to all of you so I'll do my best here:
1. There is no DNA evidence that this is the historical Jesus of Nazareth.
2. The statistical analysis is untrustworthy
3. The name "Jesus" was a popular name in the first century, appearing in 98 other tombs and on 21 other ossuaries
4. There is no historical evidence that Jesus was ever married or had a child
5. The earliest followers of Jesus never called him "Jesus, son of Joseph"
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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"
9. 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
10. 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
The claim makes perfect sense if you are willing to toss aside facts. Sadly, many are for the sake of a story.
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Is anyone going to do DNA or are just going by what they are reading on tombs?
excuse my ignorance, but do we actually have any true DNA from Christ to test? do we have a hair brush?
that answers my question about getting true DNA--there is none.
Both good questions. The question of a true DNA source depends on what you want to believe.
See here: http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/lanciano.html
I know some testing was done in the 1980's and nothing was proven.
If there is no DNA from Christ, where is the proof, so the bottom line is that there is none, just another cheap shot at christianity once again, and always around Easter. Isn't that ironic.
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