Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Jesus' Tomb?

It is amusing to watch the Christian Propagandists scurrying about trying to discredit the documentary about an 1980 discovery of a tomb containing burial sarcophagi with the names of Jesus, Mary, Mary, Joseph, and Judas on them. The statistical chances of these names appearing together is remote but not impossible--as the documentary apparently points out.

If it were a discovery, such as a burial box with the name of James, brother to Jesus on it, it would be hailed as "proof" of the existence of Jesus. There too statistics and coincidence might be a factor. Christians have never failed to hail "discoveries", of pieces of wood on Middle Eastern mountains, scratches on rocks, and whatever, to support their own beliefs--beliefs which are contradicted by their own writings. The stories about Jesus contradict each other, a fact that Christians avoid by stressing one story over others.

Even if Jesus' body was found with nails in place Christians would find a way to deny the discovery--if people are so gullible to believe in such stories as found in the Bible they are gullible enough believe in any explanations Christian leaders would concoct; after all religion is a great money-maker.