We’ve all been accused of selective hearing. Here’s an interesting case of selective reasoning..
I decided to perform a casual perusal of some of the data out on the web about the Talpiot Tomb (the so-called “Lost Tomb of Jesus”). Whatever you might think of the evidence, here‘s a rundown of some technical questions some religion site has raised.
I don’t know jack about archaelogy or prosopography. What I do know, though, is that Christian groups are putting in a lot of effort to dissuade the masses from thinking that the remains of Jesus of Nazareth and family are in the Talpiot Tomb.
I find it very interesting that die-hard Christians are willing to rely on scientific research when it suits their cause. They can arrange all manners of statisticians and archeologists, etc. to say “hold up there, bud, there’s simply not enough evidence that this is our Jesus”. However, they’re real quick to jump on anyone who might suggest that there’s not enough evidence that Jehovah is our god.
You’d think that if someone is capable of believing in the Judeo-Christian God based on a book translated from a Renaissance collation of transcriptions of books written decades (as much as a century) after the events they supposedly document might be as likely to believe in something with a bit more scientific evidence, even if such evidence is ultimately inconclusive.
At any rate, it offers me a unique opportunity to send a message to all Christians out there: Prove that that’s not the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth!
