Christianity: A Christian Quest for the Historical Jesus
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I
believe
in
Christianity
as
I
believe
in
the
rising
sun;
not
because
I
see
it,
but
by
it
I
can
see
all
else. - C. S. Lewis
The
Christianity
which
is
shared
is
the
Christianity
which
is
convincing. - Lynn Harold
Hough
Reality, in fact,
is always something you couldn't have guessed. That's one of
the reasons I believe Christianity. It's a religion you
couldn't have guessed. - C. S. Lewis
The
glory
of
Christianity
is
to
conquer
by
forgiveness. - William Blake
Christianity has not been tried and found
wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. -
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Christianity Under a Microscope
Christianity's enigmatic
images.
Forensic Science
Applied to the Pictures of Jesus on the Shroud of Turin - What
is new in 2004?
The Shroud of
Turin Story
The Resurrection
of Jesus and the Sugar Coated Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin Blog
Was Jesus
buried? A Major Issue For Modern Christianity:The argument goes: Peasants and people
who were crucified were not buried in a tomb. Thus, it is argued, it is
implausible to think that Jesus was buried. Scholars John Dominic
Crossan, Marcus Borg, and others advance this argument.
An Open Letter to John Shelby Spong,
Retired Episcopal Bishop of Newark, NJ
Was Jesus
Buried? by John Dominic Crossan
The Hypothetical Shroud of
Caiaphas, a "CSI: Ancient Jerusalem" - A Forensic Science
Mystery
Marcus Borg, biblical
scholar and Jesus Seminar Fellow speaking about Jesus being buried
in a tomb said:
"But surely the reason that didn’t happen amongst other
reasons is that Jesus was a peasant and secondary burial in an
ossuary simply didn’t happen for peasants."
However, there is non-biblical evidence
that argue against this historical picture:
- The discovery of a crucifixion
victim, named Johanan ben Ha-galgol, found near Jerusalem. His
remains were found in an ossuary.
- The recently
discovered ossuary of James the Just, the brother of Jesus. If
this is authentic, we have evidence of a peasant who was reburied in a ossuary.
- That on-again,
off-again, now on-again Shroud of Turin. Now that
the date determined by carbon 14 radiocarbon dating can no
longer be considered reliable, and may even point to the 1st
century, what are we to make of this artifact? Is it possible
archeological evidence that the Jesus of history was buried in a
tomb? Does this change the whole picture of Jesus' history?
We now know from new news in 2004, from
the peer-reviewed, scientific Journal of Optics of the
Institute of Physics in London, in a news release from National
Geographic and from a recent republication of a juried article
in Melanoidins, a Chemistry Journal of the European Communities,
that whatever we may believe, the Shroud of Turin is poignantly
contrary to the expectations of believers and skeptics alike. It is
auspiciously not too miraculous for modern sensibilities or modern
Christianity.
Ludicrous or Possible? The Shroud of Turin |
