XPost: alt.abortion, alt.abortion.inequity, alt.atheism
XPost: alt.support.abortion, talk.abortion
From: prochoice@here.now
On Mon, 24 May 2004 21:24:00 GMT, "Light Templar"
in alt.abortion with message-id
wrote:
>While Attila was contemplating his or her navel in
>news:8ev3b0thc5f28etpujfkgn9aaknqeckoh7@4ax.com,
> he or she gave us all a good laugh with the
>following...
>
>> On 24 May 2004 05:50:35 -0700, rbwinn47@mybluelight.com (Robert B.
>> Winn) in alt.abortion with message-id
>> <7943568.0405240450.c8c1cc1@posting.google.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> OK.
>>>>
>>>> Where is your evidence?
>>>
>>> Well, we do have the empty tomb.
>>> Robert B. Winn
>>
>> Oh? Exactly where is it? Can it be visited today?
>>
>> BTW, there are a lot of empty tombs.
>
>Most all of the tombs in that area were empty when discovered. Those tombs
>were only used until the body decomposed enough to separate the flesh from
>the bone, the bones were put into Osuarys (small, usually stone, boxes about
>36" in length, 12" wide, and 12" tall.) They were then placed in a family
>plot. The caves were subsequently reused, or sold. The alleged tomb of
>Christ was one of several caves in the area that belonged to a wealthy man
>who offered its use. This particular cave has never been conclusively
>proven to be the one Christ was entombed in, but it makes for a really good
>tourist attraction.
>
>Of course, then there is the ever popular "Shroud of Turin" that was
>accurately dated to the 14th century by both religious and non-religious
>scientists. OOps!
The entire subject of religion in all it's myriad forms is rife with
fakes, falsifications, and scams. In fact, that is the norm.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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