When I first heard about it I thought, what the heck. Not another Holywood money maker. So I started reading about this whole thing everywhere and anywhere i could find. the critics vs the documentary makers. I didn't know what to think, so I took time to watch the whole thing.
they make a very compelling argument. Maybe they found the tomb who knows, but I foudn that they only did the DNA test for Mariamne (Mary Magdalene) and Jesus to find if they shared the same mother a bit suspicious. Alright they found that they were unrelated. But woudn't it have made more sense to check Jesus' DNA with his Mother Maria? (MARY). And since they found one labelled 'Judah son of Jesus' Why didn't they cross check it with Mariamne's? Woudn't their whole case have been proved if they had done the tests? Or if they didn't find enough Mitochondrial DNA to do the test, shoudn't they have mentioned it, so that as viewers we would know that atleast they tried?
The other issue for me was, if it is really the tomb of Jesus the Messiah, where does that leave the believers? No I am not talking about the Christian followers here, I am talking about the Muslims. after all He is our Messiah too. Was he taken up to heaven physically as well as spiritually? I don't know the answer to that, maybe one of you have it, if so feel free to educate me.
If you are interested in the tomb website here you go
the road to hell is paved with compelling arguments now. they just laid it thick over the good intentions.
ReplyDeleteYou've raised some valid points here. This is a thought-provoking issue which will never be resolved one way or the other. I have read various versions/interpretations from the Quranic point of view as to what happened to Jesus..some of it will be quite compatible with Jesus having died on this earth.
ReplyDeleteAnyway my take on this story is here
http://firesilver.blogspot.com/2007/03/tomb-of-jesus-and-his-family.html
Quran has very clearly stated that Easa Alaihassalam was taken to heaven. There is not debate on that. Quran is the word of Allah. Muslims believe that. Disbelieving takes one out of the fold of Islam.
ReplyDeletealinitkin - Sorry, call me thick, but I didn't quite understand what you were getting at
ReplyDeletesilver fire - interesting blog you have there. In this instance yes I agree with you, I am more inclined to believe that this is more about money and fame than about truth and religion
anonymous - Quran has clearly stated that Easa Mesiha was lifted upto heaven, BUT it is not clear in saying weather it was his spirit or body or both. clue me in if I am mistaken. And its not so appealing when you come out and judge.
Even if we found Jesus frozen in a snow drift with his dick in a little boy's mouth I don't think it would change people's minds about their beliefs anyway. It would only affirm the beliefs of certain people. Anyone who wants to think abt religions rationally can point out the obviously man-made nature of religious books, the ahistorical details therein or the outdated descriptions of heaven and hell which promises material, gastronomic and sexual pleasures which don't seem attractive out of their historical context. This whole tomb business is all good as a spectacle or an anthropological investigation, however the thought that it would have any bearing on religious belief is laughable to me.
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