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12 months ago  ::  Jun 16, 2012 - 12:42PM #1
Nino0814
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If the dating is confirmed, it may be one of the best archiological finds for Christendom:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/15/john-t...
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12 months ago  ::  Jun 16, 2012 - 1:48PM #2
Dutch777
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I don't know, Nino.  I've always considered reverencing human body parts to  be totally creepy. 


Did you know that Jesus had up to eighteen foreskins?  There are somewhere around eighteen churches in Europe claiming to have the Holy Snippet.  I guess that's the one part of the Salvific Anatomy  left behind at the Ascension. 


Read all about it:


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Prepuce#Histo...

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12 months ago  ::  Jun 16, 2012 - 6:59PM #3
Nino0814
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I fully agree with you Dutch.  I was referring to the support such a find gives to some of the historic claims of Christianity.  

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12 months ago  ::  Jun 16, 2012 - 8:17PM #4
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I saw on History Channel that the RCC had TWO skulls of John the Baptist.


The smaller skull was from when he was a child.Undecided

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12 months ago  ::  Jun 16, 2012 - 8:33PM #5
Dutch777
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Jun 16, 2012 -- 8:17PM, Roodog wrote:


I saw on History Channel that the RCC had TWO skulls of John the Baptist.


I'll raise you 18 foreskins and call.


The smaller skull was from when he was a child.Undecided


Some would fall for that explanation.  In West Virginia, the religious loonies were shelling-out the bucks for jen - u - wine autographed photos of Jay-zuz some years ago.





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The Socratic Standard:  Follow the evidence;____ if it doesn't make sense, it's bull$#!+.

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12 months ago  ::  Jun 16, 2012 - 8:38PM #6
Roodog
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Jun 16, 2012 -- 8:33PM, Dutch777 wrote:


Jun 16, 2012 -- 8:17PM, Roodog wrote:


I saw on History Channel that the RCC had TWO skulls of John the Baptist.


I'll raise you 18 foreskins and call.


The smaller skull was from when he was a child.Undecided


Some would fall for that explanation.  In West Virginia, the religious loonies were shelling-out the bucks for jen - u - wine autographed photos of Jay-zuz some years ago.









Were the autographs in Hebrew script or did the yokels overlook that fact?

For those who have faith, no explanation is neccessary.
For those who have no faith, no explanation is possible.

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If one turns his ear from hearing the Law, even his prayer is an abomination. Proverbs 28:9
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12 months ago  ::  Jun 16, 2012 - 8:42PM #7
Dutch777
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Were the autographs in Hebrew script or did the yokels overlook that fact?


Doesn't matter.  They can't read anyway.


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12 months ago  ::  Jun 16, 2012 - 8:48PM #8
Roodog
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Jun 16, 2012 -- 8:42PM, Dutch777 wrote:


 





Were the autographs in Hebrew script or did the yokels overlook that fact?


Doesn't matter.  They can't read anyway.








"There's a sucker born every minute." -PT Barnum-



 

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For those who have no faith, no explanation is possible.

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If one turns his ear from hearing the Law, even his prayer is an abomination. Proverbs 28:9
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