Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

i watched this documentary and thought it was very interesting. of course no one is saying "we know with 100% certainty that these are the remains of Jesus and Mary and their family". it seemed that the evidence was pretty compelling and convincing as the mathematician was pointing out all the evidence pointing to the possibility of the ossuaries containing the bones of Jesus, mary, his brother and child and the mathematical probabilities. the circumstances alone and the archeological evidence add a lot of weight to the idea that it is a very strong possibility.

and who cares? it won't affect christianity at all. "faith" is exactly that... "Faith". otherwise religion would be celebrating "Fact". they will just argue that his soul left his body and thats what was wrote about in the gospels. besides, its been proven time and time again in studies that disproving the foundations of any belieft system where people dedicate their lives to, usually are strengthened by proof that its bullshit.. not weakened. look at seventh day adventists... they gave up everything and sat patiently waiting for the world to end on a very specific time and date... once it did not happen, they only grew stronger. its much easier for people to rationalize their behavior and decisions which have become who they are, and carry on, living with the comfort that it offers, than it is to suddenly lose those beliefs and the security they offer as well as all that you have devoted to it.