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 I just thought that I would mention about the box of bones found which has given even more people no leg to stand on in the argument against Jesus' existence.

  Believe it or not but there are lots of so-called educated people who believe that there is no evidence of the existence of Jesus as a historical figure.  Despite all the written evidence they have persisted in their arguments.  
   Recently, a limestone box containing bones was found in Israel.  An inscription on the box said that they belonged to "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus".  There were doubts as to its authenticity but, after many tests, the doubts were shown to have no foundation.
   Throughout my Christian life I have seen a pattern emerge.  The pattern is one where people deny the truth of the Bible and then end up eating their words as evidence comes forward such as this.   For many years many people were turned away from the truth of the Bible because someone said that there is no evidence to show that Romans ever used nails to crucify people.  It took many years but one day there was a tomb excavated where the occupant had nails through his hands and feet.  Another concerned the walls of Jerusalem.  Certain people said that the bible was false because achaeologists had found old walls of Jerusalem and they did not contain a certain well which David used to get into the city.  The Bible had said that the well (or similar water strucure) was inside the city walls.  This went on for years until another archaeological dig found even older walls of Jerusalem which DID contain the well inside.  
  There is so much evidence to show the truth of the authenticity of the Bible that really there should be no doubt to anyone anymore.
 Thank God that we follow a living God, that he is as real as real can be!  

This is an article from last year.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/10/21/jesus.box/< /a>
Recent news has since shown the box and its inscription to be authentic.

(Edited by David Davies at 1:26 am on May 9, 2003)

Didn`t hear anything about that. I`ll do a quick search...
Thanks for posting.
:)

Just thought I'd let you know that I read a newspaper today that said that the writing on the box was added after the creation of the box.   It said nothing else so it is hard to detirmine how factual the statement is; I was led to believe that all the tests that needed to be done on the box and its writing were done and that there was no doubt of its authenticity.  Ah, well.

why do people even bother trying to say the bible is wrong

fools

True, I believe that the Bible is the word of God, and therefore it cannot be untrue.

It is true and i don't need evidence.
I don't know where i get this from but i was taught, before i was a christian, that there os more evidence that Jesus exsisted than Ceaser!

As Christians living in a secular world, I believe that it is quite important that we don't appear fanatical about our beliefs. After all that is the main argument that the secular world has against the Muslims! :o
As modern Christians, I think that it it is important that we understand where the evidence for our faith comes from. Can I suggest that people obtain a copy of Josh McDowell's book 'Evidence that demands a verdict'. My copy is an old one and I understand it has now been updated to include more recent discoveries, but even that contains some really compelling evidence to support the existence of Jesus. This is not a book for curling up in your favorite chair and having a good read but it is an excellent reference work.

As an aside to NaomiAngel and Matt Horton I have a word of caution in that things may not be quite as clear as they seem. For instance, can either of you say definitively from biblical texts,  how Judas died?
It is therefore dangerous to state that the bible is infallible since it was written by people and therefore prone to error. Before people stone me as a heretic I should point out that I believe that the scripture is (as Paul says) God breathed. It contains the words of life.

Firstly That book sounds usful to me because i want to study this more but never have the time.

If we should be fanatical or not depends on how you mean, we have to show what our faith is and how important it is to us and that we will not be moved from this path - which could be called fanatical although i dont. What we as christians should not do is go around forcing people to hear us or in any way cause harm or offence. If people dont want to hear accept it and go away and pray for them not be in their face.

We must be prepared to discuss our faith and answer questions and defend it mind so understanding the basis is important.

I would also recommend a web site called www.anchorstone.com   It has some amazing physical proof that the bible is accurate about the Red Sea Crossing, Noah's Ark, the Ark of the Covenant, Mount Sinai and more.  Anyway, the crosshold which Jesus was placed on was found with the broken ground....just above the arc of the covenant which contains dried human blood on it (just as the blood of sacrifices were placed on the ark years before).  I have done much research on this and feel it is a very good website...other sources confirm Ron Wyatt's findings at Sodom and Gomorrah.  You can even take tours to see many of these sites for yourself and get your own piece of brimstone.  Another good site is www.michaelrood.com

it's a lot of reading, but well worth it.

Hi Ywaf,  I'm just a little bewildered by your statement" Anyway, the crosshold which Jesus was placed on was found with the broken ground....just above the arc of the covenant which contains dried human blood on it (just as the blood of sacrifices were placed on the ark years before).".  It seems to me that finding the crosshold would be a very improbable thing to do and then to prove it was the correct crosshold even more so.  Linking it with the Ark of the covenant also seems to add more scepticism to my mind.  So, where do you get that info from?