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3. Three high profile scandals so far

Mon May 18, 2020, 09:32 PM

May 2020

The biggest of course being the purchase of plundered relics from Iraq.

Also they purchased fake Dead Sea Scrolls

They also purchased early New Testament fragments that had been stolen from a collection at Oxford. The Atlantic has a top notch story on it.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/museum-of-the-bible-obbink-gospel-of-mark/610576/

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Authorities announce forfeiture of Gilgamesh tablet from Hobby Lobby's Museum of the Bible [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP

HA HA HA Faux pas May 2020 #1

Biblical fraud!! jls4561 May 2020 #2

Three high profile scandals so far exboyfil May 2020 #3

Somehow, I get the idea that he is the butt of God's jokes. 3Hotdogs May 2020 #9

Thieves. procon May 2020 #4

Thou Shalt Not Steal!!! Stallion May 2020 #6

I got a piece of the loin cloth that Jesus wore on the cross. 3Hotdogs May 2020 #10

These kind of fringe Christians don't believe in law and order. Progressive Jones May 2020 #11

The Mediaeval cult of Saints was just like this uriel1972 May 2020 #12

This is what ISIS is really doing when they "trash" historic sites McCamy Taylor May 2020 #14