'Jesus Tomb' Controversy Rages as Archaeologists Explore Another 2,000-Year-Old Tomb

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5. 'The Jesus Discovery'

I am a bit over halfway through Tabor's and Jacobovici's latest book "The Jesus Discovery".

It expands on the archeological revelations Jacobovici made in "The Jesus Family Tomb".

It becomes rather clear to me that there is reasonable and compelling evidence that the tombs of Jesus and his immediate family, and now of another very, very early 'Christian' tomb have been found.

Of course, hardly anybody wants to admit this. As Bart Ehrman points out in his latest book "Did Jesus Exist", a certain faction of agnostics, atheists and mythicists don't even want an actual grave of Jesus to exist (nonexistent people don't have bones). Naturally, orthodox Christians can never admit that Jesus has any remains left on the earth (he floated away to heaven), and the Israel government (and the Israeli Jewish establishment) certainly don't want any trouble that might adversely effect the Christian tourism industry or endanger foreign aid from Christian politicians in the U.S. and other countries.

Most interesting I think, are the reactions of conservative Christian theologians to these discoveries -- like the one featured in the video. They are so mocking and scornful that they really do make a person want to know just why they are so upset ... and it is because their insulated environment of embellished theology may be crumbling about them.

The ironic thing is that the Jesus tomb and the second tomb demonstrate Jesus' existence and gives clues into the beliefs of the earliest Christians -- yet the fundamentalists, conservatives and orthodox must still reject this concrete evidence of the origins of their religion.

You gotta love this stuff.