Re: [asa] Jesus "tomb"

There is some excellent discussion of all this on Jim West's blog:
http://drjimwest.wordpress.com/

On Jan 17, 2008 12:26 PM, Christine Smith <christine_mb_smith@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thought you'd want to see the latest Times article on
> the Jesus "tomb".
>
> http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1704299,00.html?cnn=yes
>
> Most disturbing to me:
> "Charlesworth, who is also a Methodist minister, says
> that the possible discovery of Christ's tomb will
> illicit mixed reactions among Christians. Most, he
> believes, will view it positively. The faith of some
> believers, he says, will be buoyed by historical proof
> that Christ, the son of Joseph and Mary, did exist. "I
> don't think it will undermine belief in the
> resurrection, only that Jesus rose as a spiritual
> body, not in the flesh."
>
> Did he miss St. Paul saying that our faith is in vain
> and we of all people are most to be pitied if Christ
> did not rise in the flesh?? And this person is a
> minister?? I don't know about everybody else, but I
> will not be among those who "view it
> positively"...that of course would assume I accepted
> the claim, which of course I don't....
>
> In Christ (the physically risen One!)
> Christine
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