I find it funny that there is absence of convincing evidence for exodus, Moses, Jesus the miracle worker

yet there is archaeological evidence that circumcision and baptism are pagan rituals. 

That should tell you something.

No golden ticket for you.

(July 28, 2018 at 6:38 pm)Graufreud Wrote: I find it funny that there is absence of convincing evidence for exodus, Moses, Jesus the miracle worker

yet there is archaeological evidence that circumcision and baptism are pagan rituals. 

Because the faithful are laughable?

I often wonder if future archeologists will find my long gone foreskin fossilized in a medical waste dump site dig? ( I am easily entertained!)

(July 28, 2018 at 9:29 pm)chimp3 Wrote: I often wonder if future archeologists will find my long gone foreskin fossilized in a medical waste dump site dig? ( I am easily entertained!)

Well, there are numerous relics of saints. Why can't we have fossilized foreskin of Jesus? 

and sorry chimp, Jesus is more special than you will ever be.

(July 28, 2018 at 9:55 pm)Graufreud Wrote:

(July 28, 2018 at 9:29 pm)chimp3 Wrote: I often wonder if future archeologists will find my long gone foreskin fossilized in a medical waste dump site dig? ( I am easily entertained!)

Well, there are numerous relics of saints. Why can't we have fossilized foreskin of Jesus? 

and sorry chimp, Jesus is more special than you will ever be.

Several reasons why we don't have the fossilized foreskin of Jesus:

1. Soft tissues rarely fossilize, except under very special circumstances.

2. Desert environs don't promote fossilization very well.

3.  2000 years isn't enough time for anything to be fossilized.

4. Jesus' foreskin is about as likely to be discovered as (for example) King Arthur's nose or Gilgamesh's pinky finger.

And - for the record - chimp is far more special and valuable than Jesus.

Boru

(July 28, 2018 at 9:55 pm)Graufreud Wrote:

(July 28, 2018 at 9:29 pm)chimp3 Wrote: I often wonder if future archeologists will find my long gone foreskin fossilized in a medical waste dump site dig? ( I am easily entertained!)

Well, there are numerous relics of saints. Why can't we have fossilized foreskin of Jesus? 

and sorry chimp, Jesus is more special than you will ever be.

I am sure that if foreskin of Jesus is found that groveling slaves will line up for miles to kiss it!

(July 28, 2018 at 10:17 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(July 28, 2018 at 9:55 pm)Graufreud Wrote: Well, there are numerous relics of saints. Why can't we have fossilized foreskin of Jesus? 

and sorry chimp, Jesus is more special than you will ever be.

Several reasons why we don't have the fossilized foreskin of Jesus:

1. Soft tissues rarely fossilize, except under very special circumstances.

2. Desert environs don't promote fossilization very well.

3.  2000 years isn't enough time for anything to be fossilized.

4. Jesus' foreskin is about as likely to be discovered as (for example) King Arthur's nose or Gilgamesh's pinky finger.

And - for the record - chimp is far more special and valuable than Jesus.

Boru

Of course.... that didn't even slow them down!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Prepuce

Quote:The Holy Prepuce, or Holy Foreskin (Latin præputium or prepucium), is one of several relics attributed to Jesus, a product of the circumcision of Jesus. At various points in history, a number of churches in Europe have claimed to possess Jesus' foreskin, sometimes at the same time. Various miraculous powers have been ascribed to it.

I wonder what miraculous powers it had.

Maybe this?

Quote:An old rabbi saved the foreskins from all the circumcisions he had done and stitched them into a briefcase.  He brought the briefcase to the US Patent office and said he wanted to apply for a patent.

"A briefcase is not a new idea, rabbi," the clerk told him.

"Ah, this I know.  But if you rub it, it turns into a suitcase."

On his travels throughout Europe and the Holy Land, Mark Twain observed that, if all the pieces of the 'True Cross' he encountered were genuine, Jesus was crucified on a cross about ninety feet high.

Holy relics deserved to be viewed with more than a modicum of skepticism.

Boru