(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."
