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"How do you explain the empty tomb?"
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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 6, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Folks, I have the answer to the mystery. It seems Jesus never had a tomb. He was an executed convict and under Roman law, all executed convicts were dumped in a large unmarked gravesite for dogs and rats to devour. The story that Joseph of Arimethea gave the tomb to Jesus is a Gospel invention. It wouldn't have happened in ancient Rome.

Notice when St Paul tried to show that Jesus had resurrected, he didn't mention the empty tomb? He spoke about having seen Jesus himself but not once did he say, "The tomb was empty". Because there was no tomb.

When the Gospel of Mark first put in this fanciful story of a tomb, the writer was afraid Christians would say, "But why haven't I heard of an empty tomb? St Paul never mentioned it when he was alive". To forestall that, he told the story that only the women saw the empty tomb. And they didn't tell anyone because they were afraid. The writer of St Mark was hoping that readers would say to themselves, "Aha! I see it now. The reason why I've never heard of the empty tomb is because unreliable women were the only ones who saw the tomb and further more, they didn't tell anyone as St Mark wrote it."

All this shows there was no tomb to begin with. Jesus' body was rotting in the mass grave for executed criminals and his body parts torn up and eaten by dogs and rats.
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"How do you explain the empty tomb?"

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"How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - September 5, 2012 at 3:52 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Jackalope - September 5, 2012 at 3:58 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by pocaracas - September 5, 2012 at 4:36 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Jackalope - September 5, 2012 at 4:49 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Lion IRC - September 5, 2012 at 9:04 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Lion IRC - September 5, 2012 at 10:20 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 5, 2012 at 9:07 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by padraic - September 5, 2012 at 10:36 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 5, 2012 at 10:21 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Lion IRC - September 5, 2012 at 10:24 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by FallentoReason - September 5, 2012 at 10:28 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Lion IRC - September 5, 2012 at 10:53 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - September 6, 2012 at 12:21 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Lion IRC - September 6, 2012 at 1:41 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Cinjin - September 6, 2012 at 11:27 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 5, 2012 at 10:59 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by padraic - September 5, 2012 at 11:08 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Lion IRC - September 6, 2012 at 1:56 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Jackalope - September 5, 2012 at 11:16 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by padraic - September 5, 2012 at 11:27 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 6, 2012 at 1:20 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by FallentoReason - September 5, 2012 at 11:18 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Jackalope - September 5, 2012 at 11:29 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Cyberman - September 5, 2012 at 11:35 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by padraic - September 6, 2012 at 1:52 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by padraic - September 6, 2012 at 2:23 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by CapnAwesome - September 6, 2012 at 4:31 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by CapnAwesome - September 6, 2012 at 4:49 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by pocaracas - September 6, 2012 at 6:27 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by KichigaiNeko - September 6, 2012 at 9:29 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by CapnAwesome - September 6, 2012 at 2:21 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Cyberman - September 6, 2012 at 2:47 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by jonb - September 6, 2012 at 9:34 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Cato - September 6, 2012 at 10:04 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by FallentoReason - September 6, 2012 at 10:08 am
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 6, 2012 at 12:44 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - September 6, 2012 at 12:50 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Cyberman - September 6, 2012 at 1:20 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Cyberman - September 6, 2012 at 1:27 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 6, 2012 at 1:43 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by downbeatplumb - September 6, 2012 at 2:05 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 6, 2012 at 2:19 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 6, 2012 at 2:22 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 6, 2012 at 3:20 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by greneknight - September 6, 2012 at 3:34 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Cyberman - September 6, 2012 at 3:41 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 6, 2012 at 4:14 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Cyberman - September 6, 2012 at 4:50 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 6, 2012 at 5:39 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by greneknight - September 6, 2012 at 5:48 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Cyberman - September 6, 2012 at 6:08 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by FallentoReason - September 6, 2012 at 7:15 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Jackalope - September 6, 2012 at 7:21 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by greneknight - September 6, 2012 at 8:41 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by FallentoReason - September 6, 2012 at 7:24 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Jackalope - September 6, 2012 at 8:11 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Minimalist - September 9, 2012 at 10:13 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by Rev. Rye - September 6, 2012 at 7:58 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by popeyespappy - September 6, 2012 at 8:09 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by FallentoReason - September 6, 2012 at 8:36 pm
RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?" - by ThomM - September 9, 2012 at 9:29 pm

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