Remains of st john the baptist 'found'

[downbeatplumb]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10849211

[Remains of St John the Baptist 'found'
3 August 2010 Last updated at 09:20 Help Bone fragments of St John the Baptist appear to have been found on Sveti Ivan Island near Bulgaria's southern Black Sea.

He is considered one of the most important figures in Christianity.

Further tests are still to be carried out on the fragments, which were discovered late last month]

How could they possibly know for sure?

[Tiberius]

They can't. Simple as that.

[theVOID]

And from the BBC of all places...

[TheDarkestOfAngels]

Like I said on the Jesus thread about his existance. I can believe that a man who founded christianity named Jesus Christ was alive at the time and place, even if they found his remains, it'd be a monumental discovery because his life affected billions of lives over the millenia.

But as far as what this means to me as an atheist, I think if this were actually John the Baptist's remains, I think it's an important discovery. I don't think it means anything as far as religion in any actual religious sense. It doesn't proove anything in the bible or disprove anything we know about anything except that we know a man we know of actually exists whereas we weren't sure before.

And that is important because the man would be very important if he actually exists.

[Paul the Human]

Agreed. If they were able to prove that the body is that of the actual 'John the Baptist' written about in various religious texts... it would be a very important discovery. It would lend a measure of validation to the historical truthiness of said texts so far as the people mentioned in them having been real people, rather than fictional characters. Unfortunately, there is no way to prove it.

Either way, it wouldn't serve as evidence to support any of the supernatural claims of Christianity, only as evidence that one or more of it's founders was a real person.

[Welsh cake]

They can't. Simple as that.

Ah, but they came to this well thought out conclusion by faith. Forensic science is the work of the devil!

Next week they'll "rediscover" the reputed remains of St. Peter, buried upside down. Isn't that clever? =P

[Spencer]

Maybe they have dental records. C'mon stranger things have happened!

[Welsh cake]

Or maybe the stories that the Hebrew Bible was bound in human flesh and inked in blood were all true?

[Rev. Rye]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10849211

[Remains of St John the Baptist 'found'
3 August 2010 Last updated at 09:20 Help Bone fragments of St John the Baptist appear to have been found on Sveti Ivan Island near Bulgaria's southern Black Sea.

He is considered one of the most important figures in Christianity.

Further tests are still to be carried out on the fragments, which were discovered late last month]

How could they possibly know for sure?

Yes, where would they get the impression that John the baptist's bones were there, and why would they be in Bulgaria?

[TheDarkestOfAngels]

Yes, where would they get the impression that John the baptist's bones were there, and why would they be in Bulgaria?

Actually, John the Baptist has been found. He apparently works in a shoe store. Satan found him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBSps4QcV...re=related