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jakejonesiv · 03-10-2006, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Tigers!

Another way to look at this is to ask what 10 archaeological discoveries would atheists not like to have found?

10.Mary's birth certificate
9. St. Paul's Epistle to the Macedonians
8. An ossuary with the names of Jesus, James and Joseph
7. Enough Jesus DNA to clone
6. A fossilized passenger craft out of the mothership NIBIRU.
5. The tomb of anyone named Lucifer
4. The Alexandrian UrGospel
3. A version of Secret Mark not written by Morton Smith
2. A copy of "Q"
1. St. Peter's toe bone

Jake

jakejonesiv · 03-10-2006, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Buster Daily

OMG What a fun post. ... Can you imagine being turned loose in the library of Alexandria with a digital camera?

Good one!

Sarpedon · 03-10-2006, 01:39 PM

Top ten desired finds having to do with religion?
How about:

1. The corpse of Jesus. 'Nuff said.

you're more likely to find that than a
lot of things listed in the OP.

2. A 'rosetta stone' for the Harrapan or Easter Island script: Because the real world doesnt revolve around your myths, and there are plenty of worthwhile things to dig for that doesn't involve finding Palestinian sites and lying about them, saying they support such and such misinterpreted bible verse.

3. A letter from Amenhotep son of Hapu to Pharaoh Amenhotep 3 asking if he enjoyed the satirical history story he wrote.

4. A letter from Emperor Constantine to Church elders telling them to insert quotes from jesus in the bible about paying taxes and obeying earthly rulers or he'd feed them to the lions.

5. The corpses of the two people who supposedly magically died after not giving Paul all their money, showing blunt impact trauma.

6. A letter from Martin Luther to the pope telling him he'd come back to the Catholic church in exchange for a cardinal's hat and 5,000,000 dollars.

7. An ancient map and tide charts for the sea of reeds, with a hand drawn route over a part of it.

8. The Complete collection of epics concerning the Trojan wars (many scholars believe that there were many, and the Iliad and the Odyssey are only two)

9. The oldest city in the world, wherever it may have been.

10. The first instance of religion recorded "Give me half your meat, or I will ask the gods never to allow you to kill again!"

Chris Weimer · 03-10-2006, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarpedon

5. The corpses of the two people who supposedly magically died after not giving Paul all their money, showing blunt impact trauma.

I think you'd have better luck looking for the people who did not give Peter all their money.

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8. The Complete collection of epics concerning the Trojan wars (many scholars believe that there were many, and the Iliad and the Odyssey are only two)

I mentioned this in the thread I started not too long ago. I too would love to see a complete/different Iliad/Odyssey/Trojan epic.

Lugubert · 03-10-2006, 02:28 PM

When I found this thread, I feared that my favourite would have been clamed already, and it was.

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Originally Posted by Sarpedon

2. A 'rosetta stone' for the Harrapan or Easter Island script

So, mine is, a nice, long bilingual decipherable text, including the Indus-Sarasvati culture script, once and for all telling us if it was in an Indo-European or Dravidian or another language. That would beat anything else for me. Any Flood or Exodus etc. references would be dwarfed from my point of view by such a find. But I sure would like to see some salvaged tomes from the Alexandria library.

RUmike · 03-10-2006, 02:35 PM

Someone already mentioned it above, but a copy of Q would be an awesome find.

walt6 · 03-10-2006, 03:15 PM

Menu from the Last Supper

tonan22 · 03-10-2006, 05:18 PM

The Holy Grail! Especially if people drank from it only to melt like that dude in the last Indiana Jones movie. That would be kewl.

This is my 100th post. I'm officially no longer a newbie!

Tigers! · 03-10-2006, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Weimer

This also would be hard to find. We don't have any manuscripts going back that far. Internal dating should work better. And I'm yet undecided. If you want, I bet you can convince spin to come and do a reading of Daniel. Only I volunteered, and we need at least three for the reading. Wanna join?

Is spin a person or an adverb? What is the reading of Daniel that you mention?

Chris Weimer · 03-10-2006, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Tigers!

Is spin a person or an adverb? What is the reading of Daniel that you mention?

spin is a person, and he advocated doing a reading of Daniel. I don't know if he would still be interested, though...

Found the link: http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=141837

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Sarpedon Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Minnesota, the least controversial state in the le Posts: 8,446	Top ten desired finds having to do with religion? How about: 1. The corpse of Jesus. 'Nuff said. you're more likely to find that than a lot of things listed in the OP. 2. A 'rosetta stone' for the Harrapan or Easter Island script: Because the real world doesnt revolve around your myths, and there are plenty of worthwhile things to dig for that doesn't involve finding Palestinian sites and lying about them, saying they support such and such misinterpreted bible verse. 3. A letter from Amenhotep son of Hapu to Pharaoh Amenhotep 3 asking if he enjoyed the satirical history story he wrote. 4. A letter from Emperor Constantine to Church elders telling them to insert quotes from jesus in the bible about paying taxes and obeying earthly rulers or he'd feed them to the lions. 5. The corpses of the two people who supposedly magically died after not giving Paul all their money, showing blunt impact trauma. 6. A letter from Martin Luther to the pope telling him he'd come back to the Catholic church in exchange for a cardinal's hat and 5,000,000 dollars. 7. An ancient map and tide charts for the sea of reeds, with a hand drawn route over a part of it. 8. The Complete collection of epics concerning the Trojan wars (many scholars believe that there were many, and the Iliad and the Odyssey are only two) 9. The oldest city in the world, wherever it may have been. 10. The first instance of religion recorded "Give me half your meat, or I will ask the gods never to allow you to kill again!"

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RUmike Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 491	Someone already mentioned it above, but a copy of Q would be an awesome find.

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walt6 Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Posts: 1,144	Menu from the Last Supper

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tonan22 Regular Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 214	The Holy Grail! Especially if people drank from it only to melt like that dude in the last Indiana Jones movie. That would be kewl. This is my 100th post. I'm officially no longer a newbie!

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