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Matthew_Green · 04-27-2004, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Toto

Witherington teaches at Asbury Theological Seminary, not a real college.

He seriously proposed that a DNA match be made between the bone fragments in the James Ossuary and the blood samples from the Shroud of Turin.

What? Witherington accepts the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin? If so, Bob Price was right, Witherington does write "insufferable nonsense".

Matthew

Toto · 04-27-2004, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt_the_Freethinker

What? Witherington accepts the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin? If so, Bob Price was right, Witherington does write "insufferable nonsense".

Matthew

Bob Price is a very astute.

Welcome, Matthew. I caught your intro in the Lounge. You might want to peruse these old threads for a laugh.

Witherington believes God uses antiquities to bring humanity closer to Biblical truth (Witherington-Shanks Book Tour 2003)

From the link therein:

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Witherington believes God uses antiquities to bring humanity closer to Biblical truths.

"I think that the further we get away from the time of Jesus, the more evidence God produces," said Witherington.

"This ossuary brings to light the evidence to support what the New Testament says."

Still defending the ossuary [Witherington is pathetic]

Matthew_Green · 04-27-2004, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Toto

Bob Price is a very astute.

Welcome, Matthew. I caught your intro in the Lounge. You might want to peruse these old threads for a laugh.

Witherington believes God uses antiquities to bring humanity closer to Biblical truth (Witherington-Shanks Book Tour 2003)

Toto,

Thanks for the welcome! I hope you liked my introduction. Bob Price is one of my favorite scholars and authors. I am still reading his bookThe Incredible Shrinking Son of Man. Great book! I am very much captivated by his thesis that the 1st Corinthians creed contains apocryphal interpolations. If his thesis is right, then evangelical and fundamentalists don't really have much of a leg to stand on in arguing for the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Matthew

philbo · 04-28-2004, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Toto

Witherington teaches at Asbury Theological Seminary, not a real college.

He seriously proposed that a DNA match be made between the bone fragments in the James Ossuary and the blood samples from the Shroud of Turin.

I think such a DNA test would be an excellent idea. What do you think would his conclusions be, however, if there was no correlation whatsoever?

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Originally Posted by Steven Carr

http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/p...hings-evans.htm gives you a good idea of the sort of scholarship Witherington depends upon

Ah, that's "ankerberg" with a silent "w" is it? Why is it these guys always look so insufferably smug on their websites?

Lex Talionis · 04-28-2004, 05:37 AM

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"I think that the further we get away from the time of Jesus, the more evidence God produces," said Witherington.

Well, that someone produces, at least...

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