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ICB: Jesus, did Jacobovici really nail it?

14 Apr 01:00pm

Filed under: Archaeology, Crucifixion, I Call Bullshit, Icb, Jesus

Filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici is using and misusing a fuzzy sort of ‘proof’ – the “cluster of evidence” – to claim he may have found the crucifixion nails.

Indiana Jones-style he has fearlessly pieced together the clues and dug out two 2000-year-old nails from a burial cave, which he says could be those that pinned Jesus’ hands to the cross.

Only the truly cynical would point out that the revelations come a) Just in time for Easter and b) Just as Jacobovici releases his documentary The Nails of the Cross.

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True Believer says:

09:18am | 19/04/11

ChrisL Yes I can appreciate that an unbeliever would not be able to discern the difference. I was probably just as ignorant about the difference when I too was an unbeliever. This is what makes it difficult to discuss these matter with those who have a mind closed to God… Read more »
Chris L says:

08:40pm | 18/04/11

“if you cannot understand the difference between a cult and Christianity what gives you the right to make any comment at all?” From Oxford Dictionary: Cult “a system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object” It does get a little difficult to tell them apart. Read more »

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