Comments on: The Lost Tomb of Jesus? http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:00:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/comment-page-1/#comment-6864 Chris Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:01:02 +0000 http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/#comment-6864 @Amanda: You're right that evidence is not the object of our faith as faith is longing for things unseen (Heb 11:1). If however some evidence contradicted the premises my faith was laid upon than it is worth a study (cf. last post). @Amanda: You’re right that evidence is not the object of our faith as faith is longing for things unseen (Heb 11:1). If however some evidence contradicted the premises my faith was laid upon than it is worth a study (cf. last post).

]]> By: Chris http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/comment-page-1/#comment-5728 Chris Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:09:26 +0000 http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/#comment-5728 @Amanda: You're right that evidence is not the object of our faith as faith is longing for things unseen (Heb 11:1). If however some evidence contradicted the premises my faith was laid upon than it is worth a study (cf. last post). @Amanda: You’re right that evidence is not the object of our faith as faith is longing for things unseen (Heb 11:1). If however some evidence contradicted the premises my faith was laid upon than it is worth a study (cf. last post).

]]> By: Amanda http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/comment-page-1/#comment-5727 Amanda Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:23:15 +0000 http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/#comment-5727 That was an interesting article. Thanks for posting it. From the little I've seen of Christian reaction, it's been pretty reasonable. (Of course, I don't pay that much attention... this is just what I've seen.) When this Jesus Tomb story broke, it appeared to me to be a generally unscholarly "stunt" (as your article puts it) and I didn't really see any Christians running around looking for cover. So, that's good. But it does raise some extremely interesting questions, namely, what exactly is your faith based on? Can that basis even be wholly defined? I was thinking, after reading the article you posted, that my previous, very long post could seem like an argument for "subjectivistic mysticism" (as the guy in your article says). I certainly did not mean that!! But, I did mean that our faith - from my perspective - is not based wholly on evidence. And it is not based wholly on faith. There's some odd and unsearchable combination of the two that make up our faith. Anyway, that's my take. I wanted to clarify that since I certainly do believe evidence is important... it's just not the whole story. Man, I tend to write in an extremely un-concise fashion sometimes... Sorry, it's late. :-) That was an interesting article. Thanks for posting it.

From the little I’ve seen of Christian reaction, it’s been pretty reasonable. (Of course, I don’t pay that much attention… this is just what I’ve seen.) When this Jesus Tomb story broke, it appeared to me to be a generally unscholarly “stunt” (as your article puts it) and I didn’t really see any Christians running around looking for cover. So, that’s good. But it does raise some extremely interesting questions, namely, what exactly is your faith based on? Can that basis even be wholly defined? I was thinking, after reading the article you posted, that my previous, very long post could seem like an argument for “subjectivistic
mysticism” (as the guy in your article says). I certainly did not mean that!! But, I did mean that our faith — from my perspective — is not based wholly on evidence. And it is not based wholly on faith. There’s some odd and unsearchable combination of the two that make up our faith. Anyway, that’s my take. I wanted to clarify that since I certainly do believe evidence is important… it’s just not the whole story.

Man, I tend to write in an extremely un-concise fashion sometimes… Sorry, it’s late. :-)

]]> By: Chris http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/comment-page-1/#comment-5726 Chris Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:00:09 +0000 http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/#comment-5726 @Alex: You're right that that statement is left a little unqualified. I haven't the space to defend the resurrection here. I would suggest <a href="http://www.bethinking.org/resource.php?ID=15&TopicID=1&CategoryID=2" rel="nofollow">this article</a> for your study. @Alex: You’re right that that statement is left a little unqualified. I haven’t the space to defend the resurrection here. I would suggest this article for your study.

]]> By: Alex http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/comment-page-1/#comment-5723 Alex Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:42:26 +0000 http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2007/the-lost-tomb-of-jesus-a-brief-response/#comment-5723 I'm very interested in the "sound evidence" he mentions, do you know of any? I’m very interested in the “sound evidence” he mentions, do you know of any?

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