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Posted on: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:58 AM
Author: Paul T. McCain
Subject: Most Important Archeological Find in Christian History Ever! Or Not.
You may have heard about the "discovery" of a document that is being hyped by the media and opportunistic "scholars" as being the "greatest find" ever in the history of archeology related to Christianity, with claims that this find is akin to the Dead Sea scrolls in its importance for Christianity. The best response at this point is simply to tell people that there is, at present, very little actual information about the discovery and the document itself is written in some sort of Hebrew based code-language. It is also very important for people to keep in mind that there were swirling about in the days after Christ's life a number of heretical sects and groups that combined elements of Christianity and Judaism with various pagan philosophies and religious opinions. There is nothing surprising therefore to find that there may be a document produced by one of these sects. What it contains remains unknown. It may be a wonderful discovery providing yet more extra-Biblical evidence confirming the historicity of the canonical Scripture. Or it may not be. At this point, it is best to ignore the media hype and chatter and wait for some sober-minded evaluation and judgment. I remain disgusted by so-called "scholars" who literally bank on the general public's ignorance about things that have been well know for many years. Here is but one example of the media-hype over this set of metal plates. |
