James' burial box a fake!

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-06-21 08:13pm

Equinox2003 wrote:Kitsune had the same idea I did. There were many people named Jesus
back then. Even if this box had not been messed with, and a guy named
James, brother of a guy named Jesus was in it, this would in no way
prove or disprove anything about the Christian religion stories.
It would just be a burial box. Big whoop.

They said that the odds of a guy named James with a brother named Jesus and a father named Joseph living and dying in there at the same time as Jesus Christ were rather remote, perhaps 1 in 10,000.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-21 08:24pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote:
Equinox2003 wrote:Kitsune had the same idea I did. There were many people named Jesus
back then. Even if this box had not been messed with, and a guy named
James, brother of a guy named Jesus was in it, this would in no way
prove or disprove anything about the Christian religion stories.
It would just be a burial box. Big whoop.
They said that the odds of a guy named James with a brother named Jesus and a father named Joseph living and dying in there at the same time as Jesus Christ were rather remote, perhaps 1 in 10,000.

Maybe so. But it's a moot point anyways.

Though, I wonder how many people there were named James with a father named Joseph.

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » 2003-06-22 09:05am

CaptainChewbacca wrote: They said that the odds of a guy named James with a brother named Jesus and a father named Joseph living and dying in there at the same time as Jesus Christ were rather remote, perhaps 1 in 10,000.

The program I watched indicated that 1 in 10,000 individuals would be James brother of Jesus, son of Joseph. I think they calculated something like five individuals would fit that mold. Still pretty rare but assuming evrything was correct, there would only be a 11 in 5 chance that it was the right Joseph.

Still, it really doesn't matter

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » 2003-06-22 09:07am

neoolong wrote: Though, I wonder how many people there were named James with a father named Joseph.

Thousands...it is only the three way calculations which make it such low odds.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-06-22 09:27am

CaptainChewbacca wrote: They said that the odds of a guy with my sex habits not getting AIDS are absurdly low, like 1 in 100,000,000

Again with that innendo, you asssucker