Could it be? Have they really found Jesus' tomb?
Ten ossuaries, or limestone bone boxes found in a tomb in Talpiot, Jerusalem are now being credited as holding the bones of Jesus and His family. They were found by a construction crew building an apartment complex.
They were found on March 28, 1980. The names inscripted on the ossuaries were, Jesus, Mary, Matthew, Joseph, Mary Magdalene, and Judah. Note that those were common names for the first century B.C.
This article says that if the evidence supports it, that Jesus could have been married to Mary Magdalene, and they could've had a baby boy named Judah. This theory was popularized by "The Da Vinci Code." I don't think that's true. Now, there has been a lot of controversy because some scientists belive that the baby Judah was the baby described as "sleeping in Jesus' lap" at the Last Supper in the gospel of John. I don't really know what to think of that. The Bible says that Jesus welcomed the little children, so the child could have been someone else's, but I don't know how many people present at the Last Supper had children. Of course, all these theories are completely opposite of what the Christian faith states. As I am a Christian, I can't help thinking these theories are wrong. The evidence stated in the Bible just doesn't support it.
Amos Kloner, a scholar, states that this is a tomb of a well to do Jewish family. He says that the names are just a coincidence.
He is adamant that there is no evidence to support claims that it was the tomb of Jesus. I believe he is right on!
He said, "There's no way to take a religous story and turn it into something scientific."
If you want more information, visit this website.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070226/ts_alt_afp/usisraelreligionchristianityarchaeologyfilm;_ylt=AmnD0pIkJiSu9.5lDV98ylBH2ocA
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
Wonder of Nature
It's a wonder of nature!
A beaver was spotted in New York City for the first time in two hundred years.
The beaver was found in the Bronx River, the once dirty river that runs through the Bronx Zoo.
Biologists named the beaver, Jose; after U.S. Representative, Jose Serrano,
for his work to revive and clean up the Bronx River.
Mr. Serrano had secured over fourteen million dollars for the Bronx River cleanup.
New York City (or New Amsterdam, as it was called when beavers had still lived there)
was once full of beavers, but amid heavy trapping, their numbers dwindled.
In fact, beaver trapping was the driving force of New Amsterdam's economy in the eighteenth century.
All the beavers were gone from the New York City area by the early 1800s, and they were almost extinct by 1930.
Jose's twig and mud lodge had been spotted on the shores of the river earlier.
The beavers have been making a comeback into the area east of the Mississippi River, where they haven't been in over two hundred years. In the words of John Calvelli, "If you give wildlife a chance, it will come back."
A beaver was spotted in New York City for the first time in two hundred years.
The beaver was found in the Bronx River, the once dirty river that runs through the Bronx Zoo.
Biologists named the beaver, Jose; after U.S. Representative, Jose Serrano,
for his work to revive and clean up the Bronx River.
Mr. Serrano had secured over fourteen million dollars for the Bronx River cleanup.
New York City (or New Amsterdam, as it was called when beavers had still lived there)
was once full of beavers, but amid heavy trapping, their numbers dwindled.
In fact, beaver trapping was the driving force of New Amsterdam's economy in the eighteenth century.
All the beavers were gone from the New York City area by the early 1800s, and they were almost extinct by 1930.
Jose's twig and mud lodge had been spotted on the shores of the river earlier.
The beavers have been making a comeback into the area east of the Mississippi River, where they haven't been in over two hundred years. In the words of John Calvelli, "If you give wildlife a chance, it will come back."
Thursday, February 22, 2007
I'm blind! I can't see!
I can't see? Wait! Why can't I see!
My sight is failing! I'm going blind!
No, you're not crazy, it could be glaucoma.
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that gradually steal sight without any warning.
About half of the people affected by glaucoma don't even know they have it.
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness. Around three million people have it.
Everyone is at risk for glaucoma,
but African-Americans and senior citizens are at a higher risk.
Vision loss is caused by damage to the optic nerve,
which carries images from the eye to the brain.
Glaucoma sometimes accompanies people who are near or farsighted.
Or people with lots of pressure on the optic nerve.
People usually don't know that they have glaucoma until, a. they start having significant vision loss,
or b. they get tested at an opthamologist and are positive.
My sight is failing! I'm going blind!
No, you're not crazy, it could be glaucoma.
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that gradually steal sight without any warning.
About half of the people affected by glaucoma don't even know they have it.
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness. Around three million people have it.
Everyone is at risk for glaucoma,
but African-Americans and senior citizens are at a higher risk.
Vision loss is caused by damage to the optic nerve,
which carries images from the eye to the brain.
Glaucoma sometimes accompanies people who are near or farsighted.
Or people with lots of pressure on the optic nerve.
People usually don't know that they have glaucoma until, a. they start having significant vision loss,
or b. they get tested at an opthamologist and are positive.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Heureux Mardi Gras!
Happy Fat Tuesday everyone!
And for all those people who don't know what Fat Tuesday is, (like me, for that matter)
I'll go do some research on it.
Parker is entering research mode. He will be back momentarily.
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Parker is entering broadcasting mode. Starting initialization...
Okay! Well, Fat Tuesday is the beggining of the climax of Mardi Gras.
For the non-french speakers, Mardi means Tuesday, and Gras means Fat.
Fat Tuesday always occurs on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
The festivities end at midnight, when Lent begins.
So, Heureux Mardi Gras!
Translation: Happy Fat Tuesday!
(Not sure if I used the right French saying for happy, there are too many!)
end broadcast...
And for all those people who don't know what Fat Tuesday is, (like me, for that matter)
I'll go do some research on it.
Parker is entering research mode. He will be back momentarily.
...
Parker is entering broadcasting mode. Starting initialization...
Okay! Well, Fat Tuesday is the beggining of the climax of Mardi Gras.
For the non-french speakers, Mardi means Tuesday, and Gras means Fat.
Fat Tuesday always occurs on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
The festivities end at midnight, when Lent begins.
So, Heureux Mardi Gras!
Translation: Happy Fat Tuesday!
(Not sure if I used the right French saying for happy, there are too many!)
end broadcast...
Friday, February 16, 2007
Winter Fun
Yesterday, my dad took my sisters and I sledding. I think it was the most fun I've had this winter. We went to a park near where we live; where there are a few gigantic hills. From the top, the trees looked as if the had been put in a shrinking machine.
Our sleds, with us on them, flew down the hill, spinning round and round like tops. It was as if we were on a roller coaster! Only more exciting, because there were no safety bars. It gave me the butterflies! Then comes the long climb back up the hill, after being dumped unceremoniously into the snow. We are so anxious to get back to the top, the climb seem to take forever, like trudging up a million stairs. My legs felt like cooked noodles. The place was crowded with other families, looking for a day of fun. I was a big klutz in my snowsuit, and half of the time, I ended up flipping upside-down into the snow! My sisters wiped out a few times too. One of the hills had the most horrible speed bumps! I went down, and didn't see the bumps, and when I hit the ground, I'm sure I heard a crack. (Hope it wasn't me) My bottom hurt so bad!
The time seemed to fly by, and before we knew it, my dad was calling us back to the car. Our bottoms hurt, and our legs were as wobbly as noodles, but we had a fantastic time! After that, my Uncle Pete came over to our house, and we had KFC for dinner. What a treat!
What do you like to do during the cold winter? When it's cold, there is only one other thing that I like to do more than going sledding. Guess what it is. Do you give up? It's going to the library! The library has to be one of my favorite places to go.
Our sleds, with us on them, flew down the hill, spinning round and round like tops. It was as if we were on a roller coaster! Only more exciting, because there were no safety bars. It gave me the butterflies! Then comes the long climb back up the hill, after being dumped unceremoniously into the snow. We are so anxious to get back to the top, the climb seem to take forever, like trudging up a million stairs. My legs felt like cooked noodles. The place was crowded with other families, looking for a day of fun. I was a big klutz in my snowsuit, and half of the time, I ended up flipping upside-down into the snow! My sisters wiped out a few times too. One of the hills had the most horrible speed bumps! I went down, and didn't see the bumps, and when I hit the ground, I'm sure I heard a crack. (Hope it wasn't me) My bottom hurt so bad!
The time seemed to fly by, and before we knew it, my dad was calling us back to the car. Our bottoms hurt, and our legs were as wobbly as noodles, but we had a fantastic time! After that, my Uncle Pete came over to our house, and we had KFC for dinner. What a treat!
What do you like to do during the cold winter? When it's cold, there is only one other thing that I like to do more than going sledding. Guess what it is. Do you give up? It's going to the library! The library has to be one of my favorite places to go.
Friday, February 9, 2007
Happy Birthday!!!
Three rare white tiger cubs were born at the Buenos Aires zoo on December 23rd.
The tigers made their public debut on Thursday.
The tiger triplets do not yet have names, but visitors to the zoo are asked to contribute ideas.
There are only 250 or so white tigers left in captivity.
These tigers are a genetic variation of the better known bengal tigers.
Their used to be over 100,000 white tigers in the wild,
but poaching and deforestation have reduced those numbers down to about 5-7,000.
The cubs's mother and father are Bety and Conde.
Here is two news websites,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_sc/argentina_white_tiger_cubs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070208/sc_nm/tigers_argentina_dc
The tigers made their public debut on Thursday.
The tiger triplets do not yet have names, but visitors to the zoo are asked to contribute ideas.
There are only 250 or so white tigers left in captivity.
These tigers are a genetic variation of the better known bengal tigers.
Their used to be over 100,000 white tigers in the wild,
but poaching and deforestation have reduced those numbers down to about 5-7,000.
The cubs's mother and father are Bety and Conde.
Here is two news websites,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_sc/argentina_white_tiger_cubs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070208/sc_nm/tigers_argentina_dc
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Doomed love...
It's Romeo and Juliet from prehistoric times!
Archaeologists in Italy have found the skeletons of a man and a woman people hugging!
The archaeologists say that the skeletons are over five thousand years old!
"It's an extraodinary case!" says archaeologist Elena Menotti, who led the team on the dig near Mantova, in northern Italy.
This is the first double burial found in the Neolithic period.
Ms. Menotti thinks that the couple was young, because their teeth were not worn down.
Near the couple, archaeologists found a few flint tools, and a knife.
Archaeologists say that the pose the young couple was found in suggests a sudden and tragic death.
Experts will now study the artifacts, and try to determine when the couple died.
I would totally freak out if I found two skeletons! (I hate dead bodies!)
Here are two news websites.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070206/sc_nm/italy_embrace_dc
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_sc/italy_prehistoric_love_7;_ylt=ArIbNVEwELAtA5.ZQLPF3boiANEA
Archaeologists in Italy have found the skeletons of a man and a woman people hugging!
The archaeologists say that the skeletons are over five thousand years old!
"It's an extraodinary case!" says archaeologist Elena Menotti, who led the team on the dig near Mantova, in northern Italy.
This is the first double burial found in the Neolithic period.
Ms. Menotti thinks that the couple was young, because their teeth were not worn down.
Near the couple, archaeologists found a few flint tools, and a knife.
Archaeologists say that the pose the young couple was found in suggests a sudden and tragic death.
Experts will now study the artifacts, and try to determine when the couple died.
I would totally freak out if I found two skeletons! (I hate dead bodies!)
Here are two news websites.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070206/sc_nm/italy_embrace_dc
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_sc/italy_prehistoric_love_7;_ylt=ArIbNVEwELAtA5.ZQLPF3boiANEA
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Being a good sport
WOO HOO!!! WE WON THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!!
Everyone here in Indy is going crazy about it!
I think it's very interesting that Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith are both Christians.
Being a Christian changes the way you look at sports.
It's not just about winning, but more glorifying God in the way you act.
Like, not swearing when something goes wrong, or being a good sport when you lose.
I really think that the way that a coach acts around his team influences the way they play. It's just an opinion though.
At one point in the game, one of the Bears started a fight, and I'm really impressed with the way Lovie Smith handled it.
He took the player aside and told him that was not the way they did things around there! Good for him!
Actually, even the way you act around your family influences how they act, I've noticed...
Here is the address for a website about Lovie Smith's and Tony Dungy's viewpoints.
http://beyondtheultimate.org/
Everyone here in Indy is going crazy about it!
I think it's very interesting that Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith are both Christians.
Being a Christian changes the way you look at sports.
It's not just about winning, but more glorifying God in the way you act.
Like, not swearing when something goes wrong, or being a good sport when you lose.
I really think that the way that a coach acts around his team influences the way they play. It's just an opinion though.
At one point in the game, one of the Bears started a fight, and I'm really impressed with the way Lovie Smith handled it.
He took the player aside and told him that was not the way they did things around there! Good for him!
Actually, even the way you act around your family influences how they act, I've noticed...
Here is the address for a website about Lovie Smith's and Tony Dungy's viewpoints.
http://beyondtheultimate.org/
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