http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/world/middleeast...
Isaias 42:18 Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold that you may see.
Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.
John 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Romans 11:7 What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it; and the rest have been blinded.
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.
Update:(((UP)))!! I just wanted to throw the tablet out there for conversation and this was the only question I could come up with. =] Good to see you!
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Well, I hadn't seen this archeological piece, so thanks for posting the link!
Although, as an atheist, I would see it more as the story of a messiah was shaped around already existing stories by humans, rather than an actual fulfillment of a prophecy.
Cool tablet, though!
Why is it so shocking that a 1st century stone tablet mentions a resurrected Messiah? The Old Testament speaks of this as well.
Most of your quotations are from books written after the Revelation, so they're suspect because they could be covering their butts.
I think it's an interesting possibility, but there is an issue about the wording and I have a problem with stretching the word "arose" to mean a resurection.
I love the fact that everything that disproves anything to do with the bible can be dismissed by using passages from within the bible itself. And the fact that people don't understand the irony of that is just hilarious.
Isaiah 53
4 Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.