Posted: Dec 17, 2016 4:13 am
Scot Dutchy wrote:Xtian archeology is like creationism. Decide what you need then go and look for something that will fit the bill.
Such was the confirmation bias of the Yale Divinity College team management when in the early 20th century they suddenly and unexpectedly found a mural of "Jesus healing the paralytic" on a wall in a house way out near the Persian border at Dura-Europos.
Do I see Jesus? Ummm ..... Ummmm .....
Dear Jesus where are you and Wally?
I dont see Jesus...
Do you see Jesus?
Does anyone see Jesus?
I really and truly don't but ...
Its all academic because the Yale Divinity Perception Management Team Leaders have all agreed that THEY see Jesus in this mural and such an opinion has been published in peer-review "I see Jesus here and there" Biblical Journals all over the world.
So long as the Biblical Scholars insist that they see Jesus on this Dura-Europos wall mural, all this "Christian Archaeology" Mis-Information will continue to be promulgated by the entitled.
The Biblical Institutes and Theology Colleges, after all is said and done, represent business corporations in the Tertiary Education Sector. It made a great deal of sense to pack up the walls of this Dura dwelling into packing crates and ship them back to Yale for "restoration" and public display using turnstiles, after the Vatican Business Model.
Christian Archaeology is a high-profile circus act.