Tourists flock to "Jesus's Tomb" in Kashmir

There are still occasional clashes with militants or 'stone-throwing children', but the security situation has improved in recent times and the tourists are returning. lol! ahhh the rebelliousness & innocence of kids. Kinda fitting, ironic maybe, on a pilgrimage such as this..Ya know, as the man said; He that is without sin...

This is just another attempt for christians to try to root their religion in another country and in another religion. Tho to admitt something like this would be admitting that Jesus did not return from the dead, and therefore did not save the souls of all sinners. I bet next they will be saying that Jesus actually sank like a rock when he tried to walk on water.... oh the horror!!

i can't remember kashmir ever being mentioned in the bible.

He was apparently a nasty Jewish kid then disappeared for years then returns preaching love and turning the other cheek? I actually am leaning towards the oft postulated theory that this guy (if he was a single guy and not a character created from a patchwork of other people - including Greek mythological figures such as Perseus) was raised by Buddhists (or similar) and adopted the Buddhist ideology as it is very close to what he was apparently preaching. Makes sense that when his own peeps tried to top him that he scarpered back to some place like Kashmir where he would be safe. There may be ... [More]

None of the wounds JC received were actually mortal (not in one afternoon anyway) therefore he could have very well been buried when in cataleptic state thus leaving the impression of a resurrection (to speed up death on the cross, Roman soldiers would break the knees thus suffocating the condemn). Furthermore, readings in the "Nag Hammadi Library in English" indicate the existence of JC's brother "Didimus Thomas". Didimus means twin in Greek and Thomas means twin in Aramaic (which would be another mean of validating the resurrection). To finish the story, H.C. Dodd in his book "The Founder of... [More]