What if we did find the bones of Jesus?
posted March 1st, 2007 at 8:23 pm by Betty
I would be happy to find the bones of Jesus.
For then, Jesus, (for me) would seem more connected to the earth. He would be more human — truly human. I would feel a closer connection to Jesus and better able to identify with him. I would be drawn closer to his mission and ministry.
Such a discovery would not change my sense of the divinity of Jesus. That sense would remain as it is.
And it would not mean that I no longer believe in the resurrection of Jesus. For I do.
I of course can’t say exactly how I would feel. But just to have the occasion for expressing these thoughts and asking hard questions may be the gift of this new film. It may, afterall, not be a discovery of consequence. 
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New York Times Article “Crypt Held Bodies of Jesus and Family, Film Says”
