http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/06/17/dna-bolsters-bulgarias-claim-to-have-john-the-baptist-bone-relics/ Religion, faith and ethics Wed, 22 May 2013 22:52:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/06/17/dna-bolsters-bulgarias-claim-to-have-john-the-baptist-bone-relics/comment-page-1/#comment-54054 wilhelm Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:59:26 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=25914#comment-54054 wait a minute... are you suggesting that elmer fudd was not a real person? wait a minute… are you suggesting that elmer fudd was not a real person?

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/06/17/dna-bolsters-bulgarias-claim-to-have-john-the-baptist-bone-relics/comment-page-1/#comment-37070 Szbignewski Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:31:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=25914#comment-37070 Narrows it down to a few million people. Wow. Suppose they were the remains of John the Baptist? Why would that be of more than passing interest? Everybody has bones. The importance of John the Baptist comes from what he said and did, not fragments of his bones. Narrows it down to a few million people. Wow. Suppose they were the remains of John the Baptist? Why would that be of more than passing interest? Everybody has bones. The importance of John the Baptist comes from what he said and did, not fragments of his bones.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/06/17/dna-bolsters-bulgarias-claim-to-have-john-the-baptist-bone-relics/comment-page-1/#comment-37069 DrBilly Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:28:11 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=25914#comment-37069 Goodness, I bet these are really the bones of Jesus. Goodness, I bet these are really the bones of Jesus.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/06/17/dna-bolsters-bulgarias-claim-to-have-john-the-baptist-bone-relics/comment-page-1/#comment-37068 Dunking Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:37:17 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=25914#comment-37068 Much media coverage of these types of "discoveries" treat the existence of Jesus and John the b as historical figures when many non religious observers show no historical proof that these guys are any more real than elmer fudd. Good journalism should be data based. Much media coverage of these types of “discoveries” treat the existence of Jesus and John the b as historical figures when many non religious observers show no historical proof that these guys are any more real than elmer fudd. Good journalism should be data based.

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