Not trying to be religious in any way (I don't know what happened to the other post-I guess it was considered too religious), I am still troubled by the statistics that are being used in this research. I watched a program on TV (I think the History Channel) and the people doing this research were using statistics like only 9% of men had this name (the name we cannot use), only 14% or something like that had that name and a father named Joseph, only a small number of women had the name Mary, etc. And this was being used by the people involved in the research as strong evidence that the tomb in question was, you know, that guy (naming no names).
I just now saw on Fox News that apparently there is strong evidence that 25% of all women at that time in that area were named Mary. And there is a document from the time in which there were 3 men involved all with the same name (the name we cannot use).
So I think there is a strong possibility that this research on this tomb will be proven false just on the basis of incorrect statistics.
They also have to date the tomb (actually tombs) which I don't think has been done yet. And the Israeli scientists seem to have little respect for the current research.
Now, none of this is religious-right? We are talking statistics and dating of remains and stuff like that.
I had every intention of going to see this documentary or film. Now, I don't think so. Just on the basis of statistics being used by the people involved in the research project that are apparently incorrect, go against what is actually known, and not worth the paper they are printed on, it is not worth my time to see the film or documentary. I will give it a pass.
