The sceptic in me says...
Mar 31st 2014, 8:57 pm
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Re: The sceptic in me says...
.....this is to do more with tourism than anything else.
Much like the zillion and one ghost stories to attract folk to Castles and old Pubs, I would guess.
Mar 31st 2014, 9:35 pm
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Re: The sceptic in me says...
Given that it's all a fairy story I think you might well be right.
Mar 31st 2014, 11:40 pm
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Re: The sceptic in me says...
Supposing I were prepared to believe that the cup used at the last supper might have made it to this church (or any other)...
...were these chalices 'made of agate, gold and onyx and encrusted with precious stones' common in Jerusalem in those days? Would a humble carpenter and his fisherman friends be supping from one of those? Even given that it was passover and therefore a special occasion?
...were these chalices 'made of agate, gold and onyx and encrusted with precious stones' common in Jerusalem in those days? Would a humble carpenter and his fisherman friends be supping from one of those? Even given that it was passover and therefore a special occasion?
Apr 1st 2014, 8:02 am
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Re: The sceptic in me says...
I suppose similar thing was done 800 odd years ago when "they" found the bones of the apostle James in what is know known as Santiago de Compostela. But times have moved on have they not??
