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2006-12-17 Science & Technology

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Posted by .com 2006-12-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I don't need the shank or the shin of my departed kin to emulate their courage. The french shouldn't either.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-12-17 07:05|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-12-17 07:05|| Front Page Top

#2 "Faked" religious artifacts have been around for centuries.
Dyed, not charred.
Embalmed, not burnt.
Just another fake.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-12-17 10:57|| 2006-12-17 10:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Helena, the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, started hunting down relics of Jesus Christ, the apostles, and the early saints at the end of the third century AD. She claimed to have found, among many others, a nail and some bits of wood of the cross upon which Christ was crucified. The locations of many of her finds came to her in dreams, she apparently claimed. It's a very old industry.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-17 17:10|| 2006-12-17 17:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Umberto Eco's book "The Name of the Rose" had a hilarious anecdote about one church possessing the holy relic of the skull of St. John the Baptist, and another who possessed the skull of the same saint, but at the age of 12!

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-17 19:31|| 2006-12-17 19:31|| Front Page Top

#5 'But we know, in any event, that Joan of Arc was not embalmed.'

Kinda hard to embalm someone burnt at the stake.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-12-17 19:39|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-12-17 19:39|| Front Page Top

#6 WILFUL FAKERY is far different than simple mistake/error, or even deluded ignorance.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-17 23:12|| 2006-12-17 23:12|| Front Page Top

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