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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat nonsense: DNA bolsters Bulgaria’s claim to have John the Baptist bone relics
By Reuters Staff
June 17, 2012
Bulgarias claim to have unearthed six bones belonging to John the Baptist has received a boost from scientists who have concluded after dating them and analyzing their genetic code that they could indeed be relics of the man who baptized Jesus.
The remains, which include a molar and a piece of cranium, were found in July 2010 in a marble sarcophagus in the ruins of a medieval church on the island of Sveti Ivan, or Saint John, off Bulgarias Black Sea coast near the resort of Sozopol.
They are on display in a church in Sozopol where thousands of worshippers have flocked to view them, untroubled by questions about their authenticity.
When I first heard this story in 2010 I thought it was a bit of a joke, to be honest, said Tom Higham of the University of Oxfords Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, one of the worlds top laboratories for carbon dating of archaeological material.
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http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/06/17/dna-bolsters-bulgarias-claim-to-have-john-the-baptist-bone-relics/
stupid sensationalist headline though.
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What nonsense: DNA bolsters Bulgaria’s claim to have John the Baptist bone relics (Original Post)
cali
Jun 2012
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YellowRubberDuckie
(19,736 posts)1. Um....
...Do we have a DNA sample to compare this to? How the fuck could we POSSIBLY know for sure who is in the ground? The grave marker? These people are dumb as fucking shit.
trumad
(41,692 posts)3. Holy Jesus in Toast!
YellowRubberDuckie
(19,736 posts)4. The second looks like Marilyn Monroe?
This crap is like clouds. Oh, I see Snoopy. That's not Snoopy! It's Underdog. It's ridiculous!
"obviously impossible to say with any certainty that the remains belonged to John the Baptist".
LOL---I'm guessing nobody else died in that period.