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The Da Vinci Code Pg. 232-3 says "...in 350,
Constantine shifted (the Christian Sabbath from
Saturday to Sunday) to coincide with the pagan
veneration Day of the Sun." 
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Gospel of Judas (Gnostic Gospel) Jesus was
married. Judas was a good guy. Jesus is not God.
No physical resurrection. 
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Faith Absence of Evidence Faith
Experience of Evidence
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Matthew 2657 And those who had laid hold of
Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest,
where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
Pilate said to them, What then shall I do with
Jesus who is called Christ? They all said to
him, Let Him be crucified! Then two robbers
were crucified with Him, one on the right and
another on the left
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From the Caiaphas family tomb in

Jerusalem, this ossuary bears the
inscription

"Yehosef bar Qafa (Joseph son
of Caiaphas) and is dated to the

2nd Temple Period.
Scripture reference in Matthew 263,57.
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Latin Dis Augustis Tiberiem Pontius Pilatus
Praefectus Judaeae Fecit dedicavit. English
To the honorable gods (this) Tiberium Pontius
Pilate, Prefect of Judea, had dedicated
Found in 1961 by Italian archeologist Dr.
Frova Approximate Origin Date 2637 AD
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In 1968 an ancient burial site with 35 bodies was
found. One body named Yohanan Ben Hagalgol had a
7" nail driven through both feet. Evidence also
exists that similar spikes were used in his arms.
Yohanans legs were crushed by a blow consistent
with the common use of Roman crucifragium.
Scripture Reference John 1931-32
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• "Pilate condemned him to the cross."
  Jewish historian Josephus, 37-100 AD
• "A wise man called JesusPilate
  condemned Him to die(His disciples)
  reported that he had appeared to
  them three days after his
  crucifixion."
  Roman historian Tacitus, 109 AD
• "The Christians worship a man to this
  day who was crucified in Palestine."
  Greek writer Lucian, 165 AD
• What advantage did the Jews gain
  from executing their wise King?
  Mara Bar-Serapion AD 73

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Empirical Faith is Experiential Faith

• Healing Pain Converter

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Matthew 2745-46, 50-51 Now from the sixth hour
until the ninth hour there was darkness over all
the land. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried
out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have
You forsaken Me? ... And Jesus cried out again
with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in
two from top to bottom and the earth quaked, and
the rocks were split
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Solar Eclipse?
Greek author Phlegon wrote about the darkness
that occurred in the 4th year of the 202nd
Olympiad (equivalent to 33 AD) "There was the
greatest eclipse of the sun. It became as night
in the sixth hour of the day (noon) so that the
stars even appeared in the heavens. There was a
great earthquake in Bithynia and many things were
overturned in Nicaea."
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Solar Eclipse?
In AD 52, Historian Thallus when discussing the
darkness which fell upon the land during the
crucifixion of Christ, spoke of it as an
eclipse. Julius Africanus in AD 221 gives a
commentary "Thallus in the third book of his
histories explains away the darkness as an
eclipse of the sun unreas-onable as it seems to
me."
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Jewish Talmud says on the eve of Passover they
hanged Yeshu (of Nazareth) Passover is always
celebrated on the month of Nisan when the full
moon begins.
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Empirical Faith is Experiential Faith

• Healing - Pain Converter
• Hope - Death Defeater

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Matthew 281-7 Now after the Sabbath, as the
first day of the week began to dawn, Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the
tomb But the angel answered Do not be afraid,
for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
He is not here for He is risen, as He said. And
as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus
met them, saying, Rejoice! So they came and
held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.
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The Epistle of Barnabus 100 AD Wherefore we
Christians keep the eighth day for joy, on which
Jesus arose from the dead and when he appeared
ascended into heaven.
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In 137 AD, Roman writer Phlegon said Jesus,
while alive, was of no assistance to himself, but
that he arose after death, and exhibited the
marks of his punishment and showed how his hands
had been pierced by nails.
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A specialist in ancient texts, Harvard Professor
Francois Bovon, who appears in the film, says the
ossuary inscription "Mariamne" does not stand for
Mary of Magdalene at all. Shimon Gibson,
the Israeli archeologist who excavated the tomb
25 years ago "Personally, I'm skeptical that
this is the tomb of Jesus and I made this point
very clear to the filmmakers,"
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Empirical Faith is Experiential Faith

1. Healing - Pain Converter
2. Hope - Death Defeater
3. Confidence - Saint Maker

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