“It’s just a way of attracting tourists, making money,” said Father Marcel Poliquin, a Roman Catholic priest in Towada, about 45 miles from Shingo.

At local gift shops, believers and nonbelievers alike can buy Jesus coasters, Jesus thermometers, Jesus telephone cards and more.

Yes Nans, it's a well known hoax.

Also, I've heard that He retired and died in India. It was another hoax. When it comes to Jesus, many " peoples " love to think that Jesus is NOT dead on the cross. It would be a so good opportunity for " them ".

Don't believe " them ". Jesus is dead on the cross and He saved us all from our sins.

Originally posted by ultra_phoenix

Jesus is dead on the cross and He saved us all from our sins.

Amen

Originally posted by ultra_phoenix
Jesus is dead on the cross and He saved us all from our sins.

Jesus never died !

He DID die and was ressurected and is STILL alive at the right hand of the father.

Hypothetically here:

If somebody took your only child, flogged them treated them with 0 respect, then nailed them to a crucifix, as all criminals. How would you feel then if they went about yrs later and eventually over half of the population wore the device as a daily symbol?

Isnt that called mockery?

This is the legend that made the local friar jump in his chair and say that Jesus lived at least until 47 AD. Good book on the subject, though it is a bit speculative and sensational: Holy Blood Holy Grail by Micael Baigent ++ ISBN 0-440-13648-2

Blessings,
Mikromarius

Jesus and Mary of Magdelan going to France, after his brother James died on the cross. He continued his "ministry" and established a few churches there supposedly, and there was good archeological evidence to back it up.... I remember there was a special or two on it on the History Channel, a while back.

There has been a contention by some proponents of New Age theology the Jesus had traveled to India where he became an "adept" (or avatar?) before his ministy and that what He was doing was attempting to bring to the Jews, the essential "godhood" in all of us.
The problem with all of these theories is that you are talking about a culture and time when few people ever traveled more than fifty miles from where they were born much less travel several thousand miles. What the proponents of this theories never explain is how a single man performed feats of exploration and travels that took many expeditions years to accomplish. Just think, just traveling to India, how many translators would you need.

Originally posted by jagdflieger
The problem with all of these theories is that you are talking about a culture and time when few people ever traveled more than fifty miles from where they were born

Well Jesus certainly taught his disciples not to repeat their prayes (chant like 14 Ave Marias or 101 Hare Ramas) like they did in the East. I never heard that they did this in Babylon untilř Babylon became Rome... And much of Jejsus' wisdom is very Eastern. Remember that we don't hear much about Jesus between the age of 12 and 30. And Jesus was certainly not an ordanairy person. His wisdom and ways came from somewhere else

Blessings,
Mikromarius

Blessings,
Mikroamrius

..Have you seen the movie The Tomb, with Antonio BANDERAS ?

I'm guessing that it was a missionary, who's story was mistaken by the local people.

XAOS

I don't believe the japan story at all. But the France one is interesting.

In those times, people did not travel thousands of miles, especially to Japan.