Reply #194: Point by point...

[Chemical Bill]

1) I don't have a medical degree, my degree is in chemistry. You may be right, but you aren't contradicting what I said about the soldiers not breaking his legs, which you admit was done to hasten death.

2)Buzzards or dogs, my point was that the body was normally disposed of in an unkind manner. You have bolstered my contention that the body was not normally given a proper burial, so there may have been a bribe involved.

3)Yes, the bible says that after he "gave up his spirit", his side was pierced, and blood and water came out. I stand by what I said: that this may not have killed him. There is one other thing I noticed. If he was dead, would blood have been circulating, since his heart would have been stopped? Like I said, I don't have a medical degree.

4)You are right that the accounts mention bystanders. I must have been thinking of the "women looking on from afar", but I stand corrected.

5)Misinformation about the medical facts of crucifixion? Is there much study done of actual crucifixions now, or is it mostly conjecture? And misinformation about the biblical accounts varies from book to book. I still don't know Jesus' last words.

I also stand by what I said about people being more concerned with the tricks, and less concerned with the message of love.

Bill