[reformed_democrat]

The ossuary is being debated again. This time, the experts seem to believe the inscription (or at least part of it) may be a forgery.

Please don't tell berned we're here. He works my nerves something awful.

[Polycarp]

some of them suspect that all or part of the script is a forgery...the Jesus phrase in particular could have been added by a forger, either in ancient or modern times.

"The inscription would be underneath these scratches if it had been on the box at the time of burial, but the majority of this inscription is on top of the scratches," Dr. Eylon said. "And the sharpness of some of the letters doesn't look right — sharp edges do not last 2,000 years."

An aweful lot of wishful thinking was expended on this hoax, with some going so far as to claim it was the straw that broke the Catholic Marian doctrines back.

I don't expect to see them offer a mea culpa though...