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yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 01:46 PM Mar 2020

Right Wing Museum of the Bible busted for Lying for Jesus.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/busted-dead-sea-scroll-exhibit-at-right-wing-supported-museum-of-the-bible-is-filled-with-fakes/

The National Geographic revealed in a story on Friday that what the Museum of the Bible has claimed are fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls are a complete fraud.

The museum, founded by Hobby Lobby CEO Steve Green, already faced problems when they were “forced to forfeit thousands of cuneiform texts from Iraq, and pay a $3 million fine for illicit importation,” reported Politico.

Now the museum is back in the news as independent researchers funded by the museum announced that all of the 16 fragments are forgeries. The museum says that they were duped by the collector and Green, as well as biblical scholars.

“The Museum of the Bible is trying to be as transparent as possible,” says CEO Harry Hargrave. “We’re victims—we’re victims of misrepresentation, we’re victims of fraud.”


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Right Wing Museum of the Bible busted for Lying for Jesus. (Original Post) yellowcanine Mar 2020 OP
Yes, yes you are. cos dem Mar 2020 #1
I was about to say the same thing...... DFW Mar 2020 #3
or perhaps they are mercuryblues Mar 2020 #2
Try this,... magicarpet Mar 2020 #4
You are also victims of your own greed and quest for power. BComplex Mar 2020 #5
Lying for Jesus is a centuries-honored tradition in the Christian church. stopbush Mar 2020 #6
Lying ass Christians playing the victim card again! Nature Man Mar 2020 #7
The Bible is a fraud Cartoonist Mar 2020 #8
Christianity/Bible honored, enhanced, exemplified, glorified and displayed by theft and fraud by the keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #9

mercuryblues

(14,531 posts)
2. or perhaps they are
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 01:49 PM
Mar 2020

lying about the fragments being fraudulent so they don't have to give them up and pay millions in fines.

magicarpet

(14,145 posts)
4. Try this,...
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 01:52 PM
Mar 2020

You are perpetrators of a fraud in order that you could fleece and victimize the masses who believe in the buy-bull.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
6. Lying for Jesus is a centuries-honored tradition in the Christian church.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 01:59 PM
Mar 2020

“What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church ... a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them.” - Martin Luther

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