Grail Conspiracy: A Cotten Stone Mystery

Book Description

On assignment in the Middle East, television journalist Cotten Stone stumbles upon an archeological dig that uncovers the world's most-sought-after religious relic: the Holy Grail. With his last dying breath, Dr. Gabriel Archer gives it to Cotten, uttering "You are the only one" in a language she's heard from only one other person--her deceased twin sister.

What begins as a hot news story for the ambitious young reporter soon turns into a nightmare when the Holy Grail is stolen and strange "accidents" befall her dearest friends. Running for her life, she turns to John Tyler, a priest with firsthand knowledge of religious artifacts, for help. An anonymous source leads them to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, where an abominable experiment is underway that--unless destroyed--promises to unleash an ancient evil upon the Earth.

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2007-04-03

This book was difficult to get into. It just didn't spark my interest. In fact, I put it down several times before I finally pushed forward, & finished it. It was one of those books that's premise sounds so good but fails to deliver. I kept thinking it would get better. Finally, about 2/3 of the way through the book, it did get a little better, and more interesting. I thought this has the promise of a great finale! But, sadly, I was let down. My final thoughts upon finishing the book, and putting it down were: 1. That was it?! 2. What a boring ending. 3. There were so many ways the ending could have been done better instead of just leaving you flat.

Review: The Grail Conspiracy.......2007-03-08

The Grail Conspiracy
By Lynn Sholes & Joe Moore
ISBN: 0-7387-0787-2
Midnight Ink/Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 343

Abandoned in the Iraqi desert while covering a story for SNN, reporter Cotton Stone trudges through the night to find a way to get the hell out of there.

Happening upon an excavation site, she witnesses a to-the-death fight. One man lay dead as a dying man hands her a box and speaks to her in a language known only to her and her dead twin sister.

Cotton enlists the aid of Father John Tyler, a biblical history scholar on leave from his duties as a priest--but not from his vows--to authenticate the contents of the wooden box she has smuggled out of Iraq.

Together they deliver what is believed to be the Holy Grail to the Vatican, as Cotton finds herself overshadowing her former lover and senior in the news business, with the biggest story to hit Christiandom since the crucifixion.

A transparent battle between the forces of good and evil rages for control of the Cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper; the same Cup used to collect His blood the next day.

Cotton and Father Tyler run for their lives as those close to Cotton wind up dead, one after another. Only when the trail leads them to New Orleans after the Cup is stolen from the Vatican, do they begin to understand the forces of evil at work. Cotton's faith in her family, even in her deceased father, is shaken as pieces of truth come to light.

Until meeting Cotton, Father Tyler had been a man on a mission, wanting to serve God, without understanding what his mission was to be. He learns that everything in his life to this point has been to prepare him to avert a sacrilegious Second Coming of Christ.

Sholes and Moore have written a fast-paced thriller devoid of boring lectures and endless pages of backstory that crashes religion, politics, and science into one gigantic ball of fire. A multilayerd tale of suspense from beginning to end. Highly recommended!

Linda J Hutchinson
Freelance Writer

Author to author review.......2007-03-05

As an afficianado of history, mystery, and masterful writing...I HIGHLY recommend this book. I could not put it down on my first reading and was amazed at the unravelling of the religious intrigue and well-researched data provided by the writers.

Good modern Biblical fiction.......2007-01-09

Biblical fiction is a booming business since the Dan Brown sensation and Grail Conspiracy is a very good one in the genre. I was entertained and enlightened beginning to end.
Having said that, I have to say I found it disappointing that a teacher of writing would use such a silly name for the main character (Cotton Stone - soft on the inside, tough on the inside - or visa versa as you decide). It got the book off to a bad start for me because in the beginning, the reader is introduced to the equally silly name "Thornton Graham" along with "Cotton Stone." It caused me to jump to a stereotype in assuming Thornton Graham would be a rich stuff-shirt and it made me fear that I would see these types of names throughout the rest of the book. Not quite the case as it happened but less ridiculous character names would have avoided the distractions entirely. After the first chapters, I expected to see a chauffeur named Mercedes Driver or a musician names Ivory Keys. Thankfully that didn't happen! Unfortunately, the Writing 101 nature of it was difficult to get past and I had a very hard time with it throughout the entire read.
I did enjoy the book nonetheless because the overall premise and execution of that premise were top notch. I am undecided if I will buy the follow-up book though because for me, the silly name was just too much. I guess the authors would call me something like Reed Namestuck or Haight Moniker.

Great book!.......2006-10-09

This book was GREAT! Kept you entertained and left you wanting to read the sequel...The Last Secret

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Beyond Myths
The Grail Conspiracies
"The Grail Conspiracies": I didn't want it to end!
riveting new thriller written in an erudite style

The Grail Conspiracies
Michael McGaulley
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Book Description

THE GRAIL CONSPIRACIES, a spiritual thriller, challenges our assumptions about the limits of human possibility. What if the deeper secret hidden behind the Grail accounts is that the grail "vessel" was not just a cup, not a womb and bloodline? What if that deeper secret is the key to an "intuitive prefiguring" of some of the key findings of modern physics? What if the ancients knew, as today's science indicates, that physical reality is not as it seems, and that the human mind plays a central role in unfolding the version of events that we experience? What if they developed those insights into a practical "technology" for tapping dormant powers of the human mind? As St. Augustine put it, "Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature." The story: A strange fax sends Greg Tapscott on one last search for the truth of what happened to his uncle, Paul, an OSS agent missing since World War II. The trail leads him from Washington to the ancient port of the Knights Templar in France, to Oxford, to the Alps, and back to Washington's Union Station on election eve. One source tells him that Paul found what the Nazi Ahnenerbe, or Occult Bureau, had been searching for: the key to tapping "a power within the human mind, or at least within certain trained minds, that can direct and focus energies from another dimension." According to another, he may have come upon "the secret behind the secret" that the Grail-seekers and even the Alchemists were in search of. Now, after six decades of indifference and shifting stories, the CIA is suddenly interested, claiming that Paul Tapscott's name has been coming up with increasing urgency in the intercepted "chatter" of an unlikely terrorist group. That turns out to be Twisted Messiah, a megastar rock group with a worldwide "army" of rootless, angry youth-a group that bills itself as "the world's worst nightmare." THE GRAIL CONSPIRACIES carries us to the intersection of spirituality, science and the unbounded frontiers of human possibility. (The plot of THE GRAIL CONSPIRACIES, a spiritual thriller, references JOINING MIRACLES, a fable by the same author, Michael McGaulley.)

Customer Reviews:

Loved This Book (The Grail Conspiracies).......2006-12-02

For at least thirty years I have been reading books that attempt to tell me something that deep down I sense but have never known how to activate. This is a power within ourselves that we have forgotten how to use. Jesus said it Himself when he told the Apostles that what He did they could do and more. You must read this book. I never thought that The Da Vinci Code could be matched but I was wrong. After you read Grail Conspiracies you will be as ready as I am for Michael's next book which is due out soon. I have been checking the book stores for months in great anticipation.

Beyond Myths.......2006-07-02

I came across The Grail Conspiracies quite by accident in the stock room of a local book store. Already, I had been on a quest of my own where the SanGraal was concerned. I've read a lot of books on the subject and still have many more books to add to my library. Michael McGualley really tweaked my imagination, more so than Dan Brown's DVC. My guess is that Brown had a lot of help from outside sources like the Vatican and Opus Dei to help promote both his books and now the movie. Steve Berry's Templar Legacy was a much better read, much better plot than found in DVC. McGualley's The Grail Conspiracies was even better. McGualley is right up there with W.E.B. Griffin and Tom Clancy. My advice is get it for a good read.

The Grail Conspiracies.......2006-02-09

I will add Michael McGaulley, author of "The Grail Conspiracies", to the list of some of my favorite mystery writers such as Nelson DeMille, Stuart Woods, Stephen White and both James and James North Patterson.

The suspense and all the intrigue, twists and turns results in a book I didn't want to put down .. looking forward to see what would happen next. And I look forward to reading his next book, "The Eternal Life Chimera", when it is published.

"The Grail Conspiracies": I didn't want it to end! .......2006-02-03

Michael McGaulley's book, "The Grail Conspiracies" is a page turner that I could not put down. I didn't want it to end.

I read it because of my interests in World War II, spies, and intrigue. I was well-rewarded. McGaulley's research and knowledge of that era is apparent; yet the characters and everything they do and say are totally believable--and seldom predictable.

The two plot lines move along seamlessly. At one point, when "the good guy" is chased by two groups, the tension kept my curiosity in overdrive as I wondered, "Are they aware of one another? What is going to happen next? Who will do the deed?"

I highly recommend this thriller to anyone who appreciates well-written mysteries that hold your attention and turn an ordinary day into a real adventure. ------Jim Wiltjer

P.S. My wife, Diane, enjoyed this story, too. So, it's not just a guy's book. And, we both recommend McGaulley's web site, www.TheGrailConspiracies.com. It provokes interest and mystery, too.

riveting new thriller written in an erudite style .......2006-01-03

I enjoyed Grail Conspiracy very much.
writen in a most felicitous style that engages the reader and the author carries his considerable learning lightly.
I confess that I am a bit of a prig and I know that I know allot more trivia and history etc than most educated people---and thus I was very impressed to find McGaulley dropping so many pearls with so little fanfare!
the story is fascinating: I thought from the first 150 pages or so that we were going to be in a Da Vinci genre look-a- like but he shunned that.
It was a 'page -turner " and the juxta positioning of the different actions certainly maintained the thrill of the tale.
I feel sure that this should do very well if reviewed in NYT or similar influential paper.

The Virgin Mary Conspiracy: The True Father of Christ and the Tomb of the Virgin

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Speculation is not historical evidence let alone evidence
A pleasant surprise
Did Mary Magdalene run into her mother-in-law on the French Riviera?
Highly Recommended
If you want to read a good book about --

The Virgin Mary Conspiracy: The True Father of Christ and the Tomb of the Virgin
Graham Phillips
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ASIN: 1591430437
Release Date: 2005-03-01

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A convincing and cogent argument refuting the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Church dogma and revealing the true father of Jesus

• Provides historical and archaeological evidence of a tomb of the Virgin Mary

• Introduces the theory that Jesus's father was Antipater, son of Herod

What became of the Virgin Mary after the Crucifixion is one of the greatest mysteries of the Bible. Although it appears nowhere in the Bible, the belief in the Assumption-Mary's bodily ascension into heaven-is accepted by many Christians as historical fact. Some, however, believe that Mary died naturally and was buried in a tomb in Jerusalem's Valley of Jehosaphat. Others say that her final resting place was in the Roman ruins of Ephesus in Asia Minor.

In 1950 Giovanni Benedetti, an archaeologist attached to the Vatican museum, found a fourth-century manuscript indicating that Mary had been smuggled out of Palestine to an island off the west coast of Britain. According to Benedetti's findings, England's first Bishop, St. Augustine, discovered Mary's tomb there in A.D. 597. The reigning pope, Gregory the Great, forbade St. Augustine to speak of this, initiating a conspiracy of silence that lasted 1,400 years. Similarly, as Benedetti was about to publish his findings, he was instructed by the Vatican to discontinue his research. Soon after, the Roman Catholic Church declared the Assumption dogma.

In The Virgin Mary Conspiracy Graham Phillips unravels the truth behind this centuries-old ecclesiastical cover-up and discovers what may be Mary's final resting place. During his extensive research Phillips also discovered another controversial theory revealing that Jesus was the son of Antipater, the son of Herod, and therefore the true heir to Herod's throne, thus explaining his title of "King of the Jews."

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Speculation is not historical evidence let alone evidence.......2007-03-11

Yawn, get evidence, not conspiracy fantasies based on fantasies. Pointing out a verse in the Bible and saying, "Oh it's really talking about flying pigs" doesn't make it true and is not evidence. Evidence is factual and can be shown to be true by a logical statement.

A pleasant surprise.......2006-05-28

Ok, so I admit, I'd come up with a whole lot of preconceived ideas about this book way before I'd read the first page. Especially since the book has the word "conspiracy" in its title. I simply though this was going to another one of those books where the author has the most bizarre ideas possible and at the same time completely lacking in any sort of argumentation skill whatsoever. Quite frankly, I thought the book was going to suck. Hard.

But oh, the mysteries of life...

Because man, was I wrong. The Virgin Mary Conspiracy turned out to be a highly entertaining yet at the same time quite scholarly and well-written piece about the origins of Christianity and the fate of the Virgin Mary after the crucifixion of Jesus. As with most other books where the origins and history of Christianity is being questioned it's a great help if the reader knows at least something about the history of religion, but Phillips writes in way that makes the reasoning comprehensible even for a reader with only the slightest of knowledge about these things.

And also, sometimes the book is actually quite exciting, especially when Phillips talks about his travels across the world, the people he meets, and places he visits.

Nowadays hardly a day goes by without the news on TV and in magazines mentioning at least something about Dan Brown and his world famous Code, so obviously the market is quite open for a well-written book such as The Virgin Mary Conspiracy, where some of Christianity's dogmas are questioned and re-written.

If what Phillips says turns out to indeed be the truth, then much of our history needs to be re-written too, but if you don't have any interest in religion and find Christianity to be a complete bore, then you might not appreciate this book very much. Phillips didn't manage to convince me that what he says is the truth, but I did enjoy reading his theories.

Did Mary Magdalene run into her mother-in-law on the French Riviera?.......2006-05-15

This is neither an historical investigation nor a religious book; it's fantasy. The central speculation - that Jesus was King Herod's grandson - has been used by fiction writers since at least the middle of the last century. There is not a shred of evidence for it. Mr Phillips, however, "discovered" it and added some embellishments of his own: that the Virgin Mary came to Britain with her son Joseph of Arimathea(!), converted the Druids to Christianity, and ended her days a few miles up the road from here where the author says he found her grave. He also found the Holy Grail and half of the Ten Commandments, but that's another story.

He targets a certain kind of reader and is good at what he does, typically proceeding as follows: "Wouldn't it be interesting [pages of hand-waving] therefore it's true!" If you see nothing wrong with that style of argument and you think what he cites is evidence, you may be impressed. It bugs the h*** out of me. There's enough confusion in the world without passing off fiction as fact. I have doubts about "The Da Vinci Code" too. My own research leads me to believe that when Jesus came to Britain as proved by the Glastonbury legends, he fixed a wheel of Boadicea's chariot, married her and founded the line of King Arthur. Why else was the table round, eh?

Highly Recommended.......2006-05-15

This is without doubt the best book I have read about the Virgin Mary. It is an historical investigation, rather than a religious book. It is easy to read and well backed up by archaeological research.

If you want to read a good book about --.......2006-04-03

--the supposed relationship of Mary of Nazareth and Agrippa, son of Herod the Great, dig up a novel written in the early 1950's, I think, by Robert Graves. It's called KING JESUS. Whether the theory is true or not, Graves will give you a much more educated version of it than this writer. In fact, when in need of a great novel to read, look up most of what's left of Robert's Graves novels. He is too soon forgotten, while people read second and third hand dreck like this -- although for those who haven't heard of Graves, this is simpler and entertaining.

The Grail Murders: Being the Third Journal of Sir Roger Shallot Concerning Certain Wicked Conspiracies and Horrible Murders Perpetrated in the Reign

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Fun & entertaining
Fantastic Fun

The Grail Murders: Being the Third Journal of Sir Roger Shallot Concerning Certain Wicked Conspiracies and Horrible Murders Perpetrated in the Reign
Michael Clynes , and PC Doherty
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Fun & entertaining.......2004-03-17

Think Brother Cadfeal crossed with Flashman. A rogue remembers his early life of solving crime. A great & fun read.

Fantastic Fun.......1999-03-16

This book is in the sperit of the others in this series, The feeling for the time period is fantastic. The mystory is not to deep but the action and wit is enough to keep you reading late into the night. These books are very good and fun reads.

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An Extraordinary Exploration
Unique and fresh...
Hi
Stranger than fiction

The Marian Conspiracy
Graham Phillips
Manufacturer: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
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An Extraordinary Exploration.......2005-12-09

What happened to the Virgin Mary after the crucifixion of Jesus? This mystery has existed for essentially two thousand years. True, there is the widespread belief that she ascended bodily into heaven. However, this `belief' was never put forth until well after the alleged events themselves, when Pope Pius XII decreed the Assumption Dogma. Indeed, even the term "virgin", describing Mary the Mother of Jesus , may, Author Graham Phillips suggests, be a poor translation of the Hebrew `almah': `a young woman'. Phillips offers an alternate theory to the standard account: after Jesus' crucifixion, his mother Mary escaped to England with other Christians, and found her final earthly resting place in Anglesley, surrounded by the earliest Christian community in the British Isles.

Through archeological evidence, historical documents, and logical, albeit subjective, conjecture, Phillips begins his complex and fascinating story with the assertion that the Mary we know as The Virgin was in reality the daughter of a high priest, and therefore of considerable social standing. In accordance with this stature, she married Antipater, the eldest son of King Herod. Through the machinations of his sinister sister Salome, Herod decided he wanted his younger son Philip, and not Antipater, to succeed him to the throne. Antipater and his family were subsequently murdered in order to extinguish that bloodline and any claims to Herod's power base. Mary, by now pregnant with Antipater's child, somehow escaped into Egypt. She was escorted and protected by the elderly Joseph, who eventually married her. Enraged that a legitimate heir to his throne (Jesus, at this point arguably King of the Jews) may have escaped the carnage, Herod, acting on faulty intelligence, ordered all infants in Bethlehem to be slaughtered. Of course, his grandson escaped, and the world was changed forever.

And that is just the start! The plot thickens, as it were, to document the post-crucifixion flight of Joseph of Arimathea, accompanied by Mary, who is by that time under his protection, from Palestine to the area of the northern-most reaches of the Roman Empire. Establishing a Christian community in Britain, Joseph built a chapel later attested to by St. Augustine in 597. Augustine writes to the Pope describing the chapel, where some of Jesus' original disciples worshipped; a chapel that was `sacred to Mary, the Mother of God'.

This is a fantastic and intricate read. It is a real life detective story that takes the reader from Vatican archives to Roman ruins in Ephesus; wanders through Arthurian legend to rest amidst ancient ruins on a "holy" island in Britain. It questions the most basic of Christian traditions about the origins and birthright of Jesus, and yet in no way desecrates the teachings of Christ or the most basic of that enlightened being's wisdom. I have read some of these theories as put forth by other authors and scholars, but none have written so convincingly, or with so much tangible authority as exists in the prehistoric and other records.

Highly recommended to anyone who is interested in Biblical archeology and Grail mythology, and who has an open mind.

Unique and fresh..........2004-11-20

I have recently become a fan of Mr. Phillip's books, and this book is no exception to why that may be. The Marian Conspiracy is a `unique and fresh' perspective on a story that we all think we know so well. Again he takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery, laying out theory after theory that we can accept or not; but those insights are certainly one to deeply consider on the level of one's belief. We so readily accept our faith without question, but it is ever more interesting to view the human side of the reality it may hold.

I highly recommend this book for any reader, for it brings the symbolisms of religion to life.

Hi.......2004-03-10

Mariam is the real name of 'Mary' in the time of Yeshua (Jesus.) Mary Magdalene for instance was really Mariam of Magdala.

Stranger than fiction.......2003-07-21

Was King Herod Jesus' grandad? Could Joseph of Arimathea have been Jesus' yuppie kid brother? Was the Virgin Mary the Holy Grail, and is she/it buried somewhere in Britain? Were the Druids Christians? Why did the Church conceal the truth for two millennia and why did it fall to Graham Phillips to uncover it? Why does he always answer a question with another question? Why shouldn't he? Am I the Emperor Napoleon? My name has almost the same number of letters, I'm the same height give or take a foot, plus I've been to Corsica and Paris, so why not?

As an example of a modern genre of pseudo-scholarship this book is rather well done. It contains some outright howlers when it strays into areas of actual historical knowledge, such as an idiosyncratic account of the early Church and some bizarre reflections on the Goths. Wisely, though, the author sticks mostly to gray areas where speculation is free. He's had plenty of practice and this is one of his best tales. Personally I wouldn't buy it - I prefer my fiction straight - but there are many who will.

Marian Conspiracy, The - The Hidden Truth About the Holy Grail, the Real Father of Christ and the Tomb of the Virgin Mary

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Marian Conspiracy, The - The Hidden Truth About the Holy Grail, the Real Father of Christ and the Tomb of the Virgin Mary
Graham Phillips
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The Da Vinci Code (Unabridged)
Dan Brown
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This IS the original
Denial cannot change fact.....
It's interesting....These doubters.
Holy Moses
holy comic book Batman

Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Leigh, Lincoln, Michael, Richard, Henry Baigent
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Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, and Richard Leigh, authors of The Messianic Legacy, spent over 10 years on their own kind of quest for the Holy Grail, into the secretive history of early France. What they found, researched with the tenacity and attention to detail that befits any great quest, is a tangled and intricate story of politics and faith that reads like a mystery novel. It is the story of the Knights Templar, and a behind-the-scenes society called the Prieure de Sion, and its involvement in reinstating descendants of the Merovingian bloodline into political power. Why? The authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail assert that their explorations into early history ultimately reveal that Jesus may not have died on the cross, but lived to marry and father children whose bloodline continues today. The authors' point here is not to compromise or to demean Jesus, but to offer another, more complete perspective of Jesus as God's incarnation in man. The power of this secret, which has been carefully guarded for hundreds of years, has sparked much controversy. For all the sensationalism and hoopla surrounding Holy Blood, Holy Grail and the alternate history that it outlines, the authors are careful to keep their perspective and sense of skepticism alive in its pages, explaining carefully and clearly how they came to draw such combustible conclusions. --Jodie Buller

Book Description

Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete?

• Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?
• Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists?
• Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom?
• Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail?

According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously researched book, not only are these things possible — they are probably true! so revolutionary, so original, so convincing, that the most faithful Christians will be moved; here is the book that has sparked worldwide controversey.

"Enough to seriously challenge many traditional Christian beliefs, if not alter them."
— Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Like Chariots of the Gods?...the plot has all the elements of an international thriller."
— Newsweek

Customer Reviews:

This IS the original.......2007-09-23

This is where it all started for me... 10 years and over 140 books later this book is still the best and the one i refer back to as the information contained is excellent.

What a story, whether true, false, fiction or non, it grips you from page 1 to the very end in a mystery that is so compelling and has such wide reaching implications you simply can not put it down.

I only wish the 3 authors had produced more work together.

Gary May

Denial cannot change fact............2007-09-03

.

....nor can frequent repetition create it.

There are some interesting facts presented here, and some even more interesting conclusions drawn from those facts.

And thus the fight begins.

Some of the most intriguing facts are those surrounding Rosslyn Chapel. Inside there are carvings of plants that were not "discovered" by Europeans until two-hundred years AFTER their carving.

This is great book on the Templars and one theory of their demise.

Or is it fact????

It's interesting....These doubters........2007-07-31

Alot of you are doing exactly what they said the critics have done, You can argue all you want about Prior and etc, But they will agree with me that the most important topic here is the gospels pertaining to Jesus, you must remember that they think the most interesting thing here is that there is a civilization of people who believe in Jesus because of what they have been told to believe by force or condition to believe since childhood(like me, being a preachers kid) But they have now questioned not what you believe but on what grounds do you believe. They didnt make up verses, They quoted what was in the bible the King James Version! Think about this! What is the mystery behind the "Two Mary's" is Mary of bethany and the Magdalen the same? well according to the bible THEY ARE! Is there contradictions concerning the resurrection in the gospels? Well according to the gospels THERE IS! Is there something odd about the way Jesus was tried & convicted by Rome's accord? If you read the gospels with a historic eye THERE IS! People pick up the bible and read it along with what they question and you will come out with the same conclusions.

Holy Moses.......2007-07-03

If you are a historian, this is the book for you.
If you do research, this is for you.
If you are doing leisurely reading, this is not for you.
This book requires concentration.

holy comic book Batman.......2007-06-21

How did this comic book end up in the 'Catholic' section.. I can think of lots of different sections it belongs in but should NOT be in 'CATHOLIC' section.. people look for Catholic books in the Catholic section.. That's like putting 'Adventures with Barney' in the 'Classics' with Shakespeare!!

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Grail Conspiracy
Joe Moore
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Grail Conspiracy (SIGNED)
Lynn & Joe Moore Sholes
Manufacturer: Midnight Ink
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