Jesus died of blood clot: Israeli researcher

[rooboy]

An Israeli researcher has challenged the popular belief that Jesus died of blood loss on the cross, saying he probably succumbed to a sometimes fatal disorder now associated with long-haul air travel.

Professor Benjamin Brenner wrote in The Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis that Jesus's death, traditionally believed to have occurred three to six hours after crucifixion began, was probably caused by a blood clot that reached his lungs.

Such pulmonary embolisms, leading to sudden death, can stem from immobilisation, multiple trauma and dehydration, said Brenner, a researcher at Rambam Medical Centre in Haifa.

"This fits well with Jesus's condition and actually was in all likelihood the major cause of death by crucifixion," he wrote in the article, based on religious and medical texts.

A 1986 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association mentioned the possibility that Jesus suffered a blood clot but concluded that he died of blood loss.

But Brenner said research into blood coagulation had made significant strides over the past two decades.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Science/Jesus-died-of-blood-clot-Israeli-researcher/2005/06/08/1118123893311.html

[rfranklin]

1. More likely He died of shame, knowing...

what assholes through the ages would do in His name.

[arcos]

4. lol!

You are so right...

[lapfog_1]

2. I think he died of heart failure....

in fact, I'm pretty sure of it.

[psychopomp]

3. LOL an Israeli scientist tries to describe how Jesus DIED

:rofl:

[kliljedahl]

5. Ding, dong the myth is dead

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[MadHound]

6. Well, first off, I think that they should concentrate on

Finding out if Jesus actually lived or not. Outside of the Bible, there are no known references to Christ actually having walked the Earth. No Roman records, no independent confirmation of Christ is available. We simply have to take the word of a book that if rife with internal contradictions.

Secondly, they might want to do some shoring up of the story that Christ actually died on the cross. There has been a growing controversy about this for the past twenty years.

Third, it is impossible to determine at this late date what Christ tied of. Body is long gone, no autopsy was performed.

This is just an exercise in mental gymnastics, worthless and useless, but rather ironic in sorry sort of way.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. I don't know about this blood clot theory

but it is very unlikely that Jesus died on the cross after just 6 hours. More likely, Jesus was not dead when he was taken down from the cross but when he recovered 3 days later, the idea that he had risen from the dead made for such a great myth.

[The Flaming Red Head]

8. Isn't that what the police usually claim as cause of death

after they beat or suffocate someone and they're found dead in their cells hours later. The suspect died of natural causes.