Ancient cave linked to early Christians in Jordan

June 11th, 2008 By DALE GAVLAK , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even more ancient site of Christian worship. But outside experts expressed caution about the claim.

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  This "Christian cave" claim reminds me of the ongoing controversy about the exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls traveling around the United States and elsewhere, in which the evidence has (so it is said) been distorted to cater to a Christian audience. See, e.g.,
  
  http://www.nowpub...an-diego
  
  It should be pointed out that the exhibit will soon be opening at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, which is a state-run institution -- a fact that raises obvious First Amendment (i.e., church-state) concerns, particularly in view of the fact that the "Jewish" interpretation of the scrolls has been downplayed and excluded by the exhibitors.
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