He doesn't write this stuff you know!! He's given a script, and a travel schedule and an admin and technical crew, and a director and he uses his presentation skills to spout off other peoples' work! Same as Palin, and Tony Robinson. It's all image and done with mirrors.
So an "Christian" would believe in a bloke that couldn't be killed, that could walk on water, talking snakes in a garden and a god that became a burning bush , that talked before allowing mankind to murder his son , but not believe a physic? 😂😂😂
Richard Hammond rules! It cannot be more serious than this: An excitedly whispering Hammond guided by head or tail, a psychic, Indiana Jones' soundtrack and bunches of hippies! And in the end when the confusion is peaking, some historian is consulted and get everything straight.
I believe the holy grail is within, compassion, empathy and most importantly, love. So you can search for it all your life but unless you open your heart you’ll never find it. It’s a thing that can never be found, it can only be felt. Good luck to all on their quest.😇
Richard Hammond's always a pleasure to watch as a serious telling rather than the fop he is topgear. As usual, the broadcast well-researched and told in a humorristisk way. See also the broadcast he made on the Japanese high speed train Shinkansen
Speak for yourself. I love his goofy, child-like personality on TG/TGT. I also imagine he has far more fun. Don't get me wrong, I like him in stuff like this as well, but I love seeing him be a goof.
Why their book , famous as it is, didn't receive more recognition amazes me,hats off to all 3, despite whatever a judge decided (who probably had no idea of the work they all did)Dan bloody Brown owes them a heap of gratitude and dough!Holy blood and holy grail-the real da Vinci code.
A present day impression of the last supper and the Holy Grail, was held at McDonalds and the Holy Grail was a paper up, end of story, job done Richard now search for Planet X, and you will have more success.
@@lightdark00 lol except the opposite is closer to the truth. Crop circles we know were done by two blokes for a bet, and have been copied. Not worthy of genuine investigation... apart from in Glastonbury, of course, where such things are much beloved. But historical Christianity? Ohhh nooo, couldn't do that, this is about crop circles! lol
***** What are you talking about? I don't think you understand my comment... (Not that it matters, but where I live, 16 year olds are not children, not from a legal POV, and I was 16 once... And they are not how they used to be)
divorcedme When I was 16, we didn't tap 46 year olds. Things changed, I don't moralize, just saying. :) And yes, some are rancid, longing to misunderstand.
Justin Lee ... Seeing as the da vinci code is a fictional novel... is it hardly surprising that facts are thin throughout it...? Remember always that the deceiver attempts to mislead those made in Yahweh's image with a storyline that is 90% truth and the balance some twisted values solely intended to confuse us... Discernment is important... ...
You're correct about the lack of facts in the DaVinci Code. And thanks for the info about Tony Robinson. It so happens that I authored a book entitled "The Holy Grail is Found." And it speaks quite literally; not figuratively. THE Holy Grail has indeed finally been found; there is no other. And my book makes quite a compelling case for that fact. The Holy Grail is the greatest of all treasures. And as the legends promise, it offers immortality to all who partake of it. The Grail was never a physical cup, however. But it is indeed the metaphysical "cup" that Jesus Christ drank from, as He Himself attests in the New Testament. So, if you think you are ready for the Holy Grail, it has finally been revealed. "Seek and ye shall find."
Lack of facts in the davinci code and ZERO facts in the bible. Pure FICTION and stories , from a time when people had no concept of science and misunderstood things like death - ie: they were scared of the unknown. Now (most of us) know better thankfully. Just a few hanging on to old fables that they've been indoctrinated in, since childhood.
I've always loved the style of Morgans, but hearing that rattle in there has given me doubts! I'd expect the hamster to be more discerning with his purchase!
well mr fox trot I think it is fair to say I know Richard Hammond much better than you know me on account of him being a tv celebrity and you being a faceless internet person but we can talk about the hypocrisy of your comment another time. lets not beat about the bush yes I watched the above program and found it rubbish and yes I made judgements of his personality based on his screen presents these opinions have not changed. as far as I am concerned he sucks at being good on the tv but i will go and take a look in the mirror as i have a pimple that needs popping x
I do find it genuinely interesting and amusing how ready you are to defend this guy but it seams you have not considered a number of important dynamics. 1 he is a celebrity and the general public make judgements on celebrities someone on the tv is not good enough people need to like or hate them or just disagree with them and will be able to make these judgements on celebrities with a certain degree of accuracy due to the public lifestyle they lead 2 you have judged me when you have no information about me other than i find richard hammond fake and dull but you never asked me how i came to that opinion you just jumped in and directly insulted me so the whole arrogant and aloof thing kind of reflects yourself . 3 I could just be an internet troll who you have directly fed
+les yeuxnoirs +les yeuxnoirs and whilst trying to make yourself "seam" clever and intellectual... all you've really managed to achieve is to confirm my earlier judgment that you are infact arrogant and aloof. Unless ofcourse you are (as you stated in the last part of your numeric breakdown) a troll and i have directly fed you... in which case i shall tip my hat to you and say well played
I'm a huge atheist. Never believed in God my entire life. But I think its just so interesting and fun to learn about all this stuff, that's why I desperately want it to be true :D
I am glad he was wise enough to keep a respectful and neutral tone through this whole thing. There is no need to mock people's beliefs even if many find them ridiculous. No doubt partly that was just because the BBC hoped to get some Christian viewership drawn by the Holy Grail subject, as well as secular types who just wanted to see Hammond. But I am glad all the same. Although historical topics always make me kind of sad. I find them extremely interesting, but it also saddens me to think of the stories we will never know, all the countless people who lived out their lives and who will never be known, at best maybe we have a tomb or some inscription, and that is only for the more famous ones. You could be a famous warrior and live through many adventures and tragedies, private loves, their families and friends, and in the end you might get your name written down somewhere, maybe an effigy figure. Sometimes the names are not even legible, no one remembers anything else about you. And for the vast majority of people they didn't even get that. It makes me sad to think about.
Not every life is spectacular. Only a small percent of people choose to do something great with their life. We do have names, accounts, and stories of special individuals, but not everyone is familiar with every person's history. For most of human kind, your world was very small, maybe those in your village or immediate area. Only now do we have a greater understanding of those around us and those that came before us. Our modern history wont even be discovered tho. In previous centuries, information was transferred onto long lasting, hard wearing items like stone or metal. All of our digital media will be broken or destroyed in no time, unable to be discovered by civilizations after us.
Jesus and the apostles held their celebration, ate, left, and the owner of the "restaurant" cleared up the table, washed and cleaned the utensils, went home and slept. Until that moment the cup from which Jesus drank had no importance yet and nobody had reason to believe it would have had such a great importance just a few hours later
Jesus's existence is actually a rather interesting topic, and not one with great consensus amongst medieval scholars. I was talking with a professor at UC Davis, and she said that his very existence is somewhat suspect due to the dearth of corroborative evidence at the time. Notably, romans kept records of trials and executions, and no record exists in the region and time period that jesus is supposed to have existed of anyone being accused and executed of the crimes he supposedly were crucified for. Other details, such as the census and excecution of children also never happened. The romans were actually a fairly advanced bureaucratic society with thorough record keeping and management. None of their records indicate jesus's existence.
The very mention of UC Davis is suspect though due to its political leanings. Historically speaking there is both religious and non-religious confirmation of Jesus life and his death. I'm afraid that you are incorrect in that the Romans did not keep those records. They exist.
RhetoricalQuestion Of course the entire school follows a strict political slant. What garbage. You can say they exist, but unless you show proof, I'll take a scholar's word over yours.
RhetoricalQuestion What about his work? I don't see anything from him related to research into roman record keeping. Most of its just his conversion to christianity.
Unfortunately, the existence or lack of existence of Roman records isn't concrete evidence of for or against. Let's just assume that a person named Jesus Christ existed who claimed to be a messenger from YHWH and a representative of the Jews. As a roman dignitary in charge of the region, you have a visionary gathering a huge cult following based on a variation of the Jewish faith (an already persecuted religion), in an already volatile region in ISRAEL ready to ignite from political and religious in-fighting. Say that Jesus was executed by crucifixion; you have just created an immortal martyr that would cement the faith of his followers for generation upon generation. Instead of doing the clever thing and discrediting, you kill the man because things are just getting worse and worse and a martyr is better than a civil war. So what are you going to do to try to minimise the aftereffect and consequences of this martyrdom? You erase the record of the execution so at the very LEAST you have deniability on your side. In fact, finding the execution of Jesus Christ as listed would do more to paint him as a minor annoyance instead of a significant threat. No matter how you look at it, the evidence or lack of it, can be construed and interpreted in different ways. Unfortunately, Constantinople (what is now Istanbul) does have religious relics which date back to that time, or DID have religious relics that date back to that time. There is evidence of the existence of Jesus's followers and their mark on the world. Either this was a huge scam on the part of the apostles, or Jesus Christ did exist in some shape or form, or the legend of Christianity sprung up from an entirely different source and very quickly (as there is evidence of Christianity existing in large numbers quite soon after the supposed death of Christ, talking in century terms). What I'm saying is, much better to be agnostic rather than to assert the existence or lack of existence of something that can easily be construed to exist either way.
+James L if there actually was a grail, it probably wouldn't be metal. That would be way too expensive considering the setting of the gospel. If anything you're looking for a wooden or stone cup.
As a devoted catholic... Even I call bullshit on the existence of the ancient Christian artifacts... And here's why... For 300 years after Christ's death... It was illegal to be Christian... At the time NO ONE not ANY of the apostles or anyone else would have considered preserving any of the items we associate today... We're talking about wood... Bloody Linen... and hunks of metal... And seeing as how Christ was a Jew in ROMAN territory... More than likely ANY of the things we hold sacred were either recycled I.E. the Nails... Or destroyed... Like the linen... Or simply rotted away... The wooden cup Jesus more than likely drank from was probably a wooden bowl... Common for the time... Regardless... I'll watch this thing just to see what the hell comes of it...
well not quite, for the first century or so it was just a niche religion nobody really cared about. It became illegal as it became more prominent and started to threaten the official roman religion (and the money it made from its temples). Nevertheless, there were as many christianities as there are baptist churches in the US...so any genuine articles from Jesus (not even going to get into the historicity) surviving and falling into the hands of what later became the catholic church, is highly unlikely.
Jay K Jesus also never taught that earthly materials hold any worth... "Give Cesar what is his" and all... So again... No one should have even considered saving any of that stuff anyway... I also have no idea what your comment really meant so I'm just saying what's coming to my head...
Videogeek95 Having trouble with reading comprehension? Let me break it down. thousands of small christian cults...a handful of genuine artifacts = 0.000000001~% probability of a specific cult, that then became the catholic church, obtaining a specific artifact, that was supposedly missing for a few centuries. In the first part I just corrected your statement that christianity was illegal immediately after Jesus' supposed crucifiction.
I see the old 'Jesus is a myth' argument is alive and well in this comments section. It's not enough for non-Christians to deny Christ's divinity (which is a perfectly acceptable option with its own arguments) they have to embarrass themselves by siding with a very small number of scholars who deny he ever existed at all. Jesus is almost certainly a historical figure, the exact specifics of his life aren't known but that is true of _most_ ancient historical figures and really isn't an acceptable argument. We get it, you hate religion because a priest touched you or you're stupid enough to think that human beings _wouldn't_ kill each other without it, fine. Denying the existence of a historical figure just because he's the figurehead of a religion is fucking retarded, it's like denying the existence of L. Ron Hubbard or Joseph Smith just because they have also been attributed divine/supernatural abilities. For the record I DO believe that Jesus was a deeply connected person and that he brought a message of love and tolerance, his being the son of God is something I'm not sure about but I'm keen to explore. I WAS an Atheist and it didn't make me any smarter or happier than I am now so please refrain from using that tired old stereotype.
+akamyszek The Roman's have records of someone they killed by the name..... I'm not religious or whatever....but HG was interesting....I mean, what if THC took it? Richard the Lionhearted may have gotten it? Who knows?
Herod's entire existence was based around being scared of Jesus. Regardless, other than translating from Aramaic, look into the writings of Pliny, first-century Roman Tacitus, Flavius Josephus.
Edohiguma I was raised catholic and I 100% agree you! NOBODY can argue a 'book' is 100% factual when a COUNCIL OF MEN sat and decided as to what got put into the book and left out ANYTHING that showed he was a REAL MAN and instead put in 'stories' ALWAYS showing him as a 'divine' being'!!! Plus totally skipping very important years of him growing up proves that even back then - there was suppression of information and it's only gotten worse!
i was into this story up until the introduction of the american psychic. I watched Penn & tellers Bullshit-ESP yesterday and as soon as he said "helping the police with finding missing people" the voice in my head screamed BULLSHIT
Really enjoyed this,more than i thought i would.I just wish i could get my wife more interested in this sort of programme instead of the drival i have to endure on a daily basis.
@@CasperScott-qq6ip Yes, not being into all the same things makes God cruel. Not him denying good people of love while evil people are surrounded by it, but because your husband likes soap operas. 😑
@@mongo3829 Actually , there is "tne Cup of Christ " (in León ) and "The Cup of ST Peter, or the Cup of the Apostles " (Valencia) The Cup of Christ stayed at Jerusalem, The Cup fo St Peter was sent to Rome. The Holy Grail is the Cup of Leon. "The Golden Cup owned by an unmarried princess" ( Princess Urraca). The Cup of Valencia is not "a golden Cup", and there is not a princess associated to it.
@@mongo3829 Not at all, :DD, it´s reading about and common sense. (it´s very defficult to understand why first christians sent the Cup in a dangerous travel to Rome, for example. the normlr would be to keep with them at Jerusalem) Anyway, if you understand some spanish, there si a good film about the Cup of Leon czcams.com/video/BO4HT2iv6RU/video.html sorry my poor english.
There's so much to the Saunierre story, he was a priest,yet on his deathbed after hearing his confession he was refused absolute unction, when the authors of the book originally broadcast the story a priest who knew Saunierre phoned up the BBC and said that he had proof Christ didn't die on the cross(he denied saying so later),all 3 gave up their jobs with the Beeb, moved to the area to research and write the book. It wasn't just Cathars that were burnt at montsegur, the mercenaries that had been employed converted to Catharism knowing what their fate would be. Saunierres housekeeper also knew a lot but died suddenly unable to say. It really is a great book and story, much more to it than I can say here or dan brown in his poor copy of a true mystery
It's great irony hearing a priest debunking something with the argument "There is no evidence..."
Take a minute and think about that...
plot twist: the holy grail was in the perfum shop all along being used to make perfumes with mystical powers
Well filmed and thought-provoking. Nice to see Hammond given a little free reign.
What a nice documentary. Richard is a great presenter!
Ah, Richard, always driving something awesome to get from point A to point B.
He doesn't write this stuff you know!! He's given a script, and a travel schedule and an admin and technical crew, and a director and he uses his presentation skills to spout off other peoples' work! Same as Palin, and Tony Robinson. It's all image and done with mirrors.
every time he says an adjective , i feel like hes describing a car...Top gear always in my blood.
Richard Hammond, you continue to impress me
I love these things especially when richard hammond is handling it
Richard Hamster Hammond is a national treasure
It's a well-know fact that he's secretly an American, so really he's an international treasure
I told them we've already got one.
I love his Morgan. A beautiful automobile, quintessentially old-school British.
rattles a bit though, not sure the build quality is there any more
Soon as i saw the psychic, this whole documentary had a serious drop in quality. Not even having Hammond as host salvages it.
She knew you were going to say that.
And she helped the American police with missing people cases, they are optimistic, aren't they
i think Hammond just said that because it's a trend with the Top Gear Trio to belittle American intelligence. Which is funny when they do it.
they didn't have her on on purpose she was just there and they talked to her. like the perfume lady or crop circle people
So an "Christian" would believe in a bloke that couldn't be killed, that could walk on water, talking snakes in a garden and a god that became a burning bush , that talked before allowing mankind to murder his son , but not believe a physic? 😂😂😂
23:35
"U FUCKIN WOT M8?!"
- white horse
I like how Hammond was nice enough to keep the perfume lady's stuff
he who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the castle of Auughhh
+Jacob Benko Jus-la-bu-gu Jacobo me amni-tito!
But first you must deal with the Knights Who Say "Ni !!".
Bad Zoot. Oh, bad, bad, _naughty_ Zoot.
AND YOU MUST FETCH ME A SHRUBBERY,
yesssssssssss!
Richard Hammond rules! It cannot be more serious than this: An excitedly whispering Hammond guided by head or tail, a psychic, Indiana Jones' soundtrack and bunches of hippies! And in the end when the confusion is peaking, some historian is consulted and get everything straight.
BBC
Some Asshole
I don't remember writing this comment, I don't even remember the documentary. But it sounds as if I am extremely sarcastic.
i thought you were. Except maybe for the Richard Hammond rules part. :)
I believe the holy grail is within, compassion, empathy and most importantly, love. So you can search for it all your life but unless you open your heart you’ll never find it. It’s a thing that can never be found, it can only be felt. Good luck to all on their quest.😇
Richard Hammond's always a pleasure to watch as a serious telling rather than the fop he is topgear. As usual, the broadcast well-researched and told in a humorristisk way. See also the broadcast he made on the Japanese high speed train Shinkansen
Speak for yourself. I love his goofy, child-like personality on TG/TGT. I also imagine he has far more fun. Don't get me wrong, I like him in stuff like this as well, but I love seeing him be a goof.
I had never seen this until now and after watching I finally get the joke at the end of The Grand Tour Madagascar special
R.I.P. Henry Lincoln 🙏
Why their book , famous as it is, didn't receive more recognition amazes me,hats off to all 3, despite whatever a judge decided (who probably had no idea of the work they all did)Dan bloody Brown owes them a heap of gratitude and dough!Holy blood and holy grail-the real da Vinci code.
I came in half thinking he'd talk about Monty Python, but this was also nice.
it was and still is....awesome
He certainly loves that bag
A present day impression of the last supper and the Holy Grail, was held at McDonalds and the Holy Grail was a paper up, end of story, job done Richard now search for Planet X, and you will have more success.
19:10 lol he really found two hippie fruit cakes
Love how Hammond almost abandons his quest for Holy Grail for a Symposium on Crop Circles!
Crop circles are real, the holy grail was not. Makes sense.
Hahaha
Well, there seemed to be a lot of whacked out hotties there that appeared to want to fuck for any reason.
@@lightdark00 lol except the opposite is closer to the truth. Crop circles we know were done by two blokes for a bet, and have been copied. Not worthy of genuine investigation... apart from in Glastonbury, of course, where such things are much beloved. But historical Christianity? Ohhh nooo, couldn't do that, this is about crop circles! lol
@@jamespennington10 Real as in someone made them and they exist. 🙄
A very annoying little man...spoiled a good story
amazing! Brilliant sir. You are a genius
the holy Grail of Jeremy Clarkson
Wheres the rest of the round table? James Lancelot and Jeremy Pendragon?
sorry, I don't quite recall a Jeremy Pendragon?
Umm. What car is that?
It's a Morgan (modern build) They did a bit on it during Top Gear a few years back.
13thSystem we dont play dungeons and dragons
I love the 'woo' - Incredible!
great videolist, thanks
Fuck, he's young in this documentary
I believe that's how time works
What if the Holy Grail is a METAPHOR?
It is actually. The cup is the moon and the host is the sun. It symbolizes the union of masculine and famine
It’s closer to a MacGuffin then a metaphors lol
We think everything that we can’t find is just a metaphor when in reality we as humans lose things , hide things and destroy things on purpose…
Top gear and the search for the holy grail
superb job!
Even though Richard Hammond is 30 years older than me, I'd still tap that
True.
+Abbie Shaw 16 year olds are not what they used to be... ;)
***** What are you talking about? I don't think you understand my comment...
(Not that it matters, but where I live, 16 year olds are not children, not from a legal POV, and I was 16 once... And they are not how they used to be)
***** I can wink at you too... ;)
What do you even think that means...?
divorcedme When I was 16, we didn't tap 46 year olds. Things changed, I don't moralize, just saying. :)
And yes, some are rancid, longing to misunderstand.
I have veered off top gear and the only familiar option is captain slow telling me things I apparently need to know
Richard Hammond is a motoring god, he said so himself. Admittedly, he was driving a Bowler Wild Cat at the time. :-D
James May is Captain Slow, James May should be driving a Honda saloon (or maybe a Fiat Panda, something slow and functional).
amazing
Oh yes a Morgan, Richard Hammond's baby making an appearance on a Grial search.
I don't believe in any religion, but I have to admit that this history is very interesting.
I think I prefer Tony Robinsons quest for the grail documentary exposing the total lack of facts in The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction, of course there are no FACTS, it is fiction.
Justin Lee ...
Seeing as the da vinci code is a fictional novel... is it hardly surprising that facts are thin throughout it...?
Remember always that the deceiver attempts to mislead those made in Yahweh's image with a storyline that is 90% truth and the balance some twisted values solely intended to confuse us...
Discernment is important...
...
You're correct about the lack of facts in the DaVinci Code. And thanks for the info about Tony Robinson. It so happens that I authored a book entitled "The Holy Grail is Found." And it speaks quite literally; not figuratively. THE Holy Grail has indeed finally been found; there is no other. And my book makes quite a compelling case for that fact. The Holy Grail is the greatest of all treasures. And as the legends promise, it offers immortality to all who partake of it. The Grail was never a physical cup, however. But it is indeed the metaphysical "cup" that Jesus Christ drank from, as He Himself attests in the New Testament. So, if you think you are ready for the Holy Grail, it has finally been revealed. "Seek and ye shall find."
Lack of facts in the davinci code and ZERO facts in the bible.
Pure FICTION and stories , from a time when people had no concept of science and misunderstood things like death - ie: they were scared of the unknown.
Now (most of us) know better thankfully.
Just a few hanging on to old fables that they've been indoctrinated in, since childhood.
Yes I watched this completely, from start to finish...
Thank you, thank you, thank you for uploading this. Very interesting.
15:00 finally someone who is shorter than Richard Hammond
I'm guessing...... it never existed.
awesome
amazing documentary
Of course there had to be an American with psychic powers...
Yeah... I really shouldn't have gone in the comments
Music starting at 2:03 is by A R Rahman :)
Cool Video Lot's of Knowledge Tanks!
A little off topic, but what car is he driving?
A Morgan
phill633vgs Maybe he's drving one because it has a holy grille. I'll get me coat. :)
David, you must not be a Brit petrol head, because you don't know he's driving a British Morgan
It's Hammond. This question isn't off topic.
I've always loved the style of Morgans, but hearing that rattle in there has given me doubts! I'd expect the hamster to be more discerning with his purchase!
I think the grail is a metaphor
Not only that. But, I think it isn't literally real.
😂 his excitement is contagious
blessed are those who believe yet have not seen.
Or just daft
watching Richard Hammond trying to dispel his past pasona of the uncultured member of top gear is painful
+les yeuxnoirs You mean to say the other two are cultured?
so arrogant and aloof. take a look in the mirror and judge yourself instead of someone you dont know. who do you think you are??
well mr fox trot I think it is fair to say I know Richard Hammond much better than you know me on account of him being a tv celebrity and you being a faceless internet person but we can talk about the hypocrisy of your comment another time. lets not beat about the bush yes I watched the above program and found it rubbish and yes I made judgements of his personality based on his screen presents these opinions have not changed. as far as I am concerned he sucks at being good on the tv but i will go and take a look in the mirror as i have a pimple that needs popping x
I do find it genuinely interesting and amusing how ready you are to defend this guy but it seams you have not considered a number of important dynamics. 1 he is a celebrity and the general public make judgements on celebrities someone on the tv is not good enough people need to like or hate them or just disagree with them and will be able to make these judgements on celebrities with a certain degree of accuracy due to the public lifestyle they lead 2 you have judged me when you have no information about me other than i find richard hammond fake and dull but you never asked me how i came to that opinion you just jumped in and directly insulted me so the whole arrogant and aloof thing kind of reflects yourself . 3 I could just be an internet troll who you have directly fed
+les yeuxnoirs +les yeuxnoirs and whilst trying to make yourself "seam" clever and intellectual... all you've really managed to achieve is to confirm my earlier judgment that you are infact arrogant and aloof. Unless ofcourse you are (as you stated in the last part of your numeric breakdown) a troll and i have directly fed you... in which case i shall tip my hat to you and say well played
I'm a huge atheist. Never believed in God my entire life. But I think its just so interesting and fun to learn about all this stuff, that's why I desperately want it to be true :D
All of that stuff actually happened..it's recorded. It's just if you believe Jesus was the son of God or not... he was btw 😅😅
@@masterofnone11 jesus had a brother.
@@masterofnone11 stuff similar to that happened.
The bible is full of lies.
Eve rooted a snake for fuck sake.
To ny mind he found the holy grail. Its the gorgeous morgan he is driving
thanks, great video
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I am glad he was wise enough to keep a respectful and neutral tone through this whole thing. There is no need to mock people's beliefs even if many find them ridiculous. No doubt partly that was just because the BBC hoped to get some Christian viewership drawn by the Holy Grail subject, as well as secular types who just wanted to see Hammond. But I am glad all the same.
Although historical topics always make me kind of sad. I find them extremely interesting, but it also saddens me to think of the stories we will never know, all the countless people who lived out their lives and who will never be known, at best maybe we have a tomb or some inscription, and that is only for the more famous ones. You could be a famous warrior and live through many adventures and tragedies, private loves, their families and friends, and in the end you might get your name written down somewhere, maybe an effigy figure. Sometimes the names are not even legible, no one remembers anything else about you. And for the vast majority of people they didn't even get that. It makes me sad to think about.
Not every life is spectacular. Only a small percent of people choose to do something great with their life. We do have names, accounts, and stories of special individuals, but not everyone is familiar with every person's history. For most of human kind, your world was very small, maybe those in your village or immediate area. Only now do we have a greater understanding of those around us and those that came before us. Our modern history wont even be discovered tho. In previous centuries, information was transferred onto long lasting, hard wearing items like stone or metal. All of our digital media will be broken or destroyed in no time, unable to be discovered by civilizations after us.
I'm a vicar who loves Top Gear/Grand Tour... perfect show for me lol
Jesus and the apostles held their celebration, ate, left, and the owner of the "restaurant" cleared up the table, washed and cleaned the utensils, went home and slept. Until that moment the cup from which Jesus drank had no importance yet and nobody had reason to believe it would have had such a great importance just a few hours later
Agree. The cup is not important, what was in the cup is important. Humans not god put such importance on a cup.
awsome
Richard Hammond and The Apple of Eden
Jesus's existence is actually a rather interesting topic, and not one with great consensus amongst medieval scholars. I was talking with a professor at UC Davis, and she said that his very existence is somewhat suspect due to the dearth of corroborative evidence at the time. Notably, romans kept records of trials and executions, and no record exists in the region and time period that jesus is supposed to have existed of anyone being accused and executed of the crimes he supposedly were crucified for. Other details, such as the census and excecution of children also never happened. The romans were actually a fairly advanced bureaucratic society with thorough record keeping and management. None of their records indicate jesus's existence.
The very mention of UC Davis is suspect though due to its political leanings. Historically speaking there is both religious and non-religious confirmation of Jesus life and his death. I'm afraid that you are incorrect in that the Romans did not keep those records. They exist.
RhetoricalQuestion Of course the entire school follows a strict political slant. What garbage. You can say they exist, but unless you show proof, I'll take a scholar's word over yours.
TheEmperorGulcasa I didn't ask anyone to take my word for it. Look up Nabeel Qureshi's works.
RhetoricalQuestion What about his work? I don't see anything from him related to research into roman record keeping. Most of its just his conversion to christianity.
Unfortunately, the existence or lack of existence of Roman records isn't concrete evidence of for or against. Let's just assume that a person named Jesus Christ existed who claimed to be a messenger from YHWH and a representative of the Jews. As a roman dignitary in charge of the region, you have a visionary gathering a huge cult following based on a variation of the Jewish faith (an already persecuted religion), in an already volatile region in ISRAEL ready to ignite from political and religious in-fighting. Say that Jesus was executed by crucifixion; you have just created an immortal martyr that would cement the faith of his followers for generation upon generation. Instead of doing the clever thing and discrediting, you kill the man because things are just getting worse and worse and a martyr is better than a civil war. So what are you going to do to try to minimise the aftereffect and consequences of this martyrdom? You erase the record of the execution so at the very LEAST you have deniability on your side. In fact, finding the execution of Jesus Christ as listed would do more to paint him as a minor annoyance instead of a significant threat.
No matter how you look at it, the evidence or lack of it, can be construed and interpreted in different ways.
Unfortunately, Constantinople (what is now Istanbul) does have religious relics which date back to that time, or DID have religious relics that date back to that time. There is evidence of the existence of Jesus's followers and their mark on the world. Either this was a huge scam on the part of the apostles, or Jesus Christ did exist in some shape or form, or the legend of Christianity sprung up from an entirely different source and very quickly (as there is evidence of Christianity existing in large numbers quite soon after the supposed death of Christ, talking in century terms).
What I'm saying is, much better to be agnostic rather than to assert the existence or lack of existence of something that can easily be construed to exist either way.
c'mon man.. those things long got melted and recycled.... it is not the relic that is important.. it is the faith
+James L if there actually was a grail, it probably wouldn't be metal. That would be way too expensive considering the setting of the gospel. If anything you're looking for a wooden or stone cup.
Hmmmm you got a point there.. metal is expensive to manufacture
Upper middle class, master craftsmen, merchants. Along with the mention of capital. I reckon they could afford some nice things.
+David Frisken well, the apostles went to the upper room of Someone's house, and probably used their things for Passover.
James L ...
Yes... eyes fixed on Yeshua, developing a loving relationship with our redeemer...
I loved it no rubbish no crazy Hammond hers your calling
Intersting.. nice i like it
As a devoted catholic... Even I call bullshit on the existence of the ancient Christian artifacts... And here's why...
For 300 years after Christ's death... It was illegal to be Christian...
At the time NO ONE not ANY of the apostles or anyone else would have considered preserving any of the items we associate today...
We're talking about wood... Bloody Linen... and hunks of metal... And seeing as how Christ was a Jew in ROMAN territory... More than likely ANY of the things we hold sacred were either recycled I.E. the Nails... Or destroyed... Like the linen... Or simply rotted away... The wooden cup Jesus more than likely drank from was probably a wooden bowl... Common for the time...
Regardless... I'll watch this thing just to see what the hell comes of it...
I am beginning to think that there is a Divine Person. I want to meet that Person and be freed of my hatred. To my mind this Person is The Holy Grail.
well not quite, for the first century or so it was just a niche religion nobody really cared about. It became illegal as it became more prominent and started to threaten the official roman religion (and the money it made from its temples). Nevertheless, there were as many christianities as there are baptist churches in the US...so any genuine articles from Jesus (not even going to get into the historicity) surviving and falling into the hands of what later became the catholic church, is highly unlikely.
Jay K Jesus also never taught that earthly materials hold any worth... "Give Cesar what is his" and all...
So again... No one should have even considered saving any of that stuff anyway...
I also have no idea what your comment really meant so I'm just saying what's coming to my head...
Videogeek95 Having trouble with reading comprehension? Let me break it down.
thousands of small christian cults...a handful of genuine artifacts = 0.000000001~% probability of a specific cult, that then became the catholic church, obtaining a specific artifact, that was supposedly missing for a few centuries.
In the first part I just corrected your statement that christianity was illegal immediately after Jesus' supposed crucifiction.
Jay K Yeah... Fuck off... I'm not arguing with an atheist who thinks my beliefs are idiotic because my ancestors "made god up"...
Piss off...
I see the old 'Jesus is a myth' argument is alive and well in this comments section.
It's not enough for non-Christians to deny Christ's divinity (which is a perfectly acceptable option with its own arguments) they have to embarrass themselves by siding with a very small number of scholars who deny he ever existed at all.
Jesus is almost certainly a historical figure, the exact specifics of his life aren't known but that is true of _most_ ancient historical figures and really isn't an acceptable argument. We get it, you hate religion because a priest touched you or you're stupid enough to think that human beings _wouldn't_ kill each other without it, fine. Denying the existence of a historical figure just because he's the figurehead of a religion is fucking retarded, it's like denying the existence of L. Ron Hubbard or Joseph Smith just because they have also been attributed divine/supernatural abilities. For the record I DO believe that Jesus was a deeply connected person and that he brought a message of love and tolerance, his being the son of God is something I'm not sure about but I'm keen to explore.
I WAS an Atheist and it didn't make me any smarter or happier than I am now so please refrain from using that tired old stereotype.
Long live the Bangles.
richard hammond Has the greates jobs in the world, top gear etc!
Since Jesus never existed, ther can't be a holy grail. Mistery solved.
+akamyszek The Roman's have records of someone they killed by the name.....
I'm not religious or whatever....but HG was interesting....I mean, what if THC took it? Richard the Lionhearted may have gotten it?
Who knows?
+akamyszek Jesus existed, but that is not the question scholars debate. It is whether or not he was actually "the son of God"
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Got'cha, cheers for the headsup =p
+Studer Andrew ....What records? What name was recorded?
Herod's entire existence was based around being scared of Jesus. Regardless, other than translating from Aramaic, look into the writings of Pliny, first-century Roman Tacitus, Flavius Josephus.
JESUS n ever marriiage that is blaspheme and a fraud
thanks
Grow up.
His wife agrees with you.
What?
Edohiguma I was raised catholic and I 100% agree you!
NOBODY can argue a 'book' is 100% factual when a COUNCIL OF MEN sat and decided as to what got put into the book and left out ANYTHING that showed he was a REAL MAN and instead put in 'stories' ALWAYS showing him as a 'divine' being'!!!
Plus totally skipping very important years of him growing up proves that even back then - there was suppression of information and it's only gotten worse!
thx very much for the upload :)
Yep, and those whitened teeth are awesome!!
If he ate anything outside of Britain I will eat my hat.
Also on mount Athos in Greece there is a very important archive (older than 700 years than the one hesays he examined) he didn't visit though.
They are some tulips alright!
I drinketh from thy furry cup for evermore!
hammond documentary are great
I accidentally skipped ahead in the video at the beginning and what I heard was "Paris has faced crucifixion"
Thank you :) ...
This subject has been hashed and rehashed
Theme music at the beginning is from the movie "Bombay", composed by A.R.Rahman.
Genius man he is
Richard thought that the hole in the wall was made by peoples thumbs 😂 in fact an ancient glory hole 🤣
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i was into this story up until the introduction of the american psychic. I watched Penn & tellers Bullshit-ESP yesterday and as soon as he said "helping the police with finding missing people" the voice in my head screamed BULLSHIT
Really enjoyed this,more than i thought i would.I just wish i could get my wife more interested in this sort of programme instead of the drival i have to endure on a daily basis.
We could exchange spouses. My husband is obsessed by soap operas. I'm a history post grad. 😂 God is cruel
@@CasperScott-qq6ip Yes, not being into all the same things makes God cruel. Not him denying good people of love while evil people are surrounded by it, but because your husband likes soap operas. 😑
You could have searched in Valencia, Spain, they have a cup in there that is supposedly the holy grail.
He could have saved himself a lot of travelling and just Googled it. They have the Grail in Valencia's cathedral.
The Holy Grail is in Leon (Spain).
@@bwanaminoplis2536 So there are two
@@mongo3829 Actually , there is "tne Cup of Christ " (in León ) and "The Cup of ST Peter, or the Cup of the Apostles " (Valencia)
The Cup of Christ stayed at Jerusalem, The Cup fo St Peter was sent to Rome.
The Holy Grail is the Cup of Leon. "The Golden Cup owned by an unmarried princess" ( Princess Urraca). The Cup of Valencia is not "a golden Cup", and there is not a princess associated to it.
@@bwanaminoplis2536 Your facts are authoritative
@@mongo3829 Not at all, :DD, it´s reading about and common sense. (it´s very defficult to understand why first christians sent the Cup in a dangerous travel to Rome, for example. the normlr would be to keep with them at Jerusalem)
Anyway, if you understand some spanish, there si a good film about the Cup of Leon
czcams.com/video/BO4HT2iv6RU/video.html
sorry my poor english.
Asking a Catholic priest if Jesus was married is like asking Donald Trump if he wants to convert to Islam.
On tonight's program... Richard drives a wooden car
Luv the french taunters!!!!!!! (not aimed @ u) but my fav. taunt- "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!!"
crop crop circle convention? Would have loved to have seen that!
My Costco down the road has a pretty big enclosed space
I like how he was visible uncomfortable with the "Psychic".
Was he?
There's so much to the Saunierre story, he was a priest,yet on his deathbed after hearing his confession he was refused absolute unction, when the authors of the book originally broadcast the story a priest who knew Saunierre phoned up the BBC and said that he had proof Christ didn't die on the cross(he denied saying so later),all 3 gave up their jobs with the Beeb, moved to the area to research and write the book.
It wasn't just Cathars that were burnt at montsegur, the mercenaries that had been employed converted to Catharism knowing what their fate would be.
Saunierres housekeeper also knew a lot but died suddenly unable to say.
It really is a great book and story, much more to it than I can say here or dan brown in his poor copy of a true mystery
35:43 When i was on holiday in France i went on that train
I THOUGHT WE WERE THE FASTEST LMFAO