hmm, i skipped alot of the latter part, butt

Things like the Bible, Cross, Spear - to me, they're icons/symbols in the Christian faith. They of course all hold a significance ( speaking historically here ) as well as sometimes meanings ( i.e. the cross can hold a meaning as a symbol )

And yes, the Bible will be newer than the spear - in fact the Guntenberg (sp?) bible was the first published book available to the public ( somewhere around 1450 - late 15th century at least )

as for knocking on the catholic church, its not my intention. i'm just speaking from my view, that at some points in history the church was corrupt ( I mean back in the day the pope held ALOT of power ) - for all we know the Illuminati could exist and could very well be holding such relics, or there could be something like Indiana Jones and the carpenters cup be hidden in some canyon. To me, that's a problem. You can't really know WHERE something is and if its the real and original that was made oh, 1,000, 2,000 years ago - catch my drift? I can understand why they test religion with science , to find more truth for historical purposes ( hey, if that spear isnt as old as it should, maybe its not the true spear - what if the catholic church had it stolen and it symbolizing what it did, the church couldn't risk having the loss known so they made a "replica" and thats what we have at the moment that was tested - catch my drift? )