The Jesus Tomb Frenzzzzzy
Over the last few days, I’ve literally seen probably close to 100 stories (ok, maybe not that many) addressing the James Cameron documentary that claims to have found the remains of Jesus Christ. To be honest, I’m sick of reading all the stories.
Can we calm down for 2 seconds and stop knee-jerk blogging out of compulsion?
I’m not going to blog on it. Nope. I’m sick of reading about it, and I’m already sick of writing about it. Do the research on the commonality of the names in the tomb, read up about the irrationality of people being buried outside their hometown, make up your own darn mind, and be done with it.
In case you’re wondering, no I do not believe this is the body of Jesus Christ.
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No. Of course not.
tongue in cheek
I’m glad you got the humor, most people wouldn’t have.
I wrote a letter to the editor of my local newspaper… something I do to “vent” from time to time. It was late last night, so I am guessing if it gets published I’ll see it tomorrow.
I wrote:
Took me forever to write that. I get really anal about my prose on these sorts of things!
- Alister
My first response was skepticism. After reading a few articles about it, I believe my initial skepticism was entirely justified. Does Cameron really want to turn himself into Ron Wyatt?
Images of Geraldo Rivera in Al Capone’s basement come to mind…
Alister,
I saw that in your feed today. Great points by the way.
Ben,
I hear ya man!
Nate:
Although I too am skeptical, the commonality of the names is not a good argument against it. A historian commented in the (Ottawa) Citizen that the odds of all the names just happening to be the same are 1 in 600.
Do you believe in the divinity of Jesus? Or even the historical figure?
-Ubuntu
Ubuntu,
I wouldn’t say it’s not a good argument, but it certainly isn’t the “magic bullet” argument some people think it is.
The statistics, well, although it’s odd that they have this combination of names, they were common enough. At least enough to cause serious doubt.
The historicity of Jesus is pretty undeniable. His divinty (by virtue of his resurrection) is paramount to the Christian faith, so yes, I believe both.
The “Jesus factor” (his historical existence) is the most convincing argument for me in favor of Christianity. It’s one thing to die for something that could be false but you believe it to be true. It’s quite another thing to die for something you know NOT to be true. Such would have had to been the case in the historical martyrdom of the disciples and the early church. If he had not been resurrected, they would not have died defending and believing it.
Hope that answers your question.