Cameron claims Jesus’ body has been discovered
February 25th, 2007“Titanic” director James Cameron claims that the body of Jesus has been found.
In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus wasn’t resurrected –the cornerstone of Christian faith– and that his burial cave was discovered near Jerusalem. And, get this, Jesus sired a son with Mary Magdelene.
No, it’s not a re-make of “The Da Vinci Codes’. It’s supposed to be true.
Cameron is supposedly relying upon evidence compiled from “DNA tests, archeological evidence and Biblical studies” that the coffins found belong to Jesus and his family.
DNA evidence from 2,000-year-old bodies? I think it takes more faith to believe in that than it does to believe in all the tenets of Christianity.
Sounds a lot like a book I read once…
Shouldn’t Cameron be off somewhere making a terribly long and sappy movie that reeks of questionable historical data?
2 points come to mind:
1.given Cameron’s inability to handle real history in regards to the Titanic- less than a century ago- why should we take him seriously in regards to events two millennia ago?
2. - This quote from another story is very interesting:
“Although the cave was discovered nearly 30 years ago and the casket inscriptions decoded ten years ago, the filmmakers are the first to establish that the cave was in fact the burial site of Jesus and his family.”
(http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3368731,00.html)
In other words, despite the fact that real scholars have worked with this for 10-30 years, these filmmakers are the first to arrive at this conclusion!
Here is another article with a little more information in it.
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The Naked Archaeologist and T-Bones try to convince the masses they found Jesus. Lots of laughter to follow.
On the Today Show this morning, Cameron and the director of the documentary were interviewed, and it was comical. In spite of the fact that several archaeologists have dismissed this being the real tomb of Jesus, they persist. The director said, “we are not theologians, we are reporters.” That says it all.
Actually, they are out to sell books and commercial time on their television documentary. Some statisticians say that the odds that this combination of names would be on the same family tomb are 100 to 1. Well, with odds like that, how could anyone argue?!
Shut off the lights. Time to go home.
Guys seriously, maybe Cameron borrowed a time machine from Area 51 and with the aid of Grissom and Catherine, got some DNA from Jesus… Ye all of little faith!
Next, we’ll see some movie with Leonardo Decaprio overlooking Jerusalem exclaiming “I’m the King of the Jeeeeews!” And oh yes, he’ll throw in some sappy tune by Celine Dion…in Yiddish no doubt.
Tomorrow they’ll find a SECOND body of Jesus. Heck, maybe they’ll even find a few from before he was born!