Da Vinci Code Redux: James Cameron Style
02/25/2007 17:08 Filed in: Faith & Reason
Same song, second verse.
This time it's coming fromarchaeological expert filmmaker, James Cameron.
Cameron, the director of movies such as The Terminator and Titanic will be holding a press conference tomorrow claiming that tombs have been discovered in Jerusalem with the names of Jesus, his wife Mary, and their son, Judah.
[What? I thought there was a daughter named Sophia!]
The press conference will promote Cameron's new documentary airing soon on the Discovery Channel. Feel free to read the initial report from Time.com.
There's been very little response yet from the Christian community on this, but it's too early. Expect there to be controversy. Expect there to be a lot of attention--perhaps even more than what was unnecessarily given to The Da Vinci Code.
And before you change your plans for next Sunday morning, take a deep breath, and realize that these kinds of claims have come before and will be around again. But in a video age, they seem to get more and more spectacular. For a sane early reflection on this, be sure to read Michael Spencer's thoughts on this over at Internet Monk: "A Rejected Messiah Buried without Honor? Responses to the 'Tomb of Jesus and His Family' Story."
Stay tuned. I'll come back to this story, if warranted, as it develops.
Meanwhile, has anyone ever read Skeleton in God's Closet by Paul Maier?
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Cameron, the director of movies such as The Terminator and Titanic will be holding a press conference tomorrow claiming that tombs have been discovered in Jerusalem with the names of Jesus, his wife Mary, and their son, Judah.
[What? I thought there was a daughter named Sophia!]
The press conference will promote Cameron's new documentary airing soon on the Discovery Channel. Feel free to read the initial report from Time.com.
There's been very little response yet from the Christian community on this, but it's too early. Expect there to be controversy. Expect there to be a lot of attention--perhaps even more than what was unnecessarily given to The Da Vinci Code.
And before you change your plans for next Sunday morning, take a deep breath, and realize that these kinds of claims have come before and will be around again. But in a video age, they seem to get more and more spectacular. For a sane early reflection on this, be sure to read Michael Spencer's thoughts on this over at Internet Monk: "A Rejected Messiah Buried without Honor? Responses to the 'Tomb of Jesus and His Family' Story."
Stay tuned. I'll come back to this story, if warranted, as it develops.
Meanwhile, has anyone ever read Skeleton in God's Closet by Paul Maier?