Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Yes, it's his tomb. And his bones. And his class ring. And he wants his shroud back!

Finally the proof we've been waiting for!

"The Lost Tomb of Jesus," produced by Oscar-winning director James Cameron and scheduled to air March 4 on the Discovery Channel, argues that 10 small caskets discovered in 1980 in a Jerusalem suburb may have held the bones of Jesus and his family.

"There's a definite sense that you have to pinch yourself," Cameron said Monday at a news conference. He told NBC'S "Today" show earlier that statisticians found "in the range of a couple of million to one" in favor of the documentary's conclusions about the caskets, or ossuaries."
CNN Article.

Well, someone is certainly owed a pinching.

Assuming that the ossuaries are being read correctly and the names on them are, in fact, Jesus, Mary, and Judah, what kind of bizarre assumptions would you have to make to conclude that the odds are a couple of million to one in favor of them being the actual historical Jesus and clan? Doesn't the fact that these were very common names at the time completely throw all of this speculation out the window?

I suspect that, in the future, someone will discover the tombstone below and come to the completely reasonable conclusion that it's James Cameron's tomb.



5 comments:

Anonymous said...

You make the over-warranted assumption that Jesus et al are actually historical figures.

There were mythological figures who happened to share all the supernatural attribues of Jesus who were kicking around the Mediterranean for centuries before the Christians became popular. And there is no contemporary evidence for Jesus' existence.

Of course that box o' bones isn't Jesus Christ of the Gospels. Because he never existed in the first place.

Ipecac said...

Actually, you assume that I assume that. I never said it.

BillR said...

You're both wrong.

The DA VINCI CODE is TRUE!!!!

Eric Haas said...

"Over-warranted"? I think you meant unwarranted.

Anonymous said...

Why doesn't CNN put on a friggin' special about the movie The God Who Wasn't There? Or the book Eric recommended, "The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man?" Do a special on that, bitches! Then maybe at least a couple people will go, "Oh. Shit. I've been a complete tool."