Cameron Introduces JESUS. No, really...

so has anyone heard any news on this? they said the event was supposed to happen today (monday) right?
 
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http://today.reuters.com/news/artic...37_RTRUKOC_0_US-JESUS-TOMB.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

Filmmaker shows relics from disputed Jesus tomb
Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:46 PM ET

By Christine Kearney

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hollywood director James Cameron displayed on Monday artifacts that he said might have come from the tomb of Jesus, which once contained his remains, those of Mary Magdalene, and possibly their son, Judah.

But others said it was just a publicity stunt backed by the man who made the movie "Titanic" and "The Terminator" to promote a documentary and a book, and likely untrue.

Cameron and a team of scholars showed two stone ossuaries, or bone boxes, that he said might have once contained the bones of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. The findings are the subject of a documentary he produced called "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" and a book "The Jesus Family Tomb."

The two small caskets were part of 10 found in 1980 during construction in South Jerusalem. Several had inscriptions translated as Jesus, Mary Magdalene and "Judah, son of Jesus," Cameron told a news conference at the New York Public Library surrounded by scholars and archeologists.

"This is the beginnings of an ongoing investigation," Cameron said. "If things come to light that erode this investigation, then so be it."

If true, the revelations are likely to raise the ire of Christians because the discovery would challenge the belief that Jesus was resurrected and ascended to heaven.

The documentary comes on the heels of the huge success of the novel "The Da Vinci Code," which contends that Mary Magdalene had a child with Jesus.

Dr. Shimon Gibson, one of the archeologists who discovered the tomb, told Reuters at the news conference he had a "healthy skepticism" the tomb may have belonged to the family of Jesus, but the claims deserved to be investigated.

In Jerusalem, the Israeli archeologist who also carried out excavations at the tomb on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, disputed the documentary's conclusions.

The archeologist, Amos Kloner, said the 2,000-year-old cave contained coffins belonging to a Jewish family whose names were similar to those of Jesus and his relatives.

"I can say positively that I don't accept the identification (as) ... belonging to the family of Jesus in Jerusalem," Kloner told Reuters. "I don't accept that the family of Miriam and Yosef (Mary and Joseph), the parents of Jesus, had a family tomb in Jerusalem."

"They were a very poor family. They resided in Nazareth, they came to Bethlehem in order to have the birth done there -- so I don't accept it, not historically, not archeologically," said Kloner, a professor in the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archeology at Bar-Ilan University near Tel Aviv.

After they were discovered, the bones were reburied according to Orthodox tradition, leaving just the boxes with inscriptions and human residue to be examined though ongoing DNA testing.

Professor L. Michael White, of the University of Texas, said he also doubted the claims were true.

"This is trying to sell documentaries," he said, adding a series of strict tests needed to be conducted before a bone box or inscription could be confirmed as ancient. "This is not archeologically sound, this is fanfare."
 
Addendum said:
I've counted about 7 contemporaries of Julius Caesar, the more well known being Cicero, Virgil, and Ovid.

Whereas with jesus, you have the bible. And for those who aren't christian, why should we take a book's claims to be truth?
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well a huge argument for Jesus would be that the bible is a compilation of a bunch of works. if you put Cicero, Virgil and Ovids works all into one book would that discredit them as being only one source? The gospels were written by 2 disciples of Jesus, a doctor, and a lawyer. then there is the epistles which are many letters from other disciples. plus other works that arent in the bible. plus throughout history historians have made ridiculous claims in their accounts, such as Alexander or Caesar beings gods or them up against a million in a battle. how come that doesnt change anything about them?
 
Joesph was a descendent to David. However, Jesus was of Virgin birth and therefore, had no physical relation to Joesph. I win.


Oh, and the New Testment does basically negate a lot of things in the old testament simply becausenn that's kinda' the point. For instance, since Jesus was there, no more need for sacrifices....


Meh, too long of a rant, I'm out.
 
I'm a Catholic, so dont think what I'm about to say is blasphamy, lol.

They say that Jesus's family wouldnt have been able to afford a tomb and buriel. But, didnt he have A LOT of followers? I'm sure they hooked him up.

That is, if he died from natural causes and was not phsycially transported to heaven.

I mean, theoretically, Jesus could have lived a full life after he was taken down from the cross and THEN went to heaven after he passed. Metaphorically, he would appear to be immortal in spirit-form rather than phsycial.
 
I just had to come back to post this.....


Hey look guys! I found Jesus' skeleton!

No you didn't.

So?!....It could be Jesus, it even has his DNA on it.

How do you know it's Jesus' DNA?

.........Look man, it says Jesus, right on the box.

Ummmm No, looks more like Hanun.

You just have to take everything from me, don't you?

Yes, Yes I do.
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070226/wl_mideast_afp/israelreligion_070226183658
But archaeologist Professor Amos Kloner, who documented the tomb as the Jewish burial cave of a well-off family more than 10 years ago, is adamant there is no evidence to support claims that it was the burial site of Jesus.
"I'm a scholar. I do scholarly work which has nothing to do with documentary film-making. There's no way to take a religious story and to turn it into something scientific," he told AFP in a telephone interview.
"I still insist that it is a regular burial chamber from the 1st century BC," Kloner said, adding that the names were a coincidence.
"Who says that 'Maria' is Magdalena and 'Judah' is the son of Jesus? It cannot be proved. These are very popular and common names from the 1st century BC," said the academic at Israel's Bar Ilan University.
Kloner said that of 900 burial caves found within four kilometres (two and a half miles) of Jerusalem's Old City and from the same era, the name Jesus or Yeshu was found 71 times, and that "Jesus son of Joseph" had also been found.
Discovery News said new scientific evidence, including DNA analysis conducted at one of the world's top molecular genetics laboratories, suggests that the tomb could have once held the remains of Jesus and his family.
The findings also suggest that Jesus and Mary Magdalene might have had a son called Judah, it said on its website -- claims that Kloner ridiculed as impossible to prove.
"You would have to do DNA checks and see if the DNA of the bones found in the cave, which allegedly belong to the son of Jesus, match with God's DNA!" he said, referring to the Christian belief that Jesus was the son of God.
Israel's Antiquities Authority refused to comment, although in 1996 a spokesman said that the probability of the caskets belonging to the family of Jesus were "next to zero."
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Nuff said
 
So why don't they just use the DNA to clone a "New Jesus Christ?", that would be fun.
 
Avangarde X said:
So why don't they just use the DNA to clone a "New Jesus Christ?", that would be fun.
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That would add interest to the debate about whether or not clones have souls... could it really be jesus if there was no soul? Now thats interesting.
 
Kyalesyin said:
That would add interest to the debate about whether or not clones have souls... could it really be jesus if there was no soul? Now thats interesting.
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Yeah, and then make him perform miracles for our own entertainment. He will then get his own show on Fox. The ultimate reality TV show.
 
This is nothing new, Christianity has always seen fake or misstaken critisisms like this. Totally original, just another evangelical atheist trying to find a place in this Holy world by atempting to take down the founder stone of modern culture, sorry the only place for them is in a warm Church with other happy loving Christians.
 
Avangarde X said:
Yeah, and then make him perform miracles for our own entertainment. He will then get his own show on Fox. The ultimate reality TV show.
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Reality TV, jesus style? Damn that'd be something to see. Shame I don't believe in reality TV.
 
I seriously doubt the Vatican will let this happen,..........so when Cameron's body turns up in one of those coffins and a letter written by Cameron turns up along with some disturbing pics of him in drag claiming he is not James Cameron but really Jamie Christ and he finally found his/her family remeber you heard it here first.
 
Jesus just left his DNA everywhere. Like a messianic version of Lil Jon.


My god, Im going to hell.
 
Darthphere said:
Jesus just left his DNA everywhere. Like a messianic version of Lil Jon.


My god, Im going to hell.
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Now I can't get the image of Jesus going "WHAT!?......WHAT!?......WHAT!?.......OHKAYYYYYYUHHH!!!!" out of my head. :(

jag
 
jaguarr said:
Now I can't get the image of Jesus going "WHAT!?......WHAT!?......WHAT!?.......OHKAYYYYYYUHHH!!!!" out of my head. :(

jag
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Jesus, where did you get all these fish?

WHAT?!

The fish.

WHAT?!
 
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