See also here :
Scholars Criticize New Jesus Documentary
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/26/D8NHFDRG3.html
for later consumption
My name is John. I am in no way (that I know of) descended from the apostle or saint of the same name.
Oh really? Would they be a Christian if they did?
That doesn't look like the correct quote.
"I'm not a theologist. I'm not an archaeologist. I'm a documentary filmmaker, BS artist" he said.
There now it looks right.
"documentary filmmaker"
Let's see, we have Albore, Michael Moore-on...... yeah, the reputation of a "documentary filmmaker" for factual accuracy and dedicated scholarship is at an all-time high right now.
Known to who as Mariamne, first I've ever heard that claim.
Cameron wouldn't be the first to fall victim to a long history antiquities hoaxes in the Holy Land:
http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2005/05065.htm
How about a documentary about the life of Mohammed?
I think it's time for Christians to play hard-ball when the annual "Debunk the Bible" books and movies come out between Lent and Easter. We need to let it be known that we will boycott Fox if they put these enemies of Christianity on their shows, as Shep and Cavuto have done today, with Sean sure to follow. I know no self-respecting Christian watches CNN, but Larry King loves to put these authors and producers on his show. Every sponsor of the TV special should be boycotted permanently.
To the argument that this is news and must be covered, someone should inform these clowns that the BBC did a special on this tomb find in 1997...hardly a current topic.
We don't have to slit anyone's throat, as the Muslims would do if anyone disrespected Mohammed, but we can refuse to support the purveyors of blasphemy against Jesus with our money.
Hey Cameron, I am a proctologist, so "up yours!"/sarcasm on.
Heh.
That summed it up pretty well.
So they have DNA. Just who, or what are you going to match it too? Hummmmm. They've already "proven" that the Shroud of Torin was a fake, no DNA there. Where are you going to get a sample of Jesus Christ's DNA for a match? Tell me that!
I don't believe this crap for a second.
But there is another angle to this too: Let's accept, merely for the sake of argument, that this is exactly what Cameron says it is, and that it disproves the ressurection. OK, now ask yourself, what kind of human being would be so mean-spirited as to publicize it and utterly destroy the lives of millions and millions of good people -- some of whom have nothing else going for them -- whose sense of peace, joy and hope depend on their faith in the resurrection of Christ?
I got news for James Cameron, even bigger news than his latest faux discovery, and that is: Jesus is alive and well, sitting at the right hand side of God the Father Almighty, and I just talked to him this morning.
And I might add, a few years ago I was struck from behind while driving down an interstate highway on night, a half ton truck was running with no lights on, I never saw him coming, I was running about 60, he hit me about 90+ according to the highway patrol. I was knocked into the shoulder, came back across the highway, into the median, went airborne, flipped, rolled and landed on the other side of the interstate. I tried to regain control of my car, but there was nothing left to control. My last words were 'Lord Jesus save me!' and I walked away with injuries, some serious injuries, but I walked away from a wreck the cops said I should not have survived. I had broken ribs, almost lost my right eye, fractured left wrist, I was a mess.
But that Scripture that says 'whosoever calleth upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved' was never more true, and in a further demonstration of how God had that night firmly under His control, there was an operating room nurse 5 minutes behind me on her way to work at the hospital I would end up being taken to, she stopped to assist. The highway patrol was about 5 to 10 minutes behind her, and if that isn't enough, an ambulance was coming my way from the other direction, having just finished a patient transfer to the very hospital I needed to go to. They stopped as well.
I was in the emergency room in record time. My eye healed up, my left wrist is healed up 100 percent and I'm back playing piano as well as I ever did, my ribs are sore sometimes, but basically ok.
Not only did the Lord Jesus deliver me from certain death, He demonstrated why He is also called 'The Great Physician', and I am alive and well because of Him.
So James Cameron better rethink what he thinks he's found, because the tomb of the Jesus *I* know is *EMPTY*, because He arose, and lives Forevermore.
Amen!
While I agree completely that this is just a hype to promote a show, and agree that there is no yet known way of distinguishing among the many named Jesus or Mary or Marianne, I can't help but wonder about the mindset of the believers. Suppose, at some time in the future, real and provable evidence of Jesus's death and burial were to be revealed. Would science rule the day? Or would faith rule the day? Would Christians rally round their long established truths? Or would they seek some new adaptation of their old beliefs? Fascinating thoughts.
This particular brand of anti-christ is just out to make a buck.