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February 26, 2007

Blasphemy Watch

by AltHippo @ 3:55 pm. Filed under Uncategorized

Very interesting:

“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.

One of the caskets even bears the title, “Judah, son of Jesus,” hinting that Jesus may have had a son, according to the film.

[…]

Simcha Jacobovici, the Toronto filmmaker who directed the film, said that a name on one of the ossuaries _ “Mariamene” _ offers evidence that the tomb is that of Jesus and his family. In early Christian texts, “Mariamene” is the name of Mary Magdalene, he said.

I’m one of those people who don’t believe the historical accuracy of the Gospels is that important. What matters to people like me is the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth concerning how we interact with each other, sustaining this idea we mutually experience called “civilization,” or more basically “life on earth.” Of course that bit where Jesus talks about who is blessed and why is reasonably interesting as well.

It’s a shame that modern Christianity has become so focused on who can sleep with who, and how they can do it, and whether socialism is evil, or whether you can show pictures of naked people or use swear words on television. Christ had nothing to say about these things, so discussions along those lines can’t be called Christianity, per se.

Likewise the obsession with the literal truth of Christian dogma, which this documentary questions, is bound to draw fire, while a penetrating look at the parable of the mustard seed will go completely ignored.

The good news is that documentaries like this one will vex and distract the True Believers for a time, so they don’t bother people like me.

Next up: Was Jesus Gay?

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