The So Called Tomb of Jesus

For skeptics of Christianity the 'find' of the so called tomb of Jesus is the smoking gun that they have been looking for. Goody for them. James Cameron and some other guy were on the Today Show yesterday touting this great show that they had put on and this was the greatest find of all time. The fact that it had been found years ago and archeologists all stated it was nothing of note means nothing. James Cameron is a film maker famous for the insipid classic "Titanic" and the 'other guy' is an investigative journalist. Their combined archeological and theological credentials amount to nothing. Much of what they claim is writing has been classified as scratches by most real archeologists. I have no doubt that they will find some people to validate their findings....Enough money and people will validate almost anything.

Several things:

These were common names....very common names.

These may have been (or probably were) scratches.

There was an all out effort in that era to attempt to discredit Christianity and many fake things and false gospels have been found.

Here's the thing. Scientifically we can prove nothing about Jesus. We can't prove what Jesus did or did not do. We cannot prove, scientifically who or what Jesus was.

We move as a people of faith. Christians believe that Christianity has survived because it was and still is inspired by God and given power and strength by the Holy Spirit. Frankly, I do believe this because the Christian Church, on its own merits, would have long ago destroyed itself if it were not for, I believe, being God driven. (Just to clarify---not EVERYTHING done in God's name is really from God...A lot of people blame their bad behavior on God.)

So James and the other guy....I think that "Desperate Housewives" looks good on Sunday night.