Saw an interview about this today on the Today Show. I have to say that on many levels this scares me and intrigues me. The scary part is just that traditional Christian view that Jesus never married, he never had children is being brought into question but above that I just can’t wrap my head around a view that allows for a second resurrection and the possibility that there wasn’t a physical Ascension. What intrugues me is that I have experienced too much in my life to discount anything with absolutes. We spoke about this in small group a while back. If any of this becomes proven fact, how would this change or would this change your faith in Christ and in God? I certainly don’t buy into any or all of these theories but I also think it is important to be willing to hear those theories before judging them. What do you think?
Today Show Interview with James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici.
EDIT: Thanks for the comments from the whole two of you who read this blog. Marc, Thanks for this link to Ben Witherington. This fellow has way more knowledge about this whole process and was exactly what I was looking for in terms of facts to dispute what Cameron and Jacobovici had to say. Their argument was that yes those were common names for the day but when you link them all together and do some statistical work you get a 2 million to 1 chance of it being the tomb of Jesus. Dr. Witherington and those who commented on his post offer some more insight into what all those statistics really mean.
For me I wonder if finding out Jesus was married and had a son if that were to enough to shake my faith. Of course my question would be to ask if he did have a child why was there never a mention of the child anywhere in documented history even aside from the Bible? The thing that would cause me to question what I have built my faith on is the idea of a second resurrection and a non physical ascension which these two men assert as a way to dilute and explain the story they are trying to push as fact. I really encourage anyone who is interested in this to read the stuff on the Jesus Tomb and on Dr. Witherington’s site. It is a good thing as Christians to have some knowledge of stuff like this to affirm what we believe in and to be able to explain our beliefs to others who are interested in arguing the other side.
