Is James Cameron the anti-christ? - Page 5

**007** · 02-26-2007, 11:40 PM

As per Glen Beck.

http://time-blog.com/middle_east/200...the_crypt.html

February 23, 2007 6:55
Jesus: Tales from the Crypt
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Brace yourself. James Cameron, the man who brought you 'The Titanic' is back with another blockbuster. This time, the ship he's sinking is Christianity.

In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus wasn't resurrected --the cornerstone of Christian faith-- and that his burial cave was discovered near Jerusalem. And, get this, Jesus sired a son with Mary Magdelene.

No, it's not a re-make of "The Da Vinci Codes'. It's supposed to be true.

Let's go back 27 years, when Israeli construction workers were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the industrial park in the Talpiyot, a Jerusalem suburb. of Jerusalem. The earth gave way, revealing a 2,000 year old cave with 10 stone caskets. Archologists were summoned, and the stone caskets carted away for examination. It took 20 years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.
Israel's prominent archeologist Professor Amos Kloner didn't associate the crypt with the New Testament Jesus. His father, after all, was a humble carpenter who couldn't afford a luxury crypt for his family. And all were common Jewish names.

There was also this little inconvenience that a few miles away, in the old city of Jerusalem, Christians for centuries had been worshipping the empty tomb of Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Christ's resurrection, after all, is the main foundation of the faith, proof that a boy born to a carpenter's wife in a manger is the Son of God.

But film-makers Cameron and Jacobovici claim to have amassed evidence through DNA tests, archeological evidence and Biblical studies, that the 10 coffins belong to Jesus and his family.

Ever the showman, (Why does this remind me of the impresario in another movie,"King Kong", whose hubris blinds him to the dangers of an angry and very large ape?) Cameron is holding a New York press conference on Monday at which he will reveal three coffins, supposedly those of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother Mary and Mary Magdalene. News about the film, which will be shown soon on Discovery Channel, Britain's Channel 4, Canada's Vision, and Israel's Channel 8, has been a hot blog topic in the Middle East (check out a personal favorite: Israelity Bites) Here in the Holy Land, Biblical Archeology is a dangerous profession. This 90-minute documentary is bound to outrage Christians and stir up a titanic debate between believers and skeptics. Stay tuned.
--Tim McGirk/Jerusalem

chagrin · 02-27-2007, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

Then the people become so devoted to that fake purpose that they start changing the society to fit their own ideas, which aren't all that great really for the most part.

Just a quick thought here:

How is this different (making it a bad thing in your opinion) than you or anybody else wanting to make the world a specific way to fit your ideas?

stevieray · 02-27-2007, 07:25 AM

choose wisely...

Anyone else notice how God and Jesus topics have been on the rise in the media the last few years?

Ultra Peanut · 02-27-2007, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Guru

Everyone needs to believe what they want. Does it really serve a purpose to call someones religion a fairy tale though?

He's well within his rights to believe it's a fairy tale!

chagrin · 02-27-2007, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

He's well within his rights to believe it's a fairy tale!

This is true

kc rush · 02-27-2007, 08:41 AM

To the question “Is James Cameron the anti-christ?”, I was going to say that I sat through Titanic and the answer is a definitive yes. Now after reading through this thread, I’m going to get the popcorn.

kepp · 02-27-2007, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by kc rush

To the question “Is James Cameron the anti-christ?”, I was going to say that I sat through Titanic and the answer is a definitive yes. Now after reading through this thread, I’m going to get the popcorn.

Ah...the plot thickens...

Now I believe Cameron is going to attempt to trace Leo DiCaprio's lineage back to Jesus so he can try to make the jump from being the "king of the world!" to the "king of kings."

Jenson71 · 02-27-2007, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by kepp

Ah...the plot thickens...

Now I believe Cameron is going to attempt to trace Leo DiCaprio's lineage back to Jesus so he can try to make the jump from being the "king of the world!" to the "king of kings."

I wonder how Tom Cruise would take that news.

boogblaster · 02-27-2007, 09:26 AM

My dog dug up some old bones..there was a cloth covering them,it said Jesus Gonzalas..could it be???

tyton75 · 02-27-2007, 09:48 AM

Regardless of whether he was actually resurrected or not.. I believe that he was an actual living person and that what he was able to do in his lifetime was amazing.

And the tenets that he espoused are great guidelines to live by... so what does it really matter if he was simply a mortal man or not in the grand scheme of things

That is where the "Leap of Faith" comes into play

Brock · 02-27-2007, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by tyton75

Regardless of whether he was actually resurrected or not.. I believe that he was an actual living person and that what he was able to do in his lifetime was amazing.

Which was what, exactly?

Eleazar · 02-27-2007, 09:59 AM

What would a family tomb of his be in Jerusalem for? You family was buried where you came from in that culture, so if he did have a family tomb that contained his father's remains, it would have been in Galilee.

tyton75 · 02-27-2007, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Brock

Which was what, exactly?

Well.. was there Christianity before Christ?

Brock · 02-27-2007, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by tyton75

Well.. was there Christianity before Christ?

Wasn't that the job of those who survived? I mean, they all could have just said "the hell with it" and went home.

Eleazar · 02-27-2007, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Guru

It took 20 years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.

Another thing I thought of, the names Jesua (to put it in modern spelling, Joshua), Joseph, Mary, Matthew, etc.... those names were as common back then as they are now.

kepp · 02-27-2007, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Brock

Wasn't that the job of those who survived? I mean, they all could have just said "the hell with it" and went home.

They did go home at first, actually (though they probably didn't word their decision to do so like that). It was when they saw Jesus alive that they returned to their ministry. To me, this may be one of the strongest arguments for the resurrection.

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