Cameron's Folly

Tomb Could be of Jesus, Wife and Son Say Directors -- WASHINGTON (AFP) - The burial site of Jesus has been found and suggests he had a wife and son, according to highly sensitive claims in a documentary by "Titanic" director James Cameron and Israel-born Simcha Jacobovici.

The claims inject controversy into the issue of resurrection central to Christianity and, if accurate, could reignite questions about Jesus' earthy family life popularized in the book "The Da Vinci Code."

Cameron and Jacobovici, an award-winning documentary director, said their research suggested Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had a son, Judah.


Well, Easter is coming up, so it is time for the anti-Christian crowd to stir up another dose of nonsense. Every year, at Christmas, they attack everything from decorations to the actual use of the word "Christmas". Every Easter another hate monger mounts an attack on Christ's divinity or resurrection. They feel a need to "humanize" Him.

Last year it was The Da Vinci Code. This year it is James Cameron and Simcha Jacobvici.

The problem is the quality of their dis-information. I wrote a criticism of The Da Vinci Code last year and was blasted by the religious-left because "the book is fiction" and therefore, somehow, immune to criticism of it's content and agenda. Even though, all of the non-Christians who read it were saying, "See. This proves Jesus was a phony!"

This year's assault on Christ, however, is portraying the same "fiction" from The Da Vinci Code as established fact. It claims that Jesus somehow survived His crucifixion and burial (as a man) and lived on; marrying Mary Magdelene and having at least one son.

All of this is based upon finding a tomb with some empty funeral boxes; some of which were marked with the names "Jesus Son of Joseph", "Maria" and "Judah Son of Jesus".

Some of the problems with Cameron's folly are that the tomb was discovered on March 28, 1980 and has been dismissed by historians, archaeologists, and Jewish and Christian theologins alike as nothing more than an old tomb. There is no historical connection with Jesus of Nazareth and the names Jesus and Mary were very common names back then.

The ossuaries, or burial boxes, in question were empty by the way. Cameron had DNA analysis done from residue in the three containers and found no blood relationship between the man and the woman, suggesting they were married.

Moreover, This entire affair is an attempt by James Cameron and his directing partner to piggy-back a profit on the bone-headed success of The Da Vinci Code. What better time to attack the central tenet of Christianity than the holiday celebrating the event?

If similar attacks were made upon Judiasm or Islam or any religion, other than Christianity, there would be an outcry and backlash that would have Cameron back filming basic cable commercials. Here is how a real archaeologist sums up this shoddy attack on Christianity:


Israeli archaeologist and professor Amos Kloner, who documented the tomb as the Jewish burial cave of a well-off family more than 10 years ago, is adamant there is no evidence to support claims that it was the burial site of Jesus.

"I'm a scholar. I do scholarly work which has nothing to do with documentary film-making. There's no way to take a religious story and to turn it into something scientific," he told AFP in a telephone interview.

"I still insist that it is a regular burial chamber from the 1st century BC," Kloner said, adding that the names were a coincidence.

"Who says that 'Maria' is Magdalena and 'Judah' is the son of Jesus? It cannot be proved. These are very popular and common names from the 1st century BC," said the academic at Israel's Bar Ilan University.


It must be easy to confuse fact with fiction. After all, Jesus and The Terminater both said, "I'll be back."

Nice try James. Better luck next year.

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