As if the falsehood-laced (but decent mystery plot) movie The Da Vinci Code wasn’t enough, we as people of faith now have to consider the elongated claims of yet another show, The Lost Tomb of Jesus.
Could this be a photo of Mary Magdalene's ossuary?
Executive producer James Cameron, the man who stretched a 45-minute or so incident into a boring four-hour melodrama with Titanic, is responsible for this new “documentary”.
In it, he is now testing our intellectual patience with claims that the “lost” tomb of “the family” of Jesus has been found in Jerusalem – supposedly containing the remains of Mary Magdalene, Jesus’ presumed wife, his mother Mary, his earthly father Joseph, and purported offspring.
All this despite the fact that Jesus' family home was in Galilee and that all reliable historians report that Mary the mother of Jesus died in Ephesus.
I’m sure not going to lose a wink of sleep over it, however. From what I’ve read about this film, at best it’s good entertainment. But don’t trust the story insinuations.
The “documentary” airs tomorrow night at 9 on the Discovery Channel on cable TV. To add a hint of contrived legitimacy, a “panel discussion” moderated by Ted Koppel will follow the airing.
If you care, and want a more sane and factual commentary on the “Lost Tomb” topic click here. You’ll discover quite a contrasting perspective from Lutheran theologian/historian Paul L. Maier. In fact, he lists no less than 10 logical reasons why the film's conclusive suggestions cannot be true.
As an aside, Dr. Maier is the son of the original “Lutheran Hour” founder and radio broadcaster, the late Dr. Walter A. Maier, to whom our whole family listened while gathered around the large, console radio on Sunday afternoons after dinner, back when I was a child in Chicago.
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