A Faith of Fakers

They found a second tomb that supposedly holds the remains of Jesus. He's buried in what they call a family tomb, in a bone box and the box he's in has his name on it. He's buried with two Marys', Joseph his brother and Judas his son. (These are the titles written on the boxes, I'm not saying they are correct or not). They say that one of the Marys' is Mary Magdalene and she's buried beside Jesus, a place only reserved for blood relatives or wife. They did DNA testing on both the remains and found that they were not relatives, so she was buried there as his wife.

The Bible doesn't mention that Jesus had a family, though I don't see it as a stretch at all. In fact, there's quite a bit of his life that is left out, I believe its between the ages of 13 and just around 30 but I'm no scholar.

The surprising thing in all of this (though honestly, I don't know why it surprises me anymore) is the off the handle reaction from the Christians. There's a movie coming out about all this, though I already forget the title. But the man who made the documentary is getting all kinds of trouble from the Christians. Is it that hard to believe that Jesus's remains were found? Is that all it takes to shake up your little Bubble World?

Jesus was physically a man. We know this, it's necessary for the story to mean something to us as men. He had a physical body which felt pain, thus the passion of the cross. This is a critical part of the Christian faith. Jesus was God in Man. That being said, is it so hard to believe that when he died, he left his body behind? Isn't that what happens to all earthly bodies? If anything, it'd be even more peculiar if there were no body.

The egos on these people are astounding. They ought to know better than this. We don't know everything. In fact, we know nothing. We know what we've been given, and what God intended us to know and I'm not even sure half the people who claim the faith even know that much. It is but a tiny window's view into all that has happened. You just have to accept the fact that there are things we don't know, and that there is a possibility that more will be revealed.

But you'd think they were defending a fake faith. Is all the uproar necessary in this situation? If the story of Jesus is true, and you believe in your heart that it is, then there is no need to be upset about all this. What's true, is true. Nothing that has been discovered or ever will be discovered will change that fact. But with the reaction the Christians are having, you'd almost think they didn't believe it themselves.

Maybe that is the problem. And if that is the case, how am I supposed to believe what they tell me if they don't even believe it themselves. This does not go unnoticed by the "secular" world. Also noted by the rest of us is the lack of reaction to things they ought to be reacting to. Things like proposed laws to imprison parents who are caught spanking their children, abortion, same sex marriage, all these things our culture indulges in with out a slight mention from the "church". For crying out loud, the Catholics are making a name for themselves on the child abuse registry left and right. The molestation cases are piling up against prominent members of the Catholic church and nobody has anything to say about it.

And here's my disclaimer:

I don't really know much about the Bible and that shames me, to be honest. What I do know, tells me that this is nothing to worry about, short of the over reaction from the Christians. I think they need to be more aware of how they look to the rest of the world. That's just my opinion. I absolutely believe the story of Jesus, as it's written in the New Testament, but I also believe there is a lot we don't know, and there is a reason for that. God hasn't changed. He knew better than us when he wrote it and He knows better now. Nothing gets past him, kids. So don't get your panties in a bunch. If you insist indulging in your wedgie and giving the rest of us a headache, make it something worth screaming about. There are many to choose from. I wrote a whole blog on my myspace about what happens to "friends of the Clintons". Now that...is scary.

Who knows if they found Jesus. If so, how amazing is that. People have always said, "Well maybe he was an incredible person, but God I'm not so sure." At least now they can know he is historically correct. Maybe they'll find proof of other miracles, but it's doubtful. Miracles with proof are only half as good as the ones you have faith in.

And God doesn't settle for half as good.