"Jesus tomb documentary ignores biblical and scientific evidence, logic experts say"
The heavy weights have weighed in! James Cameron is airing a documentary that claims to have found the actual casket and bones of Jesus Christ. I wrote yesterday sharing my thoughts on this sensational claim.
Others have begun to make their opinions known. Scholars that have much more intellectual clout than I do have begun to publicly debunk the newest anti-Jesus myth.
For some great articles check out the Baptist Press News today.
Good articles by:
Michael Foust
Mike Licona - great summary of the evidence against this hypothesis.
Jeff Robinson on Dr. Albert Mohler who appeared on Larry King Live about this subject.
By the way, I have always watched the major television conglomerates religious specials. Peter Jennings has done some on religion in Israel in the last several years. There were a couple of programs that came out related to The Davinci Code. These shows always have several "experts".
Invariably, they always find some "expert" that has a view on the particular topic that is contrary to the majority of "experts" and is always more sensational.
"Experts" are a dime a dozen these days. This is true whether we are talking about religion, biology, or any other particular field of study. Since this is true, if you are building a case for a particular argument, you have give more weight and credibility to the majority of experts.
This documentary on Jesus' casket uses experts. But, from what I have read, the majority of experts that have been close to this issue since 1980 give no to very little credibility to the claims this documentary makes.
"When the Talpiot tomb hypothesis is weighed on the historian’s scale, a few beans may be placed on the side in its favor while a brick of historical evidence is placed gently on the side against it. The tip of the scale that follows is not a gentle one." Mike Licona
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