Fact: I am not the one buried in the "Jesus Tomb"

If you missed the Discovery Channel airing of the documentary that stated Jesus had been buried with his wife Mary Magdalene and they had remains to prove it....well so did I. I had watched a lot of politicians on CNN earlier that day, and had listened to my quota of liars for one day.

After some internet research, I figured out the documentary was produced by James Cameron (the same guy responsible for bringing us "Titanic" with that Leonardo DeCrapio guy). The Discovery Channel article detailing the documentary claims that a specific tomb was that of Jesus of Nazareth, and his wife Mary Magdalene (insert Da Vinci Code flashback here.) Although you can imagine the response from Christian websites, I found it rather interesting that science periodicals and websites, that normally look at Christian beliefs as the product of neuroses, even dispute the "facts" and "evidences" purported within this piece. Scientific American had a number of articles on their website including one where detailing several researchers who were upset at the way their research was used. One went as far to say she was angered. Another stated that his figures on the probability of a tomb containing ossuaries with the names of Jesus and Mary(used as a key piece of evidence) was misrepresented. In one of the articles Scientific American states:

"Even if scholars conclude the whole thing is bunk, I have a feeling this will become a permanent part of the our culture's conspiracy lore, like the JFK conspiracy, the staging of the moon landing, the Turin Shroud, and all the rest before it."

As believers, we don't need "evidences" for those things we accept on faith. The Gospel is evidence enough.

Isaiah 53:8-9

"By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
And who can speak of his descendants?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was stricken.

He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth."

'nuff said.