Biblical scholars are falling over themselves to point out reasons that James Cameron’s “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” is a bad piece of investigation. Ben Witherington of Asbury Seminary lists some quick thoughts notably that Jacobovici’s claim that one of the ossuaries belongs to Mary Magdalene is without evidence. All historical references to Mary Magdalene…
Critics are accusing filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici of leaping to conclusions in the upcoming Discovery Channel documentary The Jesus Tomb. And this isn’t the first time such accusations have been made against him. Critics accused him of playing fast and loose with the facts in his documentary about the Exodus.
I confess I’ve been a little unnerved by director James Cameron’s Titanic announcement that he’s found Jesus–I wasn’t aware that Jesus was missing. Cameron’s latest project, a TV documentary called The Lost Tomb of Jesus will supposedly unveil evidence that could rock the foundation of Christianity. Namely that the bodies of Jesus Christ and his…
I’ve been itching for a good boycott for a while. Here’s one that I can support–Gizmodo’s Boycott the RIAA in March. The RIAA’s trenchant enforcement of outdated copyright laws threaten innovation in computer-mediated communicatons. And there’s some evidence that closed copyrights put a damper on music sales (the classic example is the Grateful Dead, who…
The Number 23 promised to be a sublimely disorienting voyage into paranoia. A little Eternal Sunshine followed by a slice of Pi. But it just doesn’t quite make it. Too bad the studio won’t take this film back into the editing bay for a little knife-work. It’s about 2/3 of the way toward being great…
What goes through your mind when your parachute fails…and then your backup chute? Amazingly Michael Holmes lived to tell about it. The British skydiver survived a drop of some 14,000 feet, thanks partly to the drag from his failed parachute as well as a blackberry thicket on the ground. One more thing. He was wearing…
If you’re planning on hosting a Super Bowl party, you could be risking time behind bars. If you show the game on more than one TV screen, or if your screen is larger than 55″ you are breaking the law. UPDATE (2/04/07): After a barrage of complaints the NFL backs down and says “never mind.”
