Day after the tomb’s opening March 5, 2007
Posted by Alien Drums in Christianity, Faith, Jesus, Truth.Tags: Resurrection
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I waited about 24 hours after watching “The Lost Tomb of Jesus”. I waited to make sure the theoretical walls of Christendom did not crumble under the weight of television “journalism”. So far, they still seem intact.
I’m already reading and hearing some interesting responses, but I have not seen the follow-up show yet because my beddy-bye time precluded it Sunday night.
As a mental exercise I want to explore some options. What if it turns out that filmmaker James Cameron and crew are right? What if Jesus did not physically rise from the dead? What are my options of response? Here’s a go at it:
1) Ignore the truth and go on believing and teaching what I’ve always believed and taught.
2) Ascribe to only a spiritual ressurection and still affirm that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah.
3) Reject the notion that Jesus was the Messiah but affirm him as a great teacher and continue to build a God-faith around his teachings.
4) Reject the notion that Jesus was the Messiah but affirm him as a great teacher and begin to build a God-faith around the teachings of all great teachers.
5) Reject the notion that Jesus was the Messiah but affirm his as a great teacher and begin to build a godless life philosophy around the teachings of all great teachers.
6) Reject the notion that Jesus was the Messiah or a great teacher and disregard all vestiges of his teaching and look for truth elsewhere.
7) Stop looking for truth.
I’ve always been one who likes to look at options, so this little exercise helped me. Did I miss any in general terms?
Please do NOT think I’ve drunk the James Cameron Kool-aid and bought this story line. I surely haven’t. But I’m willing to look at it. As this blog’s subtitle says, I’m listening for truth in an amazing world.
By the way, I still prayed this morning and felt the presence of a loving God in my spirit just like I had the day before seeing the show. While godless options are intellectually possible, I simply cannot imagine living with one.
Why not REJECT the film and the book. What they present is not near any truth at all. Your prayer surely showed who is truth…. Ron
As a Christian and as a hopeful “intellectual” it will be interesting to see how all of this plays out. I’ll admit I’m entering this exploration with strong biases. Findings would have to be rather substantial to change my belief system. I believe in God and I believe in science (used to find facts in this case). The former created the latter.
Ron: Rejecting is the most likely option and the easiest, but I wanted to think through the personal implications if the show’s premise could be proved. Thanks for writing.
Dadinaught: I like the “hopeful ‘intellectual’” phrase. It’s also nice to encounter people who believe in God and science. Thanks for writing.
Yes Allen always good to explore what would happen re something that shakes what you KNEW was truth. Like the Israelites who saw the parting of the Red Sea etc etc and then grumbled about lack of water etc.
Darlene Zschech from Hillsong here in Sydney has Shout to Lord in which a line is “Forever I will love you Forever I will stand Nothing compares to the promise I have in you” ..
Blessings Ron
I forgot to watch it, but I guess I’ll survive without it for now. I look forward to hearing what you thought of the follow-up show when you see it.