jorgelito

I'm not so sure that Christians are panicking or claiming an attack. The discovery of the tombs really doesn't shake the foundation of faith. There are plenty of reasonable explanations for the existence of the tomb without comprising the core of Christianity.

Further, the point I was trying to make in my previous post is that I think James Cameron is just looking for a publicity stunt, that the subject had been covered before by experts, not Hollywood sensationalists, and that Cameron really hadn't done his research thoroughly. Basically, just trying to present two sides of the story instead of the bandwagoning here.

The presence of a tomb of that size suggests a family wealth. The Jesus in question was not a wealthy man.

The tomb is most likely NOT of a man named Fred as Fred was not a popular Hebrew name of that period.

And BOR, the reason why Christians are getting riled up is because they ARE being attacked. The TFP is a great example. Look at all the atheism threads and the Christian bashing that goes on inside of them. I only recently, and reluctantly "outed" myself as a Christian whereas I was loathe to do so due to all the anti-Christian attitudes that is prevalent on these boards. It isn't 100% blatant but it does exist. And no, I'm not paranoid.

Like in all things, we probably should NOT make sweeping assumptions. There are plenty of Christians who are not afraid or panicked just because a "tomb discovery" was made. Current objection is more to the sensationalization and rush to "see I told you so" type judgements that erupted after the discovery. In other words, a panicked few Christians are responding to the taunts of a (presumably) few atheist, etc.

I agree with the wait and see. In either case, I remain fascinated at the possibilities and undeterred in my own faith.