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| Laughing at the "Jesus Tomb" |
| 2007-02-27 |
| The Anchoress Last Friday - the first Friday of Lent, actually - I posted this story about the so-called “Tomb of Jesus” being “found,” and then forgot about it. So, I was surprised today to find the post getting eleventy billion hits. Soon the emails began to follow, both good and bad. There were the usual extremes from left and right, from the “you stupid Christians are finally going to find out you’ve been played for suckers all these years,” to the “Oh my GAWD, the world is ending, these [secularist] people are going to crucify us all.” Admittedly, there are only a few of those. Some emails are wisely mocking the whole affair and most are more along these lines: “Anchoress, why aren’t you going after this with both barrels? Why are you just laughing instead of hitting back?” What’s to hit back? Why hit back? This is just the world, doing what the world does. But His Kingdom is not of this world! Stop fretting that “some may lose faith,” over this. If they do, then they were in the shallow soil to start with, and they’ll either find a better place to root or they won’t. Pray for them and then let the Holy Spirit do that Spirit Thang we love so much. Some of you are writing that you fear this is the beginning of an era of suppression for the Church. As one of Buster’s g/f’s would say, “Well, duh, you just figured that out?” So what? There will always be a remnant, and the Church is never stronger and more alive than when the world is trying to beat it down. For goodness sake, why are you surprised at any of this? Why are you worried? Remember that half of what you see is an illusion and the rest of what you see is a passing fashion, and you’ll fret a good deal less, no matter what the issue. . . . And yes, I am amused. I’m not cavalier, but I see this stuff as both predictable and tiresome and so I’m choosing to be amused at the assaults upon Christianity which occur like clockwork (or labor pains) every Christmas and every Lenten/Easter season. And I think it behooves Christians to take all of this with as much humor as possible - laugh at it in every way you can - because laughter is a lance into the empty bubble of pride by which so much evil wafts by. Whenever we look up at the world and its princes, we see a telling lack of humor, an utter inability to self-deprecate at its core, which exposes a vulnerable soft underbelly which may be pierced. So, pray. Fast. Laugh. The world was never supposed to love you, after all. You signed on to be despised. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #4 Iceriggger, that's a different hoax. This hoax is bigger, longer lasting and with more road hugging weight. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-27 23:33 |
| #3 Yep, this thing has had a Tasaday-like smell about it from the beginning. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2007-02-27 17:56 |
| #2 Well put Mike. I found a final word by Prof. Amos Kloner and Ronny Reich on the subject. Turns out the whole thing is clearly a fraud. The geological study of the patina shot this scam down almost 4 years ago. But as you say, the Christians will be hated. In this case in Hollyweird with less facts and bigger lies that Al Gore's movie. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-02-27 16:27 |
| #1 "Jesus is coming - look busy!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-02-27 12:45 |