Funniest Response I've Seen to "The Tomb of Jesus"

"Honey -- looks like we're gonna be Jewish now"

It also is the truest response. Because without the resurrection we've got nothing, nada, zip, zilch, niente ...

More about the twits doing that movie later ... this all works in with some conversations Tom and I've been having lately. If you haven't heard about it, here's the story.

..Spearheaded by a well-known TV director named Simcha Jacobovici, and produced by "Titanic" director James Cameron, "The Jesus Family Tomb" is—both in book and movie form—a slick and suspenseful narrative about the 1980 discovery of a first-century Jewish burial cave and the 10 bone boxes, or ossuaries, found therein.

With the help of statisticians, archeologists, historians, DNA experts, robot-camera technicians, epigraphers and a CSI expert from New York's Long Island, Jacobovici puts together a case in which he argues that the bones of Jesus, Mary and Mary Magdalene, along with some of their lesser-known relatives, were once entombed in this cave...

THE BEST ADVICE FOR ANYONE UPSET BY THIS ...

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. But on this particular story, I say let the world spin it. If the Spirit moves you to, instead of wringing your hands or indulging in hate, which will in the end only disable your own soul, do what the monastics have done throughout the history of the church: make reparation and do penance for those who can’t or won’t do it for themselves. It’s Lent, after all - season of reparation and detachment. Detach, a little.

Oh, Anchoress, you are so sensible ... and when sensible means laughing at the world, then let's all join in. Go read.