Jesus Family Tomb Claims

Do you think James Cameron is a Nut?

Him and his cohort have a film in which they claim to have found Jesus’s family tomb. Ths film and the reserch behind it are totally lacking any scientific basis. Do you think that this study missing that scholarly process really support a strong conclusion that jesus was married and had kids. Do you feel this makes James C a nut? Why/Why not. Sorry I will not accept answers that attack religion, this is purely a science question.
The scientific method, which is the backbone of all true science was not used in this so-called investigation. Does the total disregaurd for the nature of true science relegate James C to Nut status? Is any study that does not follow the scientific method valid? I want to hear your answers.

Hold on to your toenails there. It’s not like they did NOTHING to prove their case and that they have no scientific evidence whatsoever.

The age of the remains has been (scientifically) dated to two thousand years ago. DNA from some of the remains have been compared (scientifically) and those that are supposed to be unrelated (according to their claim) are. Even the commonality of the names were compared (statistically) to try and determine the likelihood that some random tomb would have this exact collection of apparently significant ones.

I’ll agree with you to an extent, however. None of this is slam-dunk evidence. But let me counter with another question: how could they possibly GET slam dunk evidence?

Some will suggest that there are religious artifacts that are supposedly smeared with Jesus’ blood (the spear of Longinus, parts of the cross, and so on), so the DNA from those might be compared. The problem is that most of these relics are likely to be complete fakes. If you should compare the relic DNA and found them to come from five different people, how would you ever tell which one (if any!) is the real Jesus?

You’re also going to run into another problem – there are many, many people who will simply not want you to succeed in your proofs, even if they are scientifically valid. Do you think the Vatican is going to lend you some of their relics for analysis? They haven’t yet, even for much more innocuous projects than this. And who, other than true believers, are likely to have any of these proofs you would need?

Leaving this example aside, there is virtually no secular evidence that Jesus even existed. People believed the Shroud of Turin to be associated with Jesus with FAR less evidence than Cameron has.

So is Cameron a nut? He’s certainly being heavily partial, and he’s certainly making assertions that few scholars and scientists are comfortable with based on what they have. But all that doesn’t even make him wrong.

Of course, even if he’s right, he still might be a whack-job. I can’t say I know him well enough to say. Peace.

Mysteries of The Jesus Family Tomb