Cameron's Jesus a Titanic Fraud

(Originally published on The Rec )

Strap yourselves in, kids. It looks like we're in for the first huge firestorm of the year.

James Cameron, who recently announced his new science fiction film "Avatar" will arrive in theaters in May of 2009, has suddenly decided to jeopardize the film with a publicity stunt of titanic proportions.

He claims to have found the body of Jesus.

Time Magazine is running a story that describes what Cameron plans to show the world at a Monday press conference: the coffins of Jesus, his mother Mary, and Mary Magdelene.

Wooooo, boy. How long before one of the God-fearin' Christians puts a bullet of Love in his head?

A 90-minute documentary will air on several stations around the world, including the Discovery Channel, which will lay out the evidence that not only was Jesus not resurrected from his grave, but that he also sired a son with Mary Magdelene. Here is an excerpt from that report about the discovery:

Let's go back 27 years, when Israeli construction workers were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the industrial park in the Talpiyot, a Jerusalem suburb. of Jerusalem. The earth gave way, revealing a 2,000 year old cave with 10 stone caskets. Archologists were summoned, and the stone caskets carted away for examination. It took 20 years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.

This is going to cause a huge controversy, the likes of which we have not seen in some time. Cameron would be better off getting into the director's chair and trying to keep his ego-fueled mouth shut. Something like this will get you killed in the red states, and probably in the blue, too.

Meanwhile, no word from Mel Gibson on his thoughts about this discovery. No doubt he is sharpening the points on his mace even as we speak.