Amos Kloner, the first archaeologist to examine the site, said the idea fails to hold up by archaeological standards but makes for profitable television. “They just want to get money for it,” Kloner said. “It was an ordinary middle-class Jerusalem burial cave,” he added. “The names on the caskets are the most common names found among Jews at the time.”

The Lost Tomb of Christ is more pop-secularist superstition produced by men who hate the Church. Best not to take it too seriously. The whole argument of the filmmaker (filmmaker mind you, not scientist) is that concurance of several scriptural names and DNA similarities found indicating blood relation is compelling evidence for one of the tombs being that of Jesus. One only gets away with a sham like this if it is directed against Christianity. The fact that Cameron is a Hollywood darling will only strengthen his “argument.”

For those who are interested in the truth the facts in this case are pretty plane and simple. A little ignorance will go a long way, but is not so hard to pop Cameron’s balloon. For those who are only looking for an excuse to reject Christianity, we have only prayer.

Ave Maria!