Separating the Good News
When I hear or read a major news story it often grabs my attention - as it is designed to do. But it seems that we seldom hear much follow up. Here is an example of the 'follow up' receiving none of the attention of the original 'story'.
The Story:
In the feature documentary The Lost Tomb of Jesus a case is made that the 2,000-year-old "Tomb of the Ten Ossuaries" belonged to the family of Jesus of Nazareth. (Discovery Channel)
The Follow-Up:
Several prominent scholars who were interviewed in a bitterly contested documentary that suggests that Jesus and his family members were buried in a nondescript ancient Jerusalem burial cave have now revised their conclusions, including the statistician who claimed that the odds were 600:1 in favor of the tomb being the family burial cave of Jesus of Nazareth, a new study on the fallout from the popular documentary shows. (The Jerusalem Post)
All this makes it more difficult for people to hear the Good News as new news. Don't believe everything you hear, especially if you hear what you don't believe.
Had you heard the story? or the follow up? Are you surprised that they are backing away from the 'facts' so quickly? Let me know what you think...
[Thanks to Skeptico blog for the follow up]
posted by Lunar Mark @ 4:36:00 PM
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As I recall the Discovery Channel show was followed by an hour long interview. During the interview both sides of the issues were presented. There was definitely much discussion about the probable twisting of facts that were presented in the show. In some cases what was presented as facts in the show were shown by the people who supposedly made the statements to be misinterpretaions of there statements. I clearly remember the "DNA" evidence being mentioned.
I've reached the point now that I always have to ask, 'According to who? What are your sources? Are there supporting opinions?', etc before I believe too much of what I see on TV and in the news. It seems that there is too much hype everywhere now.
This post reminded me of the first bible verse I was asked to memorize in Church School.
2 Timothy 2:15
NRSV says
"Do your best...rightly explaining the word of truth."
Canon Shallcross
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