The Jesus Papers

It seems, the newest debacle from writer Michael Baigent, is oddly enough titled the Jesus Papers. It ambitiously fights to explain the rather strange fact that Jesus, proclaimed son of god, and savior of man-kind, had in fact survived the crucifixion to live on for a number of years. After reading it, I decided to take a few minutes to place an assumption upon what the book and of course the author is actually saying.

Before I do so, I’d like to share with you the message Mr. Baigent would like us to hear. From an interview given on Dateline, towards the end, Mr. Baigent made a point by saying that the main purpose of the book is so that people can finally start to ask questions. What he actually meant by this, was that he expected us to question whether or not, Jesus lived past the crucifixion, and perhaps many other beliefs the Catholic Church has to offer.

As the story goes, he was able to meet and greet an individual who was a collector and happened to be in the possession of two documents. In particular, those documents were from the year 45ad. Moreover, the astonishing point was not who the papers were written to, but rather from whom. According to Mr. Baigent, it was none other then Jesus himself.

As intriguing as that sounds, I, much like the rest of you, will undoubtedly ask the all too obvious question. Where is the proof? Where are these papers and why isn't its location noted or even exposed?

The answer, according to mr. Baigent, was that the man who possessed the documents, made a deal with the Vatican to keep them a secret or possibly destroy them. And, it is entirely up to the man to reveal them.

Now, with out further ado, my thoughts. It would appear that Mr. Baigent is boldly asking us to take a leap of faith and not only assume but accept that these papers are real, and more importantly, to understand that what many of us have believed for so long, is in fact, false. Well, I can not simply adhere to that task. For more then obvious reasons, to blindly accept such a fact with out a shred of proof or evidence is absolutely absurd.

I, at this point do not accept much of the religion as it stands now, and these papers can only serve to change the course of history, or, perhaps share in the line of well known lies. Either way, the book does, through its vague attempt of acting as a Dan Brown knock-off, bring up a rather interesting point, but perhaps the only truth that may come of this topic is that until there is some serious evidence to back up this theory; this book shall rest along side the others that are labeled fictional.