Could Second Coming of Jesus be due to cloning his found DNA?

[zulchzulu]

I was watching James Cameron and some other guy talking about how they may have found the burial box of Jesus as well as one possibly being Mary Magdelene's. There were rumors that bones were found in both tombs.

So this brings me to an interesting possiblity.

Q: Would the Religious Right want to clone Jesus so that he indeed does "return"?

Talk about a weird sci-fi movie idea...


http://www.thestar.com/News/article/185708

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. That book has already been written my friend. I forget the name of it tho. However

in terms of the second coming of Christ, I have always taken it to mean if people act Christ-like (kind, caring for the poor, turning the other cheek) then He is here again with us in that sense.

[mmonk]

14. wow, really? I was going to say sounds like a novel.

[Ganja Ninja]

2. Who needs a clone of Jesus when we have George W. Bush?

:shrug:

[Skidmore]

3. There was a movie on teevee recently with a plot line line this.

Can't remember the name of the film.

[shadowknows69]

11. There was a movie called "The Body"

with Antonio Banderas about finding the tomb of Jesus and his remains. It was killed by critics but I thought it was ok. Needless to say people didn't want the secret that the Big J wasn't Divine getting out. Hilarity and murder ensues.

[YOY]

4. Clone 'im

Jesus or not, we could use someone to tell the fundies "WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!!?!" that they would actually listen to.

[bleedingheart]

5. Why have a clone when a descendents may walk amongst us? That is where the $$ is

imagine...this...a registry of folks who want to see if they are somehow related to Jesus?

Now imagine charging people as much as $250 a pop to find out if they are a genetic match to the Savior?

[unpossibles]

6. the problems: for one thing, if he is in the tomb, doesn't that sort of

blow the whole divine ascension to Heaven thing?

If he came back, they would just string him up and paint him as a nutjob.

[eShirl]

7. ooo, like that Star Trek: Next Generation episode

with the cloned Klingon (not sure how his name was spelled but it was pronounced Kay'-less)

[Dukkha]

23. Kahless

and that's exactly what I thought when I saw the poll :)

In The Next Generation episode Rightful Heir, set in the late 24th century, on the planet Boreth (a Klingon place of pilgrimage), ambitious caretakers created a clone of Kahless from dried blood from the ancient dagger of Molor in a bid for leadership. The ruse was scuttled by Worf, son of Mogh, who learned the truth and subsequently arranged for the new Kahless II to occupy a ceremonial position as a figurehead “emperor” in the Klingon Empire.

[EST]

8. If the putative Jesus should show up again, you know exactly

what would happen. His ideas and methods are still so unpopular that they would torture and kill the poor bastard just like before and probably much quicker.

[Dr.Phool]

9. I thought Rev. Moon was the second coming.

Fuck! Now I'll have to convert to Scientology.

[tk2kewl]

10. Al Gore is the second coming!

O8)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. If they did clone him, would he look like Tab Hunter?

[Arugula Latte]

16. More likely he'd come back looking too "Middle Eastern" for fundies

They don't like 'em swarthy, ya know!

Jesus looks Norwegian in their fantasies. :eyes:

[zulchzulu]

18. I'm thinkin' Jeff Goldblum

[Little Wing]

20. No way, Dirk Benedict is the obvious choice

[blogslut]

13. Hold on there for a second...

If there is a body in the tomb, wouldn't that sort of put the kibosh on that whole rose-from-the-dead thing?

[helderheid]

19. DOH!

[zulchzulu]

21. Do ya hafta ruin every ting?

Sheesh...OK.. delete that... no body was found... after all, that would make the whole "risen from the dead" thing...yunno...

[MilesColtrane]

15. Well, as Woody Allen said...

"If Jesus Christ came back today and saw what was being done in his name, he'd never stop throwing up."

Agree that if he were to come back in the U.S. he'd probably be thrown in Guantanamo

[GeorgeGist]

17. That would be playing God ...

without a virgin.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. I have been playing with this concept for

three eyars now, not jesus, but a return nonetheless

That said, this will make the church, (all of them) crap themselves

[liberalEd]

24. First, convince me he was here the first time around. :)