New 7 Wonders

So, it seems as if we have all been given the chance to vote for the New Seven Wonder's of the World.

New 7 Wonders

For those of you that don't know, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were chosen by everyone's favorite historical trend-setters, the Ancient Greeks. Their wonders pointed out the very many things that their culture found amazing and remarkable, but the good people at the "New 7 Wonders" initiative want this online vote to reflect what the whole of the modern world has to say about itself.

Well, at least, the whole of the modern world that has internet access.

So, what would you vote for?

Jesus Family Tomb

It is late, and I am very tired. I sit in my office before my computer, finishing up the last bit of work I can muster after a long and hectic day. As is my habit, I check my email before I get ready for bed, and at the header of my page where my RSS reader lives, I see something tantalizing.

Discovery News - Jesus Family Tomb Believed Found - 2 days ago

Wow. Can this be saying what I believe it is saying? I've been fooled before by the headlines of articles; tricked into clicking something which opens a page that is of total disinterest to me. But, hey, I simply must find out. So I click on the link and I read the entire Discovery News article, and yes, it seems that the final resting place of the family of Jesus, his supposed wife Mary Magdalene, and their alleged child Judah has been found. More astounding still, it was found in 1980 and the news article I was reading was itself two days old.

I believe that somewhere in my mind many things began to spark. I began to think of the theological and cultural significance of this discovery. I began to wonder how this shocking news somehow failed to inspire people to discuss the event, and I wondered how it was that I hadn't heard anything about this for 2 days or 27 years, depending on your viewpoint. But in the end, the most dominant thought coursing through my brain was this:

"Jesus Family Tomb" sounds an awful lot like the name of a folk rock band.