European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 72007 stars and stripes Page 13 promotion timing bugs faithful every easter christians say marketers target them for sensations by Rachel Zoll the associated press new York the easter season has an Odd new tradition the period of reflection on the crucifixion and resurrection has become a popular time for marketers to Roll out the scholarly to the Chal Lenge christianity Core beliefs in the last several years churchgoers have been hit with a steady Stream of claims that Jesus didst die on the Cross that he had a wife and kids and that the Bible is a fraud christians across a Broad spectrum of belief Are angered by the trend they accept the Freedom to question religion but wonder Why the assaults come Dur ing their faiths most sacred Days Why Are they doing it now and Why Are they doing it in such a provocative Way asked the Rev James Martin a Jesuit writer and author of my life with the saints we have nothing to fear from serious scientific inquiry but when if s slanted and leaves out the religious Point of View if s very misleading Martin said it can All be tied together in a Slick pack age that can be very compelling this years outrage for christians was the los Tomb of Jesus documentary suggesting that a South Jerusalem Cave discovered in 1980 contained the re Mains of Jesus indicating he want resurrected the filmmakers suggest that Mary Magdalene was buried in the Tomb that she and Jesus were married and that a Stone Box labelled Judah son of Jesus belonged to their son the documentary was unveiled in Early March six Days into Lent by James Cameron it Drew attention vision Toronto filmmaker Simcha Jacobovics explores a Cave in Jerusalem during James camerons the lost Tomb of Christ in the last several years often around easter churchgoers have been hit with a steady Stream of sensational works that Challenge christianity Core beliefs around the world top archaeologists in the us and abroad called that claim and the films findings preposterous but a Book based on the documentary quickly climbed bestseller lists there is More tolerance in the Gener Al culture for All things wild and Wacky about Jesus said Ben Witherington a new testament expert at Asbury Theo logical Seminary and author of what have they done with Jesus other easters have seen the release of works on the gnostic gospels the religious rival that lost out to orthodox christianity in ancient to specials asserting that Jesus was merely human if s become a rite of passage in the lenten season said Bill Donahue head of the Catholic league an anti def Amati on group ifs not a matter of s agree to disagree if s a matter of lets undermine christianity Witherington said if s difficult to counter publicity seekers and Media outlets that fire first and fall Back if they need to we live in a Jesus haunted culture that s biblically illiterate withering ton said everybody knows who Jesus is but the actual knowledge about Early Christian history and the Bible is very Low in the culture and even Large segments of the Church in that Situa Tion anything can pass for knowledge about the historical Jesus even wildly improbable theories residents shocked by sex charges Ste Genevieve to Al Mcdaniel waited nervously inside the Ste Genevieve county sheriffs department As detectives interviewed his 6yearold grandson like the parents of other children interviewed by sheriffs deputies thursday Mcdaniel was Wor ried his grandson May have been molested by a Man whose wife ran an income Day care Center William Huck or was arrested March 25 on child sex charges and has since told authorities he molested 40 children Over a 30year period Accord ing to sworn testimony from investigators in a probable cause statement Huck is charged with 13 counts of first degree child molestation and four counts of statutory Sod omy and is being held on million Bond 3 lawyers resign management posts lawyers in the us attorneys office in Minneapolis resigned their management posts and will return to prosecuting cases the office said Friday the office did not say Why the three stepped Down and indicated there  be further pub Lic comment the three resignations come As Congress investigates the us Justice department s firing of eight Usi attorneys last year and whether the moves were politically motivated injunction issued against voyage Alexandria judge issued an injunction Friday that would bar internet phone Carrier voyage from signing up new customers As punish ment for infringing on patents held by Verizon communications inc voyage holdings corp planned an immediate Appeal court refuses to intervene in Case Washington a Federal appeals court on Friday refused to intervene in the Case of a us Cit Izen facing a death sentence in Iraq for his role in the kidnapping of three romanian journalists in Baghdad a three judge panel said it is unable to step into the Case 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