No. J2K108

I didn't really want to partake in the pack journalism scoop-fest on this Jesus... BUT, being the cracker-jack-Christ-critic that I am-- hey, stop laughing!-- I figured I shouldn't let this Guy go without a J2K1 acknowledgement.

This Jesus is not the work of George Lucas' special effects team-- although He might be making a cameo as a space peasant in Episode II. Rather, He has been created by the BBC through computer enhancements based on the skull of a 1st-century Jewish man, for the purposes of a television series called The Son of God.

Which leads me to ask the question, "Could just any old Jew from the 1st century have been our Lord and Saviour?" The answer being a resounding, "Hell no!" Those scared, watery brown eyes. The closely-clipped beard and hair. The bulbous nose. Jesus Himself would say "Oy vay!"

Give me a blue-eyed, hippie-haired, sweet-gazing Jesus or a dreadlocked, chocolate-skinned, smooth-brother Jesus anyday.

For info straight from the BBC, click here.