Boo Tells It Like It Is

We’ve been studying Ancient History.  As we worked our way through Mesopotamia, it just so happened that our pastor was deployed to Iraq, right there back where it all started.  We took a look at Then and Now Bible Maps and discovered that good ol’ Father Hamel was over there near Ur and the Garden of Eden.  The children were also tickled to hear that their daddy had also rumbled all over the area in his tank back in ’91, during the First Gulf War.  They decided to ask Father Hamel upon his return if he had seen the Garden of Eden.  (When asked, he laughed and said, no, but he had seen Abraham’s house.  Pumpkin Girl’s big eyes grew even bigger.)

So last Saturday when Father began his homily speaking about the archeological dig in the ancient city of Ur, the ziggurat there, and what is believed to be Abraham’s house, I knew that  Boo and  Pumpkin Girl were paying extra close attention.  Father segued nicely into a discussion about the so-called discovery of Jesus’ bones and the documentary that would be aired the next night.  As I listened to the homily, I was thinking that Boo would probably be interested in seeing it.  He’s always up for a good documentary.  I asked him about it after mass. 

Me: "So Boo, wasn’t that cool when Father Hamel was talking about the ziggurat?"
Boo: "Oh yeah, I remember those!"
Me: "And he mentioned those two rivers we studied."
Pumpkin Girl: "The Tigris and Euphrates!"
Me: "Yes, that’s right!"
Me: "Do you want to see that movie he was talking about?"
Boo: "The one about the people that think they found Jesus’ bones?  Nah, I’m not watching that movie."
Me: "Really?  You usually like documentaries."
Boo: "TNah, I don’t want to see it."
Me: "Do you understand why those can’t be Jesus’ bones?’
Boo: (repeating what he heard Father Hamel say in the homily)"Yes, because Jesus isn’t buried here."
Me:  "Well, he was buried after he died.  But what else happened?"
Boo:"He rose again and…he ascended into heaven!!!"
Me: "Right, he ascended into heaven and he took his body with him."
Boo:  "Yeah, so that can’t be his bones. They’re just trying to suck me in."

Well said, Boo.  Sorry James Cameron, we had better things to do last Sunday than get sucked in by your claims.

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