In Search of the Real Jesus

Letter to the Editor
U.S. News and World Report
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Re: In Search of the Real Jesus

Jesus bashing again! Why does U.S. News and World Report so predictably assault orthodox Christianity at Christmas and Easter? Out of the tens of thousands of theologians from around the world, you select a half dozen from the fringe who were condemned by the Apostle Paul as hollow and deceptive (Colossians 2:8). Gnosticism was most profoundly debunked, not by Athanasius but by the Apostle Paul.

Your cover story is analogous to writing a story entitled, “In Search of the Real Holocaust” while primarily interviewing Iranian clerics.

At Christmas, why not write about the vibrant growth of global orthodox Christianity?

Letter to the Editor
Jim Plueddemann
US News and World Report
letters@usnews.com
Tuesday, April 11, 2006

I get tired of the annual Easter Jesus bashing by second-rate scholars who can’t tell the difference between a novel and history. I too have a PhD and teach at reputable Divinity School. If I were to write an article on a theory that Jesus was made out of green cheese, I suspect that I would make your cover next year. Why do you report on pipedream theories of scholars who represent less than 1% of global Christianity? Surely you can do a better job of reporting on a person who has won the hearts of two billion people.