Category:Jesus Cloning (subject)

Jesus Cloning

Overview

As soon as the possibility of cloning was scientifically advanced, there were numerous speculations about the possibility of "resurrecting" long-dead spiritual or political leaders. The horror movie "Boys from Brazil" (1978) dealt with an attempt by neo-Nazis to clone Hitler.

A 1999 episode of The Outer Limits first explored the issue of cloning Jesus.

In 2000 a hoax from a group called "The Second Coming Project" announced on the Web their intention to clone Jesus by 2001. For some years the group kept apologizing for the delay, attributed to unspecified technical problems, while reiterating their commitment to find "authentic" DNA remains of Jesus.

In 2004 an episode of the fictional TV series ReGenesis dealt with the attempt by a fanatic religious sect to clone Jesus (see The Face of God (2004 Jennings), TV film).

See also "In His Image: Book One of the CloneChrist Trilogy" by James BeauSeigneur; "The Jesus Thief," (and its forthcoming sequel "Risen") by J.R. Lankford; and "Cloning Christ," by Peter Senese and Robert Geis; "The Genesis Code" by John Case, "The Shroud" by Jaqueline Druga-Marchetti and "The Sacred Helix," by Mark Garon.