SAN FRANSISCO—Online platform Airbnb has announced plans to place the empty tomb of Jesus located in Jerusalem available for rent on its website in the coming days.
As the nation struggles with a housing shortage, co-founder and CEO of the peer-to-peer lodging company, Brian Chesky, says this was the only move that really made sense.
“People are wanting a place to stay,” Chesky said. “Vacant properties of any kind are a luxury these days whether here or abroad. A vacant tomb just seemed like the obvious answer.”
After being asked if he thought Jesus rose from this very grave, Chesky declined to answer initially. Later by email he wrote, “I’m not sure how this tomb became vacant. I’m just here to make money.”
Studies show that Christians are a bit hesitant to embrace this move to commercialize an element of the Easter holiday.
Judy Gallagher, a professed Christian, says, “My church would never go for such a thing as this. Easter eggs dropping from helicopters and the youth pastor dressing as the Easter bunny is as far as it should go. The holiday is very dear to all of our hearts and sacred to our faith.”
Pastor Brian McDuffey of Capital City Church in Washington D.C. seemed to agree, “No one should seek to gain in any way from Jesus’ death and resurrection.”
When asked if that included his church’s annual Easter event drawing thousands including last year’s plan to ceremoniously crucify a young man, McDuffey declined to respond seeing no relevance to the topic at hand.
(Update: McDuffey’s lawyer also refused to respond citing ongoing litigation.)
Airbnb says the tomb will be available for rent every night of the year starting this summer.
The company also insists that earthquakes in the area are not a common occurrence despite any historical happenings which they could not confirm or deny.
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