JUST ONE QUESTIONABLE
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT:
IS THE NEW TESTAMENT
TRUTHFUL?
John Stone
PREFACE:
This is dedicated to the 1961 “Rock & Roll” song by Bobby Vee ― “How Many Tears (Can You Cry)”
These
verses keeps popping up whenever I study the Christian bible ―their new TESTament!
“How many lies can
you can you count when you just can't sleep at night?
And how many lies can you count before your heart is free?
That's a question I'm still unable to answer
'Cause I'm still countin' the lies you told to me”
”There's just no
end to all the broken promises that I recall
I was a fool to fall for you
It hurts to know you played a game and went and had yourself a
ball
And through it all, made me blue”
John
The
story of Jesus as related in the Christian Gospels and later Christian writings
is filled with historical inaccuracies and accounts that have no historical
support at all (inventions, fabricated stories) . The following
example clearly illustrates this point:
HEROD'S DECREE
There is no historical record
― outside
the Christian Bible ― that Herod ever decreed all children 1 (or males 2) to be killed 3
at birth
(Matthew 2.16). Yet, such a fateful and monstrous event would certainly have
been recorded by historians alive at that time. Even Josephus Flavius, a
renowned Jewish historian, who chronicled events during that very period in history, makes no
mention of any such decree by Herod, much less any actual killings.
At the
time when Herod's decree was supposedly issued, there was great political
unrest in the land. Such a decree would have surely sparked a Jewish rebellion.
Yet, no account of any such rebellion is to be found. The fact that the only
source of this event is the Christian Bible, contradicts the way historical
events were recorded. History records that Herod was loathed during his reign,
and many far less evil acts that Herod committed were carefully recorded in
several historical sources. An act this evil and of this magnitude ―
killing all children (or boys) ― would never have been left out of any
account in which Herod was involved.
In
addition, a most convincing proof of the fabrication of that event ―
Herod’s slaughter ― is the fact that, according to the Christian’s own
New Testament, in the Gospel of Luke, Herod was dead before Jesus was even
born.
This is
just one of many examples that reveals how far the
authors of the Christian bible would go to ensure the propagation of their new
religion. By fabricating events, tying them to Tanakhic
verses, and then proclaiming the authenticity of Jesus' messiahship,
the early Christians hoped to gain acceptance among the myriad of cults and
religions that flourished during those turbulent years.
Any
intelligent and honest person can clearly see that the New Testament is not the
work of G-d, but a fiction ― no more, no less. It is just as valid as the
“Memoirs of the Tooth Fairy” or “Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.” Blind
faith does not create truth.
Christians remember, As G-d created our minds, He expects us to
use our reasoning together with our faith. Faith is not a substitute for
reason, but a development from it and alongside it.
Footnotes
1. Matthew
2:16 (King James Version) has Herod killing ALL children
without regard to sex (male/female)
up to the age of three.
16 “Then
Herod,
when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent
forth, and slew
all the children
that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old
(i.e. 35
months and under) and under, according to the time which he had
diligently inquired of the wise men.”
2. In
the New King James Version the
editors “cleaned up” the dumb remark of “ALL
Children” which incorporated girls as well as boys. This was a simple fix; they
just inserted “MALE” in the verse. It now reads:
16Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the
wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its
districts, from
two years old (i.e. 35 months and
under) and under, according to the time which he had determined
from the wise men.
It
is amusing that Christian editors would take 371 years to get around to
changing the claimed Holy Ghost inspired King James Version
But
which is right – the 371 year old King James Version or the 1982 New King James Version? If the latter, where was the Holy
Ghost while the erroneous “ALL Children” was reported for almost 400 years?
If the former was truly inspired, why do modern editors change the inspired
words given by the Holy Ghost?
The
truth is – neither Christian bible version is correct. This is a fiction,
invented by Christianity and not supported by any history recorded on our
planet earth.
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