MATTHEW UNWITTINGLY PROVES THE FICTION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

John Stone

 

 

The unknown author of Matthew unwittingly made it obvious that the New Testament (NT) is a work of fiction a ― deception of history, a façade ― thereby proving that it is indeed NOT “godly” inspired.

Let us review just one example related in the “gospel” of Matthew to see if these events actually happened    an event of this magnitude would have been the greatest event in the history of the world. Unfortunately for the veracity of Christianity, not a single word is written of this event by anyone else in the history of the world; not by any other New Testament author or any historian of that time (within 100 years). In other words, the story told in Matthew stands alone ― totally unsupported in Christianity, history or logic ― in all of recorded human history.

The Events:

Whoever was the author of Matthew, and only him ― not the authors of Mark, Luke, John, James, Peter or even Paul ― writes of an astounding event which supposedly happened after Jesus gave up the ghost ― died.  Let's read about it from the King James Version of the New Testament in Matthew 27.45-53.

"Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many"

The Perspective:

Flavius Josephus 1 was a renowned Jewish historian who wrote during the second half of the first century CE. He produced two major works-History of the Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews. Flavius Josephus had not one single word to say about this most extraordinary occurrence ― the dead clawing their way out of the graves and going to town. As a matter of fact, not a single contemporary historian/writer on this planet ever wrote about these events.  As for Josephus, the early church fathers were so embarrassed that no one wrote about Jesus, they later forged parts of Josephus writing in an attempt to insert at least a brief mention of Jesus. However, even this was silent on the dead (zombies) going to town.

Yes, these early church forgers conveniently left out all of Matthew’s unverifiable big events such as:

·       The three “wise men;”

·       All those miracles Jesus supposedly performed;

·       The “trial;”

·       The “crucifixion,”

·       The so-called resurrection; and

·       The zombies going to town.

If anyone would have recorded these events it would have been Josephus, even if nothing more that a passing mention. But, he did not write a single word, a jot or tittle, because this grave opening, living-dead, zombie crap never happened.

Fifty days after the alleged zombie event, Peter was giving a speech recorded in Acts 2, but said not a single word about the saints rising from the dead, from their graves, going to the city and appearing to many. Ask yourself why the conspicuous absence of these world shaking events? Because they never happened! The gospel of Matthew lied!

Paul, who spoke at great length (1 Corinthians 15) to convince his listeners that Jesus' resurrection had occurred, had not a single word to say about the dead rising and walking into the city.  Surely his audience would have readily accepted the resurrection story of Jesus if the saints rose from their graves, walked to the city and “appearing to many.” Again, the silence of Paul screams – it never happened!

Christianity agrees that the gospel of Mark (another unknown author) was written before any other work in the New Testament. Ask yourself, did Mark simply forget to include the greatest supernatural events in the history of mankind when he wrote his gospel?  You know the answer. It never happened!

About twenty percent of the gospels are repetitive. So it is not as if NEW testament writers did not like to repeat what others had written.  Repetition of the most mundane events occurs everywhere.  Ask yourself, why Mark, Luke, John, James, Peter or Paul did not write a single word about the dead zombies rising from their graves, marching through Jerusalem and appearing unto many? Still further, why is there not another mention of the earthquake that started all the graves opening? It never happened!

Continue asking yourself questions and THINK!. 

·       Why does Matthew think that no one should know the names of the saints which rose from their graves? 

·       Why does Matthew not tell us with whom the zombies met (“appeared unto many”)?

·       What did the zombies say ― assuming they said anything?

·       Where did the zombies go after entering the city?

·       Did the bodies of the saints return to their graves after a polite visit?  or

·       Did the zombies remain for years among the residents of Jerusalem?

·       Did the zombies die again? 

·       Were the families ― husbands, wives and children ― of the dead who “came out of the graves” (zombies) overjoyed at having their loved ones return home? and most importantly;

·       Was this zombie "resurrection" what Jesus described; "... the resurrection of the righteous..." ? (Luke 14:14 KJV) Or "... as to whether the dead will be raised—even Moses proved this..." (Luke 20:37)

·       Was this zombie "resurrection" an example of what is supposed to happen to the "believing" dead ― to your grandparents, parents or even yourself? Can you picture your dead body trying to claw its way out of a casket, then a concrete vault, all before you even get to the six feet of dirt covering your grave?

Conclusion:

If you honestly have thought this through the answer will not surprise you now.  It never happened.  This is the swill that only religiholics swallow; intelligent people know better! The so-called NEW testament is a sham, a hoax, a work of fiction ― a myth!  It was simply a collection of writings, edited and reedited by the early church fathers from 325 CE until 397 when the  NEW testament was canonized as the “official” religion of the literate, ignorant, subservient and poor gentiles in Rome and conquered territories..

·       Unfortunately, almost 1,600 years later, so many innocent people are still totally dependent on their clergy to tell them what to believe ― being too lazy to do the requisite study to find out the truth. It is so sad to know that some people develop a “blind faith” trust of this “document of deception;” the so-called NEW testament. But knowing that millions of sheeple also embrace a cunning, walking, talking snake, the idiocy of the general population is never to be underestimated. People, don't be stupid; you know religious tales are just manure to nourish delusional religiholic minds.

"Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing." - Hypatia of Alexandria (370-415 AD)

 

Footnote

1.  Flavius Josephus was born 37 C.E., at Jerusalem; died about 101. His two major historical works are:

Antiquities of the Jews; a comprehensive history of the Jewish people from the beginnings of Biblical history to the outbreak of the war in 66 C.E., in twenty books. It was completed 93-94 C.E.

War of the Jews (The History Of The Destruction Of Jerusalem), written in 74-75 C.E.  

 

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