We Report, You Decide!
John
Stone
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and
star.
Confucius (551 - 479 BC)
It has been asked; “Why does this site talk about ‘what Jesus taught’
and make statements about his personal being/attitudes if the contributors
maintain that he didn't exist?”
Even though Harry Potter is fiction, there are words that Harry Potter
was reported to have said. Right? Did you read the Harry Potter books or
see the movies? Harry Potter said this, Harry Potter did that and we KNOW
who wrote about Harry Potter, JK Rowling. 1 And
we know exactly when the adventures of Harry Potter were written.
In Christianity; their “holey babble” [New Testament or Christian
Bible] contains words that are represented as being spoken by the
fictitious Jesus. In many of these bibles, Jesus’ words are even written in red
so you may know what he “actually” spoke – like Harry Potter. There is no difference between Harry Potter's
words and Jesus' words, for the books, the written word ― all say they
both spoke. EXCEPT blind faith Christians (Christoholics/religiholics)
take Jesus’ words to be holy and from their god, thereby
mistakenly betting their eternity on the validity of just another
religious fiction.
Christians believe that Jesus and his merry band of disciples lived, worked
miracles and preached love. They somehow fail to study their own scriptures to
see the other Jesus also reported in the Christian Bible; the one who kills a
tree, destroys a herd of swine, advocates killing his enemies, lies even to his
disciples and disrespects his parents and even goes so far as to ask followers
to castrate themselves for him ― if they can bear it (Matthew 19:12).
Christians believe their religion is all about “love,” understanding,
and compassion ― after all, just look at the Christmas season. It is sad
that Christians have not taken the time to honestly study their own religion,
and that the pulpit has not honestly told its sheeple of their bloody history.
Where was the “love,” understanding and compassion when the favorite past-time
of Christianity was to burn alive anyone who did not believe in their demigod?
And where is the “love,” understanding, and compassion in the bloody wars
between the Catholics and Protestants in
Christians will say; “Well, that was then and this is now ― things
have changed.” Not so! Just a few years back Christians were still fighting and
dying in
Getting back to the original question, none of this makes Jesus real,
just as none of Harry Potter's words make him real.
Christians should honestly face:
1. The problems with Jesus' words which they so
willingly skip over;
2. The errors with the history invented or reported
by the Christian Bible;
3. The plagiarism of pagan mythology of 900 or
more years BCE; and
4. The deceptions in the Christian Bible’s
outright lies, mistranslations and edits.
After all, even Paul ― the so-called author of most of the
Christian Bible ― said 2
that he would lie to get someone to believe Christianity (or, as I more
accurately call it, “Pauline Christology”)
Yes, good old Paul, in his own words 3, shows that he was willing to distort the truth 3 much like a modern-day
politician. Paul would tell the people what they wanted to hear, truth be
damned. (see additional Endnotes)
Then
to put the frosting on the cake, the ‘Early
Church Fathers’ admitted that the canoned New Testament was altered and
forged to present their concept of how they portrayed the man-god Jesus. They
only included in the Canon those writings that agreed with their agenda. 4
Therefore,
Christians should rightfully know that what they read in their bibles are not words
from a fictitious Jesus’ mouth; just the concepts of men promoting a new
religion?
As Frank Webb said; “we are just reporting
the facts” – it is up to you to decide for yourself.
On
FOOTNOTES:
1. J. K. (Jo) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in the
2. The apostle Paul says: “Unto the Jews, I come as a Jew, that I might convert
the Jews. To those
who believe in the Law, I come like one who follows the Law, that I might
convert those who follow the Law. To them that are without law, as without law
… that I might gain them that are without law.” 1 Corinthians (9:20-21)
3. “If through my lies God’s
truth abounds to His glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?”
(Romans 3:7) “In every way, whether
in pretence or in truth, Jesus is proclaimed and in that I rejoice”.
(Philippians 1:18)
4. Father
Eusebius wrote the History of the Church, which laid down the course of Christianity that
is still in effect today. "Eusebius
indirectly confesses that he had included stories that would do credit to the
glory of Christianity and he had suppressed all that could tend to discredit
Christianity. The carefulness of the historian exposed his own character of
censorship" (Eusebius and the Christian Martyrs, Chapter 16, pg.
197).
Dr. Robert L. Wilken,
first Protestant scholar to be admitted to the staff of
Another
scholar, Joseph Wheless, charged that Eusebius was
one of the most prolific forgers and liars of his age in the church. 1
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ENDNOTES:
As for the
writings of Paul, the Encyclopedia Biblica states
categorically:
"With respect to the Canonical Pauline
Epistles, none of them are by Paul. They
are all, without distinction, pseudographia (false
writings). The group (ten epistles) bears obvious marks of a certain unity, of
having originated in one circle, at one time, in one environment, but not of
unity of authorship" (Encyclopedia Biblica III
pg. 3625-26).
The situation confronting
them was not only text alterations, but entire church documents were also being
forged and circulated as authentic.
Pat Eddy, Associate of the Westar Institute – a
think-tank for biblical researchers. 1
Hegesippus, an early Palestinian Christian had doubts
as early as 150 A.D. about the early church teachings in different Christian
centers and volunteered to undertake an audit. Unfortunately, the results of
his audit have been lost. 2
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon in 170 was noted for his
refutation of heretics. He lamented the fact that he had to distinguish the
authentic from the spurious in the multitude of church documents circulating in
his day. 3
Origen, an early Alexandrian
Christian theologian writing 250 commented on the diversity of texts and the
necessity of choosing which was authentic of those attributed to various
authors. 4
Papias, Bishop of Hierapolis, around 100
considered himself a greater authority on the teachings of Jesus than the
author of the Gospel of Mark simply because he did the obvious thing and
consulted with the early followers of Christ to obtain authentic teachings. 5
Dionysius, bishop of
Ignatius, bishop of
Eusebius wrote, "the names of Jesus and Christ were both known and honored by the ancients" (Hist.
Eccl. lib. i. ch. iv).
Eusebius, who is Christianity’s chief guide for the early history of the
Church, confesses that he was by no means scrupulous (giving careful attention
to what is right or proper), to record the whole truth concerning the early
Christians in the various works that he has left behind him. (Eusebius,
Hist. Eccl., ch.8 p. 21).
In the book "Rise and Fall
of the
ENDNOTE SOURCES:
2. New Testament History, F. F. Bruce, pg 405-6
3. The Canon of Scripture, F. F. Bruce, pg 173
4. Early Manuscripts & Modern
Translations of the New Testament,
Philip W. Comfort, pg
8
5. The Gospel According
to St. Mark, Sherman E. Johnson, pg 17
6. The Canon of Scripture, F. F. Bruce, pg 122-3
7. THE Oxford Dictionary of the Christian
Church, F. L. Cross, pg
688-9
8. Who
Tampered with the Bible,
Pat Eddy
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