Introduction
For two
thousand years Christians have maintained that Jesus (god incarnate) was a
sinless man who was the embodiment of perfection on earth. This is boldly stated
in the Christian bible, the New Testament (NT):
[Jesus] “Who did no sin, neither was guile found
in his mouth:” (1
Peter 2:22 King James Version)
The
NT gospels have many, many statements and acts by Jesus which prove the above
statement false. Jesus, like Paul, repeatedly made false statements and
inaccurate prophecies. Following is a brief summary of some of these problems
for Christianity ― they are exposed for the BS they really are.
The
Falsities Exposed
(1)
John 7:8-10 [KJV] “Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast:
for my time is not yet full come. When he had said these words unto them, he
abode still in
Here,
Jesus betrays his own statement and, in fact, attends in stealth.
(2)
John 7:8-10 [RSV] “Go to the festival yourselves. I am not going to this
festival, for my time has not yet fully come. After saying this, he remained in
Jesus
broke his promise (word) by going up secretly after saying he wouldn't.
(3)
In John 13:38 Jesus said: “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 'The cock shall not
crow, till thou (Peter) hast denied me thrice (three times)'.” And yet, what
actually took shape as viewed in Mark 14:66-68: “And as Peter was beneath in
the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: And when she saw
Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, 'And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I know
not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he
went out into the porch; and the cock crew.”
According
to Jesus' prophecy the cock was not to speak until after the third denial, not
after the first, illustrated above.
(4)
Jesus told the thief on the cross: “Verily I say unto thee, 'Today shalt thou be with me in paradise' (Luke 23:43).”
This
prophecy could not have been kept unless Jesus went to heaven that day, in
which case he would not have been buried for three days.
(5)
Jesus told a man: “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take
up his cross, and follow me” (Mark 8:34).
This
statement was made early in his ministry. Yet, the cross could not have become
a Christian symbol until after the crucifixion. There would be nothing to pick
up. This utterance would have made no sense to the man being addressed.
(6)
“But whosoever shall say Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire” (Matthew
5:22).
Yet,
Jesus himself repeatedly vociferated the very words he so strickly
warned against when he called people fools in Matthew 23:17-19 and Luke 11:40.
Is Jesus in danger of hellfire as his original prophecy suggests?
(7)
“For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall
the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth”
(Matthew 12:40).
Mark
15:37 and 15:42 show Jesus died on the day before the Sabbath, which would be Friday.
Mark 16:9 and Matthew 28:1 show he allegedly rose sometime during Saturday
night or Sunday morning. Friday afternoon to Sunday morning does not encompass
three days and three nights. His prophecy failed. Apparently Peter was
betraying his followers when he stated that Jesus did not lie.
(8)
In John 3:13, Jesus falsely stated: “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but
he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”
First
of all, this verse is not historically accurate per II Kings 2:11: “Behold,
there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both
asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.” Furthermore, it is
also absurd on its face. If the son of man (in reference to Jesus) is down here
on earth speaking, then how could he be in heaven?
(9)
“Woe unto you (Jews)! For ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them” (Luke 11:47).
Jesus
condemned people for having ancestors who killed prophets, yet, he himself had
such ancestral killers if Christians want to claim he is a descendant of King
David through King Solomon (Note: Jesus is not a legitimate messianic
descendant, as illustrated in The Non-Messianic Genealogy of Jesus).
(10)
“For as yet they know not the scriptures, that he must rise again from the
dead” (John 20:9).
The
scriptures to which John eludes isn't the Old Testament because no where in the Old Testament is a
prophecy about Jesus “rising” from the dead.
(11)
“For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Matthew
9:13) versus “And Jesus said unto him, 'Why callest
thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God'“ (Mark 10:18).
How
could Jesus be righteous if only God is good? But wait, Jesus was god
incarnate!
(12)
“The Kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took,
and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is
grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a
tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof”
(Matthew 13:31-32).
Poor
knowledge of science is again evident in the fact that a mustard seed is not
the least of all seeds, is not the greatest among herbs when grown, and could
not give rise to a tree. Apparently the “all-knowing” Jesus knew little about
science.
(13)
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He
was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is
no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own; for he is a liar, and the father of
it” (John 8:44) versus “And devils also came out of many, crying out, and
saying, 'Thou art Christ the Son of God'“ (Luke 4:41).
Jesus
disconfirmed his own acclaimed divinity, unless some devils are more honest
than “the devil.”
(14)
“And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify
him.” (Matthew 20:19) in addition to: “And they shall condemn him to death, and
shall deliver him to the Gentiles: And they shall kill him.” (Mark 10:33-34).
Compare these verses to John 19:14-18, which states: “And it was the
preparation of the passover, and about the sixth
hour: and he (Pilate) saith unto the Jews, 'Behold
your King'! But they cried out, 'Away with him, away with him, crucify him'.
Then he delivered him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they (the Jews)
crucified him” (John 19:14-18).
Although
Jesus prophesied he would be crucified by Gentiles, the anti-Jewish Gospel of
John says he was killed by Jews. And, quite glaringly, the claim that Jews
killed Jesus is also inaccurate. The Jews of the time used one court system:
stoning. Crucifixion was purely a part of the Roman judicial system.
(15)
“And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out
devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if
they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on
the sink, and they shall recover” (Mark 16:17-18).
Clearly
a false statement by Jesus! Few Christian “believers” would be willing to test
it's validity by drinking poisons, such as arsenic, handling deadly snakes, or
emptying local hospitals with touches of the hand. It's far more practical to
rationalize the verse away.
(16)
“For verily I (Jesus) say unto you, 'If ye have faith as a grain of mustard
seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it
shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you” (Matthew 17:20).
The
inaccuracy of Jesus' statement is shown in the fact that nobody, with or
without faith, has ever successfully ordered a mountain to move.
(17)
“As long as I am in the world, I (Jesus) am the light of the world” (John 9:5)
versus “You [the people] are the
light of the world” (Matthew 5:14).
Who,
then, is the light of the world -- Jesus or the people?
(18)
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall
be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh,
it shall be opened” (Matthew 7:7-8). Equate this with John 9:31 which states
“Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any
man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.”
Everyone
who asks receives; yet, according to Jesus' teachings, God doesn't hear sinners
and is far from the wicked.
(19)
“And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, 'Thou art Christ the
Son of God.' And he (Jesus), rebuking them, suffered them not to speak: for
they knew that he was Christ” (Luke 4:41) and “Unclean spirits, when they saw
him (Jesus), fell down before him, and cried, saying, 'Thou art the Son of
God'“ (Mark 3:11).
It's
intriguing to note that the first beings to recognize the acclaimed messiahship of Jesus were devils, the most corrupt and
deceitful of all beings.
(20)
“And Jesus came and spake unto them saying, 'All
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:16). Paragon this
to: “And he (Jesus) saith unto them: 'To sit on my
right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give” (Mark 20:23).
(21)
“Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.
So you are witnesses and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they killed
them, and you built their tombs” (Luke 11:47-48).
Logic
and scientific precision were not among Jesus' strong points. Building a tomb
for someone whom my ancestors killed certainly doesn't mean I approve of the
killing.
(22)
“And I seek not mine own glory” (John 8:50) and “whoever shall exalt himself
shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted” (Matthew 23:12)
as collated with: “And Jesus answered them saying, 'The hour is come, that the
Son of man should be glorified'“ (John 12:23) and “now O Father, glorify thou
me with thine own self.” (John 17:5).
(23)
“Then, if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it
not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders;
insomuch that if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect” (Matthew
24:23-24) versus “The same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father
hath sent me” (John 5:36, see also John 3:2, 20:30-31, and Matthew 11:20-21).
According
to Jesus, the ability to do great signs and wonders (miracles), does not prove
one is the messiah. Yet, he contends his works prove he is from God. Using
Jesus' own criteria, how do we know he is genuine and authentic?
(24)
“Verily I (Jesus) say unto you, 'There shall no sign be given unto this
generation” (Mark 8:12). Bracket this comment to that of Matthew's Jesus
(16:4): “A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh
after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the
prophet Jonas.”
Jesus
assured that “no sign would be given,” however, there is now an exception!
(25)
“Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to
give his life a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:28) in comparison with: “Yea, all
kings shall fall down before him (the messiah): all nations shall serve him”
(Psalm 72:11) and “That all people, nations, and languages, should serve him”
(Daniel 7:14) and “All dominions shall serve and obey him” (Daniel 7:27).
Jesus'
concept of the messiah conflicts with that of the Old Testament prophets.
Conclusion
These
examples of Jesus' duplicity represent only a fraction of the multitudes that
could have been presented. The Christian Bible provides more than enough
evidence to demonstrate Jesus' inability to provide a reliable beacon to
lighten the way to truth and honesty.
As
Thomas Paine once said:
“The priests of the present day profess to believe the story of Jesus. They gain their
living by it, and they
exclaim against something they call infidelity. I will define what infidelity is. One that
believes in the story of Jesus is an infidel to God” 1
As
far as the shortcomings, errors, and mistakes of Jesus are concerned, one would
be hard-pressed to find another biblical figure, including Paul, who so
contradicts his purported image. The Christian Bible claims Jesus was not only:
· Sinless (1 John 3:5, 2
Corinthians 5:21, Hebrews 4:15, 9:28, 7:26);
· Truthful (1 Peter 2:22,
Ephesians 4:21, John 1:14, 8:40); and
· Pure (1 John 3:3, 1 Peter
1:19);
· But also “The [Jewish] messiah.”
(Matthew 16:6)
The
fifty contradictions identified in this and the other article (General
Contradictions In The New Testament) should make any honest reader (except
those suffering from bible intoxication ― the irrational and
indoctrinated) realize that Jesus could not have been the savior of anything.
In fact, nothing exists outside of Christian writings to suggest that Jesus
ever lived, was a real living and breathing person.
"Hypothetically speaking;
If I were god ―all powerful, all knowing etc ― I would probably
know the future. So when making people, I would know what I'm making their
lives to be ahead of time. Then I would send some of them to eternal hell and
some to eternal bliss based off of what I made their lives to be. I also would
be a big douche and imaginary."
-Eric Moorehead
Footnotes:
1. The Life and Works of Thomas Paine, Volume 9, page 292
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