From beginning to end, the Bible is riddled with contradictions, ridiculous stories, and lies. Now, I could list and go into detail about every little contradiction but I don't have the time or space. Besides you can go to any reputable website to look those up. I'm going to discuss the major conflicts, stories, and lies that are in the supposed Word of God.
If the Bible is the word of God and the writers were divinely inspired, meaning that God himself was working through them, then why are there errors, impossible and fake stories, and contradictions. Why would God inspire two conflicting things, or allow errors. Many stories even conflict about the very being of God, who is suppose to be a part of the writing. Some stories say God knows our sins, others say he doesn't always. Some say he is omniscient, others say he is not. (The fact that it's impossible to be both omniscient and omnipotent is beside the point.) Some stories dispute whether he is peaceful and merciful or venegeful. Others disagree on whether God changes.
What are most important of these are the last two. The God of the Old Testament is a God who leads the Jews into battle and orders them to destroy cities, and kill the inhabitants, taking the land for themselves. This God shows little mercy for those who disobey him, while showing jealousy,even admittedly, for false idols, like Baal. He instructs robbery, murder, and sacrifice. The laws he gave to Moses, as the Ten Commandments, only applied to within the Jewish tribe. This is quite apparent after reading everything God does, and instructs the Jews to do. Let's not forget the mass genocide that took place as a result of the Genesis Flood. Not very forgiving of God, was it?
The God of the New Testament does a complete 180. He tells us to never, no matter what, kill, sacrifice, or rob. He tells us to love our friends and pray for our enemies. Apparently God decided that praying for someone he didn't like was better than killing them, or having the Jews kill them for him. How could anyone say this is the same God?
It's no wonder the violent Jewish zealots rejected Jesus as the Messiah. They expected a warlike God who would lead them in battle against the Romans. They believed this because that's what their scripture, the Old Testament, told them. Jesus was a man of peace, not war. But of course, Jesus' life would have to true in order to support this, and the reality is, we know nothing about the real Jesus. We don't even know if their was a real Jesus. There is no historical evidence of his existence. The Bible doesn't count. That would be circular reasoning, besides, we've learned from experience that it is quite unreliable. There are no actual recordings of his birth of life. The only thing we have is the Bible. Just to humour you I'll use it anyways, and even then you will see how fake that story is.
The birth of Jesus is completely false in itself. The story goes that Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem, the city of Joseph's ancestors, to take a census. The thing is, none of King Herod's records show any census. Even if there was, it doesn't make sense to make citizens travel to the city of an ancestor who lived hundreds of years before. What about those that weren't born in, or whose ancestors weren't born in Herod's kingdom? What if the city no longer existed? Wouldn't it be easier to simply take it at their current residence so it's done faster? All these questions are hypothetical of course and would only apply if there was actually a census that took place.
So how did the birth of Jesus actually happen? We'll never know, but we do know it certainly didn't happen how the Bible describes it. Every aspect: the star, the wisemen and gifts, the shepherds, and the humble birth, were all stolen from other stories from around the Medittereanan. This can be seen in his life story as well.
Many aspects of the Gospels are stolen from famous epics and mythology. Many gods before Jesus were born from a god and mortal mother. Hercules is a good example. Even his dying words were "It is finished." Another god, Osiris, was was born from a virgin, died and rose from the dead and ascended to heaven. The most interesting case however is that of the son of the god Zeus, Dionysus. He too was on December 25th to a virgin mother, and he also healed the sick, turned water to wine, and rose from the dead to save humanity. Sounds familiar. The only difference is that the story of Dionysus was written two hundred years before the story of Jesus.
{An interesting side note about "virgin" is that the word itself was mistranslated. The Hebrew word "almah", from which virgin was taken, simply means "a marriageable woman." The whole idea that Mary was a virgin is a sham, which is extremely detrimental to Catholic doctrine.}
Even if Jesus was real, he wasn't even the first, or last, "Messiah." There were others who claimed to be messiah as well. The most famous of these was a man named Apollonius of Tyana. In fact, there is more historical evidence of his life than there is of Jesus. His disciples claimed the same things Jesus did like heal the sick, raise the dead, and walk through walls. The thing is Apollonius and his disciples couldn't have been aware of Jesus. Jesus would have been just one of many. If he even did claim to be the Messiah, he was either a con artist or delusional. The entire life and story of Jesus is pure and simple plagiarism.
The Old Testament is filled with even more ridiculous stories, and is riddled with contradictions and story holes. Some attribute these holes to events or pieces being left out, but why is something important enough to reference not included in the actual narrative.
Today Christians use the excuse of 'symbolism' to explain these ridiculous stories, which have no proof or fact behind them. First of all, how far can symbolism go? As more evidence and historical facts come out we are finding out that a lot of what the Bible says happened, didn't really happen. If you say the whole thing is symbolic then your entire reliance on the Bible, the core of your faith, is pointless.
Secondly, the whole idea of symbolism is false. These stories were written literally. The writers wholly believed in what they were writing and what they had heard through oral tradition. Many theologians say the writers wrote these stories to explain to ancient people who couldn't understand the science of it. But how could these writers know any more than those listening. Answer: once again, it's simply because they were written literally.
Most of these stories were written literally, but some were pure lies. Stories like Noah's Ark and the Exodus. Noah's Ark was based on a real flood, but it happened only in the Tigris-Euphrates basin. The story goes that a rich king named Gilgamesh had a large boat he used to take his family across the basin where he landed on the base of a mount. The Exodus on the other hand has no historical record. Nothing in the Egyptian records talks of Jewish slaves, let alone an exodus of them. There is also no archaeological evidence found of the Jews journey in the desert. Nothing was left behind in those 40 years?
These are just larger examples of stories and excerpts that just don't make sense in the Bible. Of corse this makes sense for a book written hundreds, to almost a thousand years after these stories supposedly took place, by writers whose goal is religious persuasion. But of course, we have to give them some credit. They did create the best selling fiction book of all time.
What are most important of these are the last two. The God of the Old Testament is a God who leads the Jews into battle and orders them to destroy cities, and kill the inhabitants, taking the land for themselves. This God shows little mercy for those who disobey him, while showing jealousy,even admittedly, for false idols, like Baal. He instructs robbery, murder, and sacrifice. The laws he gave to Moses, as the Ten Commandments, only applied to within the Jewish tribe. This is quite apparent after reading everything God does, and instructs the Jews to do. Let's not forget the mass genocide that took place as a result of the Genesis Flood. Not very forgiving of God, was it?
The God of the New Testament does a complete 180. He tells us to never, no matter what, kill, sacrifice, or rob. He tells us to love our friends and pray for our enemies. Apparently God decided that praying for someone he didn't like was better than killing them, or having the Jews kill them for him. How could anyone say this is the same God?
It's no wonder the violent Jewish zealots rejected Jesus as the Messiah. They expected a warlike God who would lead them in battle against the Romans. They believed this because that's what their scripture, the Old Testament, told them. Jesus was a man of peace, not war. But of course, Jesus' life would have to true in order to support this, and the reality is, we know nothing about the real Jesus. We don't even know if their was a real Jesus. There is no historical evidence of his existence. The Bible doesn't count. That would be circular reasoning, besides, we've learned from experience that it is quite unreliable. There are no actual recordings of his birth of life. The only thing we have is the Bible. Just to humour you I'll use it anyways, and even then you will see how fake that story is.
The birth of Jesus is completely false in itself. The story goes that Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem, the city of Joseph's ancestors, to take a census. The thing is, none of King Herod's records show any census. Even if there was, it doesn't make sense to make citizens travel to the city of an ancestor who lived hundreds of years before. What about those that weren't born in, or whose ancestors weren't born in Herod's kingdom? What if the city no longer existed? Wouldn't it be easier to simply take it at their current residence so it's done faster? All these questions are hypothetical of course and would only apply if there was actually a census that took place.
So how did the birth of Jesus actually happen? We'll never know, but we do know it certainly didn't happen how the Bible describes it. Every aspect: the star, the wisemen and gifts, the shepherds, and the humble birth, were all stolen from other stories from around the Medittereanan. This can be seen in his life story as well.
Many aspects of the Gospels are stolen from famous epics and mythology. Many gods before Jesus were born from a god and mortal mother. Hercules is a good example. Even his dying words were "It is finished." Another god, Osiris, was was born from a virgin, died and rose from the dead and ascended to heaven. The most interesting case however is that of the son of the god Zeus, Dionysus. He too was on December 25th to a virgin mother, and he also healed the sick, turned water to wine, and rose from the dead to save humanity. Sounds familiar. The only difference is that the story of Dionysus was written two hundred years before the story of Jesus.
{An interesting side note about "virgin" is that the word itself was mistranslated. The Hebrew word "almah", from which virgin was taken, simply means "a marriageable woman." The whole idea that Mary was a virgin is a sham, which is extremely detrimental to Catholic doctrine.}
Even if Jesus was real, he wasn't even the first, or last, "Messiah." There were others who claimed to be messiah as well. The most famous of these was a man named Apollonius of Tyana. In fact, there is more historical evidence of his life than there is of Jesus. His disciples claimed the same things Jesus did like heal the sick, raise the dead, and walk through walls. The thing is Apollonius and his disciples couldn't have been aware of Jesus. Jesus would have been just one of many. If he even did claim to be the Messiah, he was either a con artist or delusional. The entire life and story of Jesus is pure and simple plagiarism.
The Old Testament is filled with even more ridiculous stories, and is riddled with contradictions and story holes. Some attribute these holes to events or pieces being left out, but why is something important enough to reference not included in the actual narrative.
Today Christians use the excuse of 'symbolism' to explain these ridiculous stories, which have no proof or fact behind them. First of all, how far can symbolism go? As more evidence and historical facts come out we are finding out that a lot of what the Bible says happened, didn't really happen. If you say the whole thing is symbolic then your entire reliance on the Bible, the core of your faith, is pointless.
Secondly, the whole idea of symbolism is false. These stories were written literally. The writers wholly believed in what they were writing and what they had heard through oral tradition. Many theologians say the writers wrote these stories to explain to ancient people who couldn't understand the science of it. But how could these writers know any more than those listening. Answer: once again, it's simply because they were written literally.
Most of these stories were written literally, but some were pure lies. Stories like Noah's Ark and the Exodus. Noah's Ark was based on a real flood, but it happened only in the Tigris-Euphrates basin. The story goes that a rich king named Gilgamesh had a large boat he used to take his family across the basin where he landed on the base of a mount. The Exodus on the other hand has no historical record. Nothing in the Egyptian records talks of Jewish slaves, let alone an exodus of them. There is also no archaeological evidence found of the Jews journey in the desert. Nothing was left behind in those 40 years?
These are just larger examples of stories and excerpts that just don't make sense in the Bible. Of corse this makes sense for a book written hundreds, to almost a thousand years after these stories supposedly took place, by writers whose goal is religious persuasion. But of course, we have to give them some credit. They did create the best selling fiction book of all time.
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