RE: The Gospels....or Bullshit Makes The Flowers Grow
May 25, 2017 at 5:31 am
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2017 at 5:34 am by Fake Messiah.)
Sure is this a big news that Gospels and other NT books contradict each other? I mean take Jesus' resurrection that is only witnessed by small group of people so you if you want to believe that you must rely on testimonies of people that saw supposedly saw him, but on which one?
Here are some:
For starters Matthew, Mark and John say Jesus was killed at Golgotha, while Luke says it was Calvary.
At what time did the women visit the tomb? Mark says at the rising of the sun; John says when it was yet dark.
Whom did they see at the tomb? Matthew 28:2 says the angel; Mark 16:5 says a young man; Luke 24:4 says two men; John 20:11-12 says two angels.
Were these men/ angels inside or outside the tomb? Matthew 28:2 says outside, while Mark 16:5, Luke 24:3-4, and John 20:11-12 say inside.
Did the women tell the disciples what they had seen? Luke 24:8-9 says yes; Mark 16:8 says no.
Did Mary Magdalene know Jesus when he first appeared to her? Matthew 28:9 says yes; John 20:14 says no.
Luke says Jesus Ascended at Bethany; Mark say the actual location was a room in Jerusalem, and Acts 1:9-12 say it took place on Mount Olivet. These three could hardly be the same location.
Christians obviously don't bother with these "little" inconsistencies. What is important is that someone somewhere resurrected and ascended although nobody knows who or who saw him or where exactly, but hey it happened, because they feel it. This has nothing to do with 'faith in the Word of God', it just shows you disastrous prejudice that Christian faith is only possible in connection with historical dishonesty.
Here are some:
For starters Matthew, Mark and John say Jesus was killed at Golgotha, while Luke says it was Calvary.
At what time did the women visit the tomb? Mark says at the rising of the sun; John says when it was yet dark.
Whom did they see at the tomb? Matthew 28:2 says the angel; Mark 16:5 says a young man; Luke 24:4 says two men; John 20:11-12 says two angels.
Were these men/ angels inside or outside the tomb? Matthew 28:2 says outside, while Mark 16:5, Luke 24:3-4, and John 20:11-12 say inside.
Did the women tell the disciples what they had seen? Luke 24:8-9 says yes; Mark 16:8 says no.
Did Mary Magdalene know Jesus when he first appeared to her? Matthew 28:9 says yes; John 20:14 says no.
Luke says Jesus Ascended at Bethany; Mark say the actual location was a room in Jerusalem, and Acts 1:9-12 say it took place on Mount Olivet. These three could hardly be the same location.
Christians obviously don't bother with these "little" inconsistencies. What is important is that someone somewhere resurrected and ascended although nobody knows who or who saw him or where exactly, but hey it happened, because they feel it. This has nothing to do with 'faith in the Word of God', it just shows you disastrous prejudice that Christian faith is only possible in connection with historical dishonesty.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
