http://smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=The_Bible_is_not_Credible&feed=atom&action=historyThe Bible is not Credible - Revision history2024-03-29T15:26:59ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.27.1http://smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=The_Bible_is_not_Credible&diff=2939&oldid=prevSysop: /* The Bible’s Pagan Origins */2020-09-27T23:45:26Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">The Bible’s Pagan Origins</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''Many mythological figures had virgin births''' (e.g., Perseus, Huitzilopochtli, Attis, Romulus).<ref name="Hitchens ">C. Hitchens, ''God is Not Great:  How Religion Poisons Everything'' (Twelve, 2009).</ref> The virgin birth of Christ was seen as pandering and résumé-padding at the time, to the point where Peter and Paul both indirectly denied the virgin birth, and no mention was ever made of it besides passing references in Matthew and Luke.<ref name="Kick2"></ref> While Jesus frequently spoke of his father’s divinity, he never mentioned his mom’s virginity.<ref name="Hitchens "></ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''Many mythological figures had virgin births''' (e.g., Perseus, Huitzilopochtli, Attis, Romulus).<ref name="Hitchens ">C. Hitchens, ''God is Not Great:  How Religion Poisons Everything'' (Twelve, 2009).</ref> The virgin birth of Christ was seen as pandering and résumé-padding at the time, to the point where Peter and Paul both indirectly denied the virgin birth, and no mention was ever made of it besides passing references in Matthew and Luke.<ref name="Kick2"></ref> While Jesus frequently spoke of his father’s divinity, he never mentioned his mom’s virginity.<ref name="Hitchens "></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>***Leonardo’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo) The Last Supper] references this; the 12 disciples represent the 12 signs of the zodiac, and stood arranged into 4 groups of 3, to represent the seasons.<ref name="Leedom"></ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>***Leonardo’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo) The Last Supper] references this; the 12 disciples represent the 12 signs of the zodiac, and stood arranged into 4 groups of 3, to represent the seasons.<ref name="Leedom"></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''There is no [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus external historical confirmation for the existence of Jesus] or his alleged events in the New Testament.''' Even the often-cited report in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus Josephus]’ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews ''Antiquities of the Jews''] (c. 94 CE) [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Josephus has been revealed to be a forgery],<ref name="Stenger2"> V. J. Stenger, ''The New Atheism:  Taking a Stand for Science and Reason'' (Oxford Prometheus Books, 2009).</ref> because it is just so unlike Josephus’ writing style. ''Antiquities of the Jews'' spans twenty volumes. This work spent forty chapters on a single king, and devoted whole pages to petty robbers and obscure seditious criminals. Yet Jesus Christ, the messiah, the most important man who ever lived, son of the all-powerful God of all-creation, King of Kings, was only ever mentioned in passing, over a total of twelve lines.<ref name="Remsberg"> J. E. Remsberg, "The Christ," in ''The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read'' (Truth Seeker Company, Inc., 1993).</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*'''There is no [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus external historical confirmation for the existence of Jesus] or his alleged events in the New Testament.''' Even the often-cited report in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus Josephus]’ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews ''Antiquities of the Jews''] (c. 94 CE) [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Josephus has been revealed to be a forgery],<ref name="Stenger2"> V. J. Stenger, ''The New Atheism:  Taking a Stand for Science and Reason'' (Oxford Prometheus Books, 2009).</ref> because it is just so unlike Josephus’ writing style. ''Antiquities of the Jews'' spans twenty volumes. This work spent forty chapters on a single king, and devoted whole pages to petty robbers and obscure seditious criminals. Yet Jesus Christ, the messiah, the most important man who ever lived, son of the all-powerful God of all-creation, King of Kings, was only ever mentioned in passing, over a total of twelve lines.<ref name="Remsberg"> J. E. Remsberg, "The Christ," in ''The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read'' (Truth Seeker Company, Inc., 1993).</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[[Points_of_Contention|'''The New Testament's stories are internally contradictory.''']] In addition to the Bible’s many glaring contradictions, it also contains wild improbabilities, such as the verbal exchange between Jesus and Pontius Pilate. Apart from the fact that interrogations were conducted by underlings, it is hardly probable that an exalted official would make a point to talk with a local criminal. Moreover, Pontius Pilate spoke Latin, and Jesus spoke Aramaic; yet according to the Gospel of John, they conversed back and forth, without an interpreter, translator, or intermediary.<ref name="Onfrey"> M. Onfrey, ''In Defense of Atheism:  The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam'' (Penguin Canada, 2008).</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[[Points_of_Contention|'''The New Testament's stories are internally contradictory.''']] In addition to the Bible’s many glaring contradictions, it also contains wild improbabilities, such as the verbal exchange between Jesus and Pontius Pilate. Apart from the fact that interrogations were conducted by underlings, it is hardly probable that an exalted official would make a point to talk with a local criminal. Moreover, Pontius Pilate spoke Latin, and Jesus spoke Aramaic; yet according to the Gospel of John, they conversed back and forth, without an interpreter, translator, or intermediary.<ref name="Onfrey"> M. Onfrey, ''In Defense of Atheism:  The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam'' (Penguin Canada, 2008).</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Sysophttp://smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=The_Bible_is_not_Credible&diff=2811&oldid=prevSysop: /* The Bible’s Pagan Origins */2020-01-09T05:36:16Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">The Bible’s Pagan Origins</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Christianity didn’t replace the pagan religions; it is just the latest <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of </del>a series of pagan religions.<ref name="Leedom"> T. C. Leedom, ''The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read'' (Truth Seeker Company, Inc., 1993).</ref>  The early Christians freely admitted that Christianity was cut from the same fabric as pagan mythology to this. When arguing with pagans, c.150 CE, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Martyr St. Justin Martyr] said:  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</ins>Christianity didn’t replace the pagan religions; it is just the latest <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>a series of pagan religions.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</ins><ref name="Leedom"> T. C. Leedom, ''The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read'' (Truth Seeker Company, Inc., 1993).</ref>  The early Christians freely admitted that Christianity was cut from the same fabric as pagan mythology to this. When arguing with pagans, c.150 CE, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Martyr St. Justin Martyr] said:  </div></td></tr>
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</table>Sysophttp://smitingshepherds.com/index.php?title=The_Bible_is_not_Credible&diff=2810&oldid=prevSysop: /* When the Bible was Written? */2020-01-09T05:35:24Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">When the Bible was Written?</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqUrP2J58Rw Bethlehem].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqUrP2J58Rw Bethlehem].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEG0-3xlAkg Nazareth].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEG0-3xlAkg Nazareth].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**The common <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gospel </del>practice of referring to Jesus as the “Son of man.”  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**The common practice of referring to Jesus as the “Son of man.”  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**''Any'' of Jesus’ miracles and/or deeds, excluding the Last Supper ritual.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**''Any'' of Jesus’ miracles and/or deeds, excluding the Last Supper ritual.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**''Any'' of Jesus’ historical activities, in ''any'' time or ''any'' place.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**''Any'' of Jesus’ historical activities, in ''any'' time or ''any'' place.</div></td></tr>
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