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10 Facts That Could Change Your Religion
Here are 10 facts about the Bible and Christianity that should cause anyone to doubt the claims of Christianity.
- Jesus didn’t inspire anyone (Christian, Jew or otherwise) during his lifetime to document anything at all about him – not one word spoken, not one event, not one miracle was recorded at or near the time they reportedly occurred.
- Not a word of the New Testament was written by eye-witnesses to the events it describes.
- The gospel authors disagree on more than 20 facts regarding the death and resurrection of Jesus.
- December 25th is the birthday of pagan gods who preceded Jesus and each was born of a virgin, each was a son of god, each resurrected from the dead, each had disciples, each share many more of the same attributes as Jesus who superseded them.
- There are two independent creation stories in Genesis (Chapter 1 and Chapter 2) whereby the order of events regarding the creation of things differs.
- Matthew and Luke provide more than 10 distinct and often contradictory differences in the stories of the Nativity.
- When the scriptures are placed into context, Jesus did not fulfill prophecy.
- The serpent, Satan and the devil are all individual and distinct characters in the Bible and when placed into context are not as evil and wicked as they are currently portrayed.
- According to the Bible, atrocious acts of violence, death and destruction by God far out weigh those of any other Biblical character.
- There is no revelation of the concept of hell in the Old Testament. Hell is exclusively a New Testament concept.
All of these topics are covered in Doubt after Doubt: Doubting the Christian Faith.
Doubt after Doubt: Doubting the Christian Faith is an autobiographical account of a Catholic who questions and investigates his religion, the book also provides a roadmap others can follow to investigate their own doubts. Jacik confronts the major doubts he faced by turning to the Bible, popular Christian authors and academics for answers. Christmas, Easter, the devil, the creation story, hell, the word of God, sex, homosexuality and other topics are questioned. Jacik concludes Christianity was an illusion dispelled on his way to embracing modern Paganism.
Book Excerpts:
Doubting Christmas
It is clear that the birth of “the savior” at midwinter was celebrated long before the arrival of Jesus. The Christians destroyed ancient temples and groves that honored the old gods and replaced them with richly adorned Christian churches. As Jesus supplanted the pagan gods he became associated with many of their traits-- from Doubt after Doubt
Doubting the Resurrection
After I examined the dozens of discrepancies in the gospel accounts of the death and resurrection of Jesus, my doubts about this event continued to push me away from Catholicism. Clearly this tale of Jesus was not factual; clearly the gospels were not the authoritative word of God -- from Doubt after Doubt
Doubting the Mind and Emotions of God
To read through the Old Testament is to read of act after act of murder, death, destruction, plague and genocide. How can the Christian faith claim that God is all loving and also defend such a ruthless, uncompassionate, and merciless God? -- from Doubt after Doubt
Doubting God's Adversaries
Simply by reading the Bible I found that the serpent never deceived Eve, that Satan is a servant and aide to God, and that the devil (with his supposed acts of atrocity) pales in comparison to the malevolent nature of God himself -- from Doubt after Doubt
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"Some people like me think you should be careful. You might have a demon in you. Demons is very tricky and you won't know what they is doing.
They can make you do things and think it is right. I bet you are a good person and that is why they are trying to make you believe in witches and magic. Ask your self if you have ever REALLY seen a witch and the answer will be no." -- Fundamentalist Norman from Them Demons is Tricky
I'm sure that you are doing Satan's work!
When several devout Fundamentalist Christians find out about author Rob Jacik's religious beliefs they seek to save his soul and turn him to the light of Christ.
Via e-mail they debate over the core Christian tenets. Is the earth only six thousand years old? Is Satan running amok upon the planet foiling God's heavenly plans? Does God hate homosexuals? Are women inferior to men? Is God a male? And many more. Jacik surgically dissects each of their arguments using the Bible as one of his strongest allies.
In response, the opinions and beliefs of the Fundamentalists run from surprising to frightening to downright hysterical. In the end Jacik reveals to them the reality of the Bible as each one of them ends up leaving their church.
Losing members the Reverend himself intercedes. Jacik refuses to hold back and goes toe-to-toe with the pastor which eventually leads to a startling conclusion that abruptly ends Jacik's interactions with the Christians.
Book Excerpts:
That is why God gave us preachers
As for my reading the Bible – you should know that is why God gave us preachers and holy men – to interpret the word of God for us. That way Satan doesn't have a chance to get in and make everyone believe something different.
In response:
In the meantime, you are again wrong about the Bible. God gave you free will. God gave you intelligence. I recommend that you use the beautiful gift that God has bestowed upon you and use it to read the Bible for yourself. You should never take anyone's word for anything without investigating it for yourself. That includes my word, your reverend's word, or anyone else's.
(...)
Ignorance has been Christianities strongest ally for centuries. In ancient days the majority of the people were illiterate. Those that were literate were the monks and priests, and they spread the word of God based on their own interpretations! The people believed them, because they could not read the book for themselves. They had to take the priests words for everything. The priests used fear tactics and scared the populous with tales of the devil and an angry vengeful God.
A Spawn of Hell?
Reverend Hollows said that if a person is a witch, then they are a spawn of hell and a satanic demon in human form. Because this is an entity of hell, they are not really human at all and thus the commandment against killing does not apply. It is not a sin to destroy a demon. That is why the blood is on their hands, not yours. It means that you have no guilt on your soul for destroying a demon in human form. This same thing would apply to homosexuals, who are also demons in human form. They practice their perversions to offend God.
In response:
Lee, you told me that your reverend said that if a person is a witch, then they are a spawn of hell and a satanic demon in human form. Because this is an entity of hell, they are not really human at all and thus the commandment against killing does not apply – it is not a sin to destroy a demon.
Well, once again I did not see the footnote next to the sixth commandment that said “Thou Shalt Not Kill.” Do you have a biblical reference for me where it says that killing a demon in human form is not a sin? You point to witches and homosexuals as demons in human form. Well, if homosexuals are demons in human form how can you tote that you’ve “saved” homosexuals? All too often I hear about the Christian followers trying to “save” the pagans and “save” the homosexuals. If these homosexuals and pagans have been saved by your faith, how is it that they are “demons in human form?”
Point me to the verses in the Bible that talk of the demons in human form.
I know a man who has been a Wiccan for 23 years – a witch! No more or less a human than you or I, Lee. He suffers, he bleeds, he breeds, he breaths, he sings, he dances, he reads, he learns, he laughs, he cries, he eats, he sleeps…who are you to call him a demon in human form?
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Here is an excerpt: This book is significant in that it illustrates several points of the dangers of intolerance and "blind faith" -- that those who seek to guide others spiritually need to be grounded not only in Biblical and many other texts, but in their own and others' motivations to lead others in religious beliefs and practices. Jacik's message that love, tolerance, and enlightenment can and should replace fear and ignorance is extremely important not only in the context of religion, but in all aspects of life.
