WHY JESUS WAS A BIGOT FOR BEING BIBLE-BELIEVER
The Christians argue that the Bible is true and it is inspired because it is true. How sad. A book could be meticulously consistent and true and about God and still not be the word of God. To say the book is inspired because it is true is to automatically affirm that if anybody creates another book that agrees with it that it must be scripture as well. It would be sectarianism and favouritism to pick on the one book. And a collection of books claiming to be scripture with greater clarity and credibility and consistency would have more claim to be the word of God. To say the Bible is true because it is inspired is to simply guess that the Bible is true. You are putting the cart before the horse. Instead of working out that the Bible is true you just take it for granted that it is true because it is inspired. That is also biased and bigoted. Jesus committed a sin [or wrong if you prefer, like me] too by stating that the Old Testament was the word of God and even more so for preaching what he said was the most recent word of God. To follow him is to become as bad as him.
Saying the Old Testament is important for guidance is a
lighter claim than saying it is God's revelation. But the cost is too big
either way. It means acquiescing to the murder of adulterous or incestuous
people most of whom were only teenagers for nobody lived long in those days.
The murder was commanded by God and was performed by stoning to death.
There is a whole list of minor offences that got this treatment including making
an idol for private devotion. Jesus knew exactly what he was affirming
when he applauded the Old Testament and sang in the synagogue about how it was
perfect and infallible. His hymn book was the psalms which obsessed about the
glory and beauty of the brutal law.
The gospels report the following story. Jesus was once approached by a Gentile
or non-Jewish woman who wanted him to cast a demon out of her daughter. He
ignored her. She persisted. Finally he listened. He said he would not take the
food of the children to throw it to the dogs. She said that dogs have scraps off
the table and for her answer he listened to her and healed her daughter. The
Jews believing in accordance with their scriptures, claiming to be inspired by
God, held themselves to be the top race in the world and the only race chosen by
God. They referred to non-Jews as dogs or inferior human beings. Jesus did this
as well. The early Church had more success among non-Jews than Jews. Indeed the
apostles of Jesus commissioned to teach for him and to whom he promised his
inspiration so that they would not err said that these non-Jews were turned into
Jews spiritually in God's reckoning. So you still have to be part of this racist
Church of Judaism to be a Christian. Christianity has racism at its core.
CONCLUSION
The gospels portray Jesus was a member of a fanatical religion that followed a
murderous God.
BIBLE VERSION USED
The Amplified Bible
BOOKS CONSULTED
Catechism of the Catholic Church, Veritas. Dublin, 1995
Christ and Violence, Ronald J Sider, Herald Press, Scottdale, Ontario, 1979
Miracles in Dispute, Ernst and Marie-Luise Keller, SCM Press Ltd, London, 1969
Moral Philosophy, Joseph Rickaby SJ, Stoneyhurst Philosophy Series, Longmans,
Green and Co, London, 1912
Objections to Christian Belief, DM Mackinnon, HA Williams, AR Vidler and JS
Bezzant, Constable, London, 1963
Putting Away Childish Things, Uta Ranke-Heinemann, HarperCollins, San Francisco,
1994
Reason and Belief, Bland Blanschard, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1974
Robert Schuller, Satellite Saint or High Flying Heretic, Cecil Andrews, Take
Heed Publications, Belfast
The Hard Sayings of Jesus, FF Bruce Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983
The Resurrection Factor, Josh McDowell, Alpha Scripture Press Foundation, Bucks,
1993
The Truth of Christianity, WH Turton, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co Ltd, London,
1905
Why I am Not a Christian, Bertrand Russell, Touchstone Books, Simon and
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The WWW
Kooks and Quacks of the Roman Empire by Richard Carrier
www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/kooks.html
THIS SITE ARGUES THAT JESUS WAS EVIL AND WAS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE
www.nobeliefs.com/jesus.htm