Jesus the Jew
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Why
Jesus was a bigot for being Bible-believer
Whether he existed or not, the New Testament presents Jesus as a true
Jew.
BORN INTO EVIL
Jesus Christ was circumcised when he was a baby. If he was sent into the world then God wanted
him to take this sign that he was to follow the Law of Moses, the teaching of
the first five books of the Bible. Once
you are circumcised you have to obey all the precepts of the Law or Torah
(Galatians 5:3). Even more so if you are
the Son of God for God could have arranged for some mistake to be made so that
you ended up uncircumcised if he did not want it. Even if Jesus did not choose beforehand to be
a Jew he claimed he did afterwards meaning that he would have chosen it if he
could have. So he is still as bad as ever.
Jesus said that not a word would pass away from the Old Testament until
it is all fulfilled implying that God must have been its author for God knows
all things and nobody can defeat God who is all-powerful.
Jesus said that Judaism was the true religion (John
Jesus said that the Law was the word of God for it is about love and God is
loving. He said that anybody who dropped
one commandment from it would not be honoured in his Father’s kingdom. There is nothing in the New Testament
whatsoever to prove that Jesus cancelled the Law or anything in it.
It does not matter if he did cancel them for he had made it clear that he
wished people to believe that these laws were right before he changed them. He still wanted people to believe that there
was nothing wrong in principle with a God who wants them to stone people to
death for sins like adultery and so on.
He still wanted the acceptance of fanaticism and murder to be part of
their faith.
Jesus sang the Psalms which praised the Law in the Synagogue. Going to the synagogue meant one accepted the
Jewish scriptures for the service honoured scripture and preached it. Jesus taught that one should not be afraid to
speak out for the truth so his silence in the Synagogue proves he wanted the
people to believe in the Law and the Prophets.
Paul said that Jesus was born under the Law (Galatians 4:4). Jesus died to deliver us from the curse of
the Law not because the Law was wrong but because it was right (Romans
7:7,10). In other words, the Law is a
curse only to those who cannot keep all of it and Jesus came to demonstrate
that it is fair and to prevent it from being a curse to us (Galatians
The Laws are inhuman.
The Law tolerates the murdering of a person for manslaughter under strict
conditions (Numbers 35). But if persons
should be safe like the Law says then persons are precious and should not be
killed. Nobody can deny that it is
immoral if morality exists.
God permits parents to have their sons put to death by stoning in
Deuteronomy 21. If the boys are
stubbornly disobedient and fond of stuffing themselves and of strong drink,
parents are given the right to have them killed. The parents must agree that this is the right
course and are the only plaintiffs allowed.
When satisfied that the parents are telling the truth the authorities
consent to the execution. The law does
not say that the authorities have the right to refuse so they don’t. It is plain that there was no need for
killing them so this law permits the needless killing of bothersome male
children. It is not just for deterring
other children though that is one of the reasons. Deterrence alone wouldn’t justify this. It is not the just penalty for high treason
for it was left up to the parents to decide if or when they would have their
son done in. God does not say how bad
the lad has to be before it was permissible to end his life. He would have done if he wanted only all
those who were guilty of high treason put to death. He is just saying that it is just for parents
to have their sons killed if they want rid of them.
Christians often condemn this awful law and manage to say that it is
inspired for there is no record of anyone dying because of it. That does not prove that the law was
ignored. The Torah was not written to
tell us about how and when it was carried out.
And ignored or not it says that such killing is just so none can condemn
it and maintain that it is inspired.
To say that scriptures which commanded the cruel and slow killing of
homosexuals, adulterers and apostates are the word of God shows that you are
using religion to inflict malice and/or stupidity on other people. It is said that such sins were high treason
which justified their price which was stoning to death. That is an excuse. There was no need to kill them. And it is obvious that it is an excuse. Jesus may not have lifted a stone to kill
anybody but in will and intent he was a murderer and a sadist.
Jesus was an evil man who heartily praised the cruel demands of the Law
of Moses. He was not the “King of Love”.
Jesus made it clear that he was to be judged in accordance with the
Mosiac Law for it was his precursor and background and so if it condemns him he
is to be rejected (Luke 24:44-46; Matthew 5:17,18). Christians forget this. They judge Jesus by their own modern
standards which includes such nonsense that capital punishment is contrary to
the gospel. The gospel at most does not
condemn it and the evidence that it wants it continued under the decrees of the
Law of Moses is overwhelming.
Jesus Christ was a fraud for he acclaimed the draconian and errant ways
of Moses and had been a Jew who cherished the Law.
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 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.
Human beings are too easily conditioned. The fact that Jack the Ripper arouses greater abhorrence than the far more depraved President George Bush Junior illustrates this point. Most of what makes us angry is irrational for other worse things do not bother us. Establishments like religion should not exist and nobody should be starting new religions especially demanding ones like Christianity, Mormonism, Islam and Judaism that have unusual doctrines and practices. We are dangerous enough by focusing on and living with what is on earth never mind worrying about what a God or Bible or saviour with ways that look inexplicable and unfathomable to our reason want. Its every bit as bad as drug addiction and at the end of the day all these cults want us to be very dedicated to them and want us to be very religious and order our lives the way they say God wants it done rather than how we think it should be done. That is a terrible thing if they are nonsense. Religion claims to be of more importance to mental stability and happiness than psychiatry. So if we were all religious and lived holy lives we would not need treatment for the mind except for those disorders that arise from physical causes. This is a very serious claim. It accuses unbelievers of being dangerous and causing others to be dangerous. It calls them liars for saying they are content enough with their lives. No religion as the right to say things like that. Psychologists and psychiatrists can get it wrong but they use trial and error to learn while religion loathes trial and error. It chooses not to fit its worldview into reality but fit reality into its world-view. For example, they choose to ignore any evidence that contradicts them and take refuge in platitudes about God having mysterious ways – for example, the appalling suffering his viruses cause to innocent babies - and human beings having limited understanding. The claims are downright irresponsible. What would give say the Roman Catholic Church the right to say it has a monopoly on making people happy? Does the pope and his cronies know what it is like to be a Buddhist or a Mormon? And yet that is what these cultists say because they claim to be the only true Church. They claim Jesus is the only way to salvation which indicates then that they are making him a monopoly for happiness too. The Christians say they believe that Jesus is the only way to God. We seen then that a belief that might or could be wrong is causing the happiness not Jesus. Christians use testimonies about Jesus being a moral genius and a great source of happiness to impress prospective converts. But you can get people to say things like that about books like A Course in Miracles allegedly dictated by Jesus but totally incompatible with the New Testament due to its saccharine New Age outlook. It is science not dogma that should be presented as the source of happiness.
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.
THE UNFORESEEN FRAUD
Christians claim that God can see what is going to happen in the
future. He is a celestial
fortune-teller. They also claim that in
order that we might be able to show that Jesus was his Messiah, prophet and Son
that he foretold things about him in the Old Testament.
One is struck by the importance that the biblical Jesus attached to
fulfilling what the prophets of the Old Testament allegedly foreseen about him
(Matthew 5:17; Luke 24:27; Luke 24:44; Matthew 26:56; Luke 4:20,21; Acts 3:18;
Luke 22:37; Acts 10:43; 1 Corinthians 15:3,4; Matthew 2:4-6; Acts 13:29; Acts
17:2,3).
The problem with this doctrine that Jesus was foreseen is that the Old
Testament made predictions meant to serve as credentials for Jesus is that they
were too easy to fulfil.
Even Psalm 22 which is supposed to refer to the crucifixion could be
fulfilled by arranging to be beaten up and having your hands and feet
pierced. It is even easier again when the
real translation is “like the lion my hands and my feet”.
When a man claims that such easy deeds prove that he is from God that man
is a fraud.
Anybody who manages to fit the requirements of the oracles would have
more right to be adored as God or the Son of God than Jesus for we would be
more sure that they exist at least.
Anybody who tried to fulfil the prophecies but failed could say he will
have another life in which the rest will come to pass. The texts that are taken to mean that the
Messiah will be resurrected from the dead might as well be interpreted as
promises of a reincarnation. Or a
recovery from temporary death which lasts a few seconds or near-death.
Christians take many bits of the Psalms as predictions of Christ though
one has only to read them in full to see that they are not even presented as
predictions. There is nothing easier
than fulfilling prophecies that are not prophecies and anyone could do it. It is not fair to take the line, “I will
speak in parables”, as prediction that Jesus would do this and then take the
vindictive bits that crave revenge on enemies as the sentiments of the author
and not as predictions of Jesus. For
instance, “Wash me thoroughly [and repeatedly] from my iniquity” (Psalm 51:2)
is not taken to be a forecast about the sins of the Christ though if the
parables line should be so should it.
A man who claims to be God’s final revelation and his Son and declares
prophecies that do not exist to be his credentials is certainly a fake.
Jesus made too many mistakes to be really God or his promised prophet and
this was one major one. According to the
Bible a man who tells lies about God’s message is not his prophet (Deuteronomy
18). This means the promises of the Old
Testament were not promises to send Jesus no matter how closely he fits the
bill. For example, in the name of God,
Jesus preached that one sincere prayer was as good as several and that all
prayers were to be made in a spirit of submission to the will of God and
accepting his right to do what he wanted and later he told the apostles to pray
for this and that so one prayer was not enough.
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
Schuster, New York, undated
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
12 March 2008