*JUST ONE QUESTIONABLE HISTORICAL ACCOUNT:* *IS THE NEW TESTAMENT TRUTHFUL?*
*John Stone* * * *PREFACE:* This is dedicated to the 1961 "Rock & Roll" song by Bobby Vee ― *"How Many Tears (Can You Cry)"* These verses keeps popping up whenever I study the Christian bible ―their new TESTament! "How many lies can you can you count when you just can't sleep at night? And how many lies can you count before your heart is free? That's a question I'm still unable to answer 'Cause I'm still countin' the lies you told to me" "There's just no end to all the broken promises that I recall I was a fool to fall for you It hurts to know you played a game and went and had yourself a ball And through it all, made me blue" And so it is with Christianity. I would advise you to also check our sister site 1001 Errors in the Christian Bible <http://1001errors.com/> . John ------------------------------ The story of Jesus as related in the Christian Gospels and later Christian writings is filled with historical inaccuracies and accounts that have no historical support at all (inventions, fabricated stories) . The following example clearly illustrates this point: *HEROD'S DECREE* *There is no historical record **―* outside the Christian Bible ― that Herod ever decreed all children *1* (or males *2*) to be killed *3 *at birth (Matthew 2.16). Yet, such a fateful and monstrous event would certainly have been recorded by historians alive at that time. Even Josephus Flavius, a renowned Jewish historian, who chronicled events during that very period in history, makes no mention of any such decree by Herod, much less any actual killings. At the time when Herod's decree was supposedly issued, there was great political unrest in the land. Such a decree would have surely sparked a Jewish rebellion. Yet, no account of any such rebellion is to be found. The fact that the only source of this event is the Christian Bible, contradicts the way historical events were recorded. History records that Herod was loathed during his reign, and many far less evil acts that Herod committed were carefully recorded in several historical sources. An act this evil and of this magnitude ― killing all children (or boys) ― would never have been left out of any account in which Herod was involved. In addition, a most convincing proof of the fabrication of that event ― Herod's slaughter ― is the fact that, according to the Christian's own New Testament, in the Gospel of Luke, Herod was dead before Jesus was even born. This is just one of many examples that reveals how far the authors of the Christian bible would go to ensure the propagation of their new religion. By fabricating events, tying them to Tanakhic verses, and then proclaiming the authenticity of Jesus' messiahship, the early Christians hoped to gain acceptance among the myriad of cults and religions that flourished during those turbulent years. Any intelligent and honest person can clearly see that the New Testament is not the work of G-d, but a fiction ― no more, no less. It is just as valid as the *"Memoirs of the Tooth Fairy"* or "*Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.**"* *Blind faith does not create truth.*** *Christians remember, **As** G-d created our minds, He expects us to use our reasoning together with our faith. Faith is not a substitute for reason, but a development from it and alongside it.* Footnotes 1. Matthew 2:16 (*King James Version*) has Herod *killing ALL children*without regard to sex ( *male/female*) *up to the age of three*. 16 "Then *Herod,* when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and *slew all the children** that were in Bethlehem*, and in all the coasts thereof, from *two years old* *(i.e. 35 months and under)* and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men." 2. In the *New King James Version* the editors "cleaned up" the dumb remark of *"ALL Children"* which incorporated *girls* as well as boys. This was a simple fix; they just inserted "MALE" in the verse. It now reads: 16Then *Herod*, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and *put to death all the male children * who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, *from two years old* *( i.e. 35 months and under)* and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. It is amusing that Christian editors would take 371 years to get around to changing the claimed Holy Ghost inspired King James Version But which is right – the 371 year old King James Version or the 1982 NewKing James Version? If the latter, where was the Holy Ghost while the erroneous "*ALL Children"* was reported for almost 400 years? If the former was truly inspired, why do modern editors change the inspired words given by the Holy Ghost? The truth is – neither Christian bible version is correct. This is a fiction, invented by Christianity and not supported by any history recorded on our planet earth. --- Brief CV of Jusfiq Hadjar Jusfiq Hadjar, a christian, 66 years old, is an Indonesian living in the Netherlands. He currently lives together out of wed-lock with Marlene Van Doorn - a documentalist in African Studies Center (ASC) library - in Leiden. Jusfiq Hadjar has, thus far, succesfully deceived many NGOs into believing that he is a human rights activistist. One of the NGOs that has been trapped in his lies is a Muslim human rights group, the Movement against Racism and for Friendship among Peoples. Jusfiq Hadjar is very active in his campaigns against Islam and Muslims on the Internet, especially in several Indonesian mailing lists. He will spread massive amounts of offensive, slanderous, lying statements against Islam and Muslims day in and day out and at the same time claiming that he is a Muslim. Undoubtedly, Jusfiq Hadjar is one of those people who still thinks that adhering to a daily routine of cursing and swearing on the Internet would help to make him look intelligent and preserve his sanity. It shoots no wonder then if you find mosts of his writings on the Internet are just about cursing and swearing at Muslims and licking the ass of his christian friends. Jusfiq Hadjar has joined several mailing lists in order to spread his severe hatred against Islam and Muslim on the Internet: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamkristen/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apakabar/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/minangnet/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/istiqlal/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/partai-keadilan/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ijtihad/<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/partai-keadilan/> Marlene Van Doorn is very supportive of his life partner's evil activities on the Internet, and gives her financial support by providing him with meals, accomodation and Internet connection. He is also allegedly financed by Leiden church. He has no children. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! 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