Reply #65: Imagine If This Said Raygun Killed Jesus... [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

The media torrent and outrage would be intense. This bigot in three words has cast blame on several million Americans for events that never happened 2,000 year ago.

When someone attempts to engage me in some "Christian talk"...I immediately halt them in their tracks to prove to me Jesus existed. Once you tone down all the biblical rhetoric and circumstantial charades (the Via Dolarosa stations, etc. that were added to build on the myth) and go with strict science FACT, they back down.

But then I go one step further...when the topic of the Bible...any version comes into play and the term "word of god" comes in, I ask if there's a signed copy that proves it's truly god's word. Of course I'll get the story of the 10 commandments, and then I ask, who wrote those? The answer: Moses...he took the dictation. But now who was there to witness (also Moses didn't exist either). The discussion goes nowhere from there since any statements made thereafter are opinion based on fiction. Christian wingnuts hate it since they're so brainwashed into this being more truthful than our own Constitution. Jefferson must be doing flip flops in his grave.

One of the big controversies surrounding the Dead Sea scrolls is the interpretation of what is written and who wrote it. These were written around the time of Jesus...probably later as the Orthodox Jews fled Jerusalem for the hills during the Roman occupation and by then the crucifixion should have occured. If Jesus had made such a splash as the bible claims, surely there would have been some mention in contemporary literature or in these scrolls to document that.

Finally, about these "rabbis" who claimed that the Jewish scripture says Jews agree with their complicity, I'd love to see who they are and what their true affiliation is. Just like in Christianity, Judiasm is not a monolith with various sects...thus the broad brush is even more biggoted...and I'm sure there are self-promoters who will publish black is white to get noticed. Also, there are many Jews who aren't comfortable in their own skin...they're called Jews For Jesus.