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Christianity is a religion in which events are claimed to have occured but
which can never be proved. Those who practice it live by different morals than
are preached by the most holy texts. It is an institution in which the most holy
scripture is contradictory, and wherein the supreme being, by the very
definition, cannot exist. Christianity is, therefore, a fundamentally flawed
religion. According to the Bible, events have occured which are even more
miraculous than the resurection of Jesus Christ. Events such as the stopping of
the sun by Joshua (Joshua 10:12-14), the reversal of the sun's course by Isaiah
(Isaiah 38:7-8) , the resurrection of the saints, and their subsequent
appearance to many (Matthew 27:52-53) were witnessed by thousands of people. The
stopping and reversal of the sun would have been visible worldwide. The idea
that people could have witnessed these events without having been amazed by them
is, quite simply, ludicrous. Other cultures having witnessed this would
certainly have offered their own explanations in keeping with their own cultural
and religious beliefs. Surely a society existing at the time would have
documented this miraculous event.
Yet nowhere have such works been found. In the
instance of the resurrection of the saints, Matthew is the only person to
mention this occurence in the Bible. Surely other first-century Christians would
have used this as further proof of Jesus' divinty. It would fall to reason that
Paul and the gospels would have mentioned it. This is not, however, the case.
Nowhere else in the Bible is this mentioned or even hinted at. These events are
then, at best, highly unlikely to have occured. The fact that Matthew is alone
in writing of the resurrection of the saints leads us to believe that certain
writers of the Bible had differing views on christianity. The christian Bible is
highly contradictory, not just to modern day christian beliefs, but in and of
itself. Today's society is of the belief that all people are created equal, and
Christians submit that their god is of the same belief. Modern Christians
believe that their god loves everyone, and that they are all equal. However,
after Adam and Eve had eaten from the tree forbidden by god, this deity said to
Eve I will intensify the pangs of your childbearing; in pain shall you bring
forth children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall be your
master. (Genesis 3:16). This tells us that, according to the Christian religion,
women shall naturally be dominated by men. This kind of behavior is not
conducive to a being who believes in inherent equality.
Women are repeadtedly
treated as objects and told to be submissive in the Bible. According to the rule
observed in all the assemblies of believers, women should keep silent in such
gatherings. Rather, as the law indicates, submissiveness is indicated for them.
If they want to learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home. It is a
disgrace when a woman speaks in the assembly. (1 Corinthians 14:34-35). Man was
not made from woman but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman but
woman for man. For this reason, a woman ought to have a sign of submission on
her head. (1 Corinthians 11:8-10). The Bible also permits bondage. Slaves, male
and female, you may indeed possess, provided you buy them from among neighboring
the nations. You may also buy them from among the aliens who reside with you and
from their children who are born and raised in their land. Such slaves you may
own as chattels, and leave to your sons as their hereditary property, making
them perpetual slaves. (Leviticus 25:44-46). This same Bible gives laws on the
punishment of slaves. When a man strikes his slave with a rod so hard that the
slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives
for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property.
(Exodus 21:20-21) We find further examples of prejudice in Deuteronomy. In the
Bible, it is stated that No one whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis
has been cut off may be admitted into the community of the Lord.
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