"Brian Morris: Progressive West European countries have abandoned the ancient divisive dogmas of man-made religions"
"Since the “Enlightenment’’ a rising tide of doubt has surrounded Christianity, the Bible’s authenticity and Jesus.
Inevitably, belief in God is slipping – and most noticeably among priests! In February this year a headline story read “New Atheist Priests”, showing almost 20 per cent of ‘‘men of the cloth’’ regard the New Testament as fiction.
According to Catherine Dunphy, executive director of support group The Clergy Project, this is “the tip of the iceberg”.
Priests are questioning the authenticity of Jesus as fresh evidence mounts from a wave of contemporary historians.
Prominent among these is Dr Richard Carrier. His ground-breaking book, On the Historicity of Jesus, is a 700-page culmination of exhaustive research, going back to the earliest Greek, Hebrew and Latin texts to trace the founder of Christianity.
In meticulous detail he reveals an endless seam of pious fraud in the Gospels, Acts and Epistles. As merely one example, Carrier points to irrefutable proof that only seven of Paul’s alleged 13 Epistles are genuine, and that all references to Jesus are by visions, hallucinations and, together with his followers, speaking in tongues.
The four Gospels were written by unknown authors up to 90 years after Jesus’ alleged death. Carrier lists endless “tampering” of translations, edits and recopying, up to the Council of Nicaea in 325AD, and beyond.
Historically, the church has claimed that non-Christian writers confirm the existence of Jesus. They cite chroniclers such as Josephus, Tacitus, Philo of Alexandria, Seneca the Young and others. But with scrupulous research current scholars show why this evidence too is fabricated, or imaginary.
Many professional historians weigh every piece of competing evidence with the analytical formula of Bayes’s Theorem; on this analysis the entire Jesus narrative is factually flawed.
Contemporary Biblical scholars now view Jesus as a mortal Judaean preacher who was later deified.
But no Roman or Jewish writers, official or civilian, provide any reliable evidence.
Dr Carrier and other historians conclude that Jesus was simply created as a ‘‘celestial figure’’ – in exactly the same tradition as pagan and Greek gods before him. And like many other gods he was later “written into history” – some with a Virgin Birth and other miracles.
And there is indisputable evidence the Gospels were gradually ‘‘embellished’’, from late first century.
Today, with higher education and scientific knowledge, people have finally recognised that Jesus is a mythic fabrication."
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/brian-morris-progressive-west-european-countries-have-abandoned-the-ancient-divisive-dogmas-of-manmade-religions/story-fni6unxq-1227062019173
"Jesus is a mythic fabrication" - Jeesus on myyttinen valhe. Koko kristillinen kirkko perustuu valheelle. Tästä ei kirkosta eroamisen peruste enää parane.
"Since the “Enlightenment’’ a rising tide of doubt has surrounded Christianity, the Bible’s authenticity and Jesus.
Inevitably, belief in God is slipping – and most noticeably among priests! In February this year a headline story read “New Atheist Priests”, showing almost 20 per cent of ‘‘men of the cloth’’ regard the New Testament as fiction.
According to Catherine Dunphy, executive director of support group The Clergy Project, this is “the tip of the iceberg”.
Priests are questioning the authenticity of Jesus as fresh evidence mounts from a wave of contemporary historians.
Prominent among these is Dr Richard Carrier. His ground-breaking book, On the Historicity of Jesus, is a 700-page culmination of exhaustive research, going back to the earliest Greek, Hebrew and Latin texts to trace the founder of Christianity.
In meticulous detail he reveals an endless seam of pious fraud in the Gospels, Acts and Epistles. As merely one example, Carrier points to irrefutable proof that only seven of Paul’s alleged 13 Epistles are genuine, and that all references to Jesus are by visions, hallucinations and, together with his followers, speaking in tongues.
The four Gospels were written by unknown authors up to 90 years after Jesus’ alleged death. Carrier lists endless “tampering” of translations, edits and recopying, up to the Council of Nicaea in 325AD, and beyond.
Historically, the church has claimed that non-Christian writers confirm the existence of Jesus. They cite chroniclers such as Josephus, Tacitus, Philo of Alexandria, Seneca the Young and others. But with scrupulous research current scholars show why this evidence too is fabricated, or imaginary.
Many professional historians weigh every piece of competing evidence with the analytical formula of Bayes’s Theorem; on this analysis the entire Jesus narrative is factually flawed.
Contemporary Biblical scholars now view Jesus as a mortal Judaean preacher who was later deified.
But no Roman or Jewish writers, official or civilian, provide any reliable evidence.
Dr Carrier and other historians conclude that Jesus was simply created as a ‘‘celestial figure’’ – in exactly the same tradition as pagan and Greek gods before him. And like many other gods he was later “written into history” – some with a Virgin Birth and other miracles.
And there is indisputable evidence the Gospels were gradually ‘‘embellished’’, from late first century.
Today, with higher education and scientific knowledge, people have finally recognised that Jesus is a mythic fabrication."
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/brian-morris-progressive-west-european-countries-have-abandoned-the-ancient-divisive-dogmas-of-manmade-religions/story-fni6unxq-1227062019173
"Jesus is a mythic fabrication" - Jeesus on myyttinen valhe. Koko kristillinen kirkko perustuu valheelle. Tästä ei kirkosta eroamisen peruste enää parane.
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