[Man in Black]

Originally Posted by BearsysRevenge

Food for thought, all four gospels in the Bible; Matthew(The Tax collector and later Apostle), Mark(An apostle, not of Jesus, but of St. Peter), Luke(Apostle of Paul) and John(Disputed who the author is, scholars generally agree that John of Patmos - the author of Revelations, not Jesus' apostle) were not written by disciples of Jesus.

Mark was the first documented Gospel, and it was written anonymously and at the earliest, 70 years CE and even possibly after the Bar Kokhba Revolt(132 - 135 CE) So there's anywhere from 37-100+ years of time in between the Permanent Death of Jesus(If we take the Xian view that says Jesus was 33 at his death) and the writing of this Gospel. So there would be so much corruption, word of mouth, as everyone knows, fucks things up over time, and especially grandiose stories get even more so.

Matthew -which is identical to Mark in that no one actually knows who wrote it and was attributed to him by the church just to put some substance behind those words- and Luke were pretty much plagiarized off of Mark; and John has pretty much nothing backing it up historically. The rest of the New Testament is based off of those 4(2 if you want to be accurate) books written at least 40 years after Jesus died. But Christians refuse to acknowledge that.


[EDIT:] I forgot to put any meaning behind my post, lol. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's ridiculous that anyone accept the Bible as canonical of Jesus when no one even knows who wrote the thing.
Christians, how about you read the Gospel of Barnabas, the only Gospel written by an actual disciple of Jesus. Because first hand accounts are better. This book has been banned by the Pope on pain of eternal punishment.

Christianity was ruined as soon as the Romans adopted it. I have to agree with Tolstoy on this one.