Christians:
The #gospels were anonymously written and didn’t start appearing until decades after the events they claim to describe. They started as oral tales, and there are no original manuscripts.

Why should anyone believe they’re true?

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#atheism #faith #god

For my Christian friends on Good Friday.

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cross-art-paid-in-full-sharon-cummings.html

#goodfriday #holy #holyweek #easter #jesus #jesuschrist #faith #faithful #hope #love #cross #bible #bibleverse #bibleverses #scriptures #scripture #god #christianart #religion #religious #church #prayer #pray #praying #art by #SharonCummingsArt #gospel #gospels #biblestudy

For my Christian friends on Good Friday.

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/your-will-be-done-father-sharon-cummings.html

#goodfriday #holy #holyweek #easter #jesus #jesuschrist #faith #faithful #hope #love #cross #bible #bibleverse #bibleverses #scriptures #scripture #god #christianart #religion #religious #church #prayer #pray #praying #art by #SharonCummingsArt #gospel #gospels #biblestudy #handmade #handmadeart #handmadeartwork

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the #Gospels in praise of intelligence.
—Bertrand Russell

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#Luke Tells a Different Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdFgC714Xlk

#gospels #gospelofluke #christian #mythology #apologetics #theology #atheism

This puts the Op in Propaganda

"By the time we arrive at the scene of #Jesus flipping the merchants’ tables in the Temple, #Jews are firmly established as the villains. “My house should be a house of prayer for all nations, but you have made it a den of thieves,” Jesus shouts at the #Pharisees after he ransacks the Temple market.

That quote is straight from the #gospels, just as much canon as Judas and the Pharisees turning Jesus in; the story is what it is. But the villainous depiction of the Jews is not part of the text.

Of course, the necessity of presenting Jesus’ teachings as better than the existing #Jewish practices is only mandatory if the show’s aim is to proselytize — which the show’s writers have claimed it is not; they’re just making good #TV, they said. But if the writing choices didn’t make the show’s #Christian mission clear enough, it’s made explicit by the testimonials the show posts from viewers about how the show brought them closer to Jesus."

https://forward.com/culture/710770/the-chosen-last-supper-passover-antisemitism-jewish/

Samuel Charles Wilks, CoE evangelical, argues against slavery. It’s not a mere list of passages, but whole spirit of the Gospel condemns it. Examine Jesus’s life and love neighbor for God’s sake. This informs moral and religious duty.

You may know those diligent in devotions, with no love for the weeping neighbor. You have in no way contradicted Wilks here.

How can you drink deeply of that spirit of love to God, and to man 4 God’s sake?

#christian #gospels #workbreed #bearainbow #scholastic

#new #writings #ebooks #Bible #Torah #Koran #Gospels #evolution #society #psychology #sociology #domination #money #education #womenrights #epub #Kobo #Amazonkindle

“Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Who hast not made me a woman”.

What to make of this Birkat Cohanim (Jewish priestly blessing) ?
Perhaps reading "Homo juchremanensis"* will give you an idea ?

*e-pub/kindle