| MYTH | TRUTH |
|---|---|
| Jesus was the son of God before his birth. | Jesus became the first son of God at his baptism. |
| Jesus was born of a virgin. | Mary was not a virgin at the time of Jesus’ birth. |
| Jesus’ father was the Holy Ghost. | Jesus biological father was Joseph. |
| Jesus’ royal bloodline was through Mary | Jesus’ royal bloodline was through Joseph whose lineage was through Solomon according to the prophecies. Mary was a Levite. |
| Isaiah 7:14 prophesied a virgin would conceive | The woman was Isaiah’s wife who he got pregnant, also virgin is a mistranslation. |
| Mary was a “perpetual” virgin. | Mary had sons and daughters including James the brother of Jesus. |
| Trinity is scriptural. | Trinity does not exist in the Bible. The only 3 passages referring to the Trinity. are all confirmed forgeries. |
| Jesus was the Word [Logos]. | “Word” was incorrectly translated from Logos which was adapted from Greek mythology from 400 years before Jesus. Logos is a mythological force pertaining to a pagan god — not the Christian God. |
| Jesus was only the Messiah. | Jesus was also a high priest and a prophet. |
| Mary was a descendant of royal bloodline. | Mary’s parents were both Levites. She had no royal blood. |
| The Messiah’s parents named him Jesus. | He was not named Jesus, but Yeshua or Joshua in English. |
| All the gospels were written in Greek. | Matthew wrote the first gospel in Aramic around 40 AD. |
| Jesus was God in the flesh. | Jesus never claimed to be God, no scriptural proof of this. |
| Holy Ghost is the third person in the Trinity godhead. | Only God is holy and God is a spirit. The Holy Spirit is God Himself not another person. |
| St Paul was an apostle. | St Paul never met Jesus, was rejected by most of the early church and called apostate from the law, liar according to early Jewish believers and was excommunicated. He was run off by Jewish Christians and lived the rest of his days in Rome. |
| St Paul replaced Judas Isschariot. | Matthias or Matthew, writer of the gospel of the Hebrews was the 12th apostle — not Paul. |
| Paul’s writings were accepted by the early church. | Paul’s writings were rejected by most of the Jewish Christians in the first century. |
| Women must keep silence in the church. | Jesus had women disciples. |
| Salvation not by works of righteousness | Jesus taught works of righteousness was necessary to obtain eternal life. |
| Jesus was cursed by the law. | Jesus fulfilled the law. |
| Slaves were to be obedient to their masters. | Jesus taught to set the slaves free and no one should be called master. |
| It’s alright to eat meat sacrificed to idols. | Jesus condemned animal sacrifice, prohibited his disciples from eating meat. |
| Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’ birthday. | December 25th was a pagan celebration, Jesus was most likely born in the fall. |
| Easter is the celebration of resurrection of Christ. | Easter was a pagan god. This date has nothing to do with Jesus’ resurrection. |
| Sunday is the day of rest. | The Sabbath (Saturday) was the day the was kept by the early Christians. The roman church changed that later on. |
| Jesus rejected the law of Moses. | Jesus taught to keep the law and only rejected traditions of men that were not of God. |
| Jesus was crucified for claiming he was the son of God. | Jesus never claimed to be God. He was murdered because his teachings were undermining the Pharessee’s power and control over the people and their money (animal sacrifice). |
| The bible is inerrant. | The bible has many mistranslations, forgeries, contradictions and inconsistencies. It is not considered to be historically reliable. |
ISAIAH 7:14
A “virgin” will give birth to a son, she shall call him Immanuel. 15 he will eat curds and honey at the time he knows to refuse evil and choose good. 16 For before the bow will know to refuse evil and choose good, the loand whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.
Holy crap, doug. That’s pretty crazy. Thanks!
There’s plenty of proof the the original word was NOT “virgin’, but actually “young woman”. In fact, as it turns out the woman was Isaiah’s wife, who was NOT a virgin when she gave birth.
This is just another trick of the church fathers to try to convince people that Jesus was God Almighty!
Doug. Six months ago I was filled with so much anger and resentment not just toward christians but toward THE BIBLE. I hated it! I was so angry at a book! As crazy as that sounds…
I thought, the only way i can get peace is if i go to school and learn the bible this way. But since then, I’ve calmed down and learned not to blame anybody. Not the preachers, or bible scholars, or evangelists. I can’t blame them because it would be impractical and ludicrous to expect every single Christian to do all this research and to ‘find out for themselves’. They have been spoiled by the preachers and the preachers have been spoiled by the preachers for them!
Let me ask you this, Doug. How can I do my own research? Do I need to go to college? Do I need to learn Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic to get anything accurate? And here is where the impractical comes in. If it turns out that Jesus is God and to only believe in him is necessary for salvation and this research takes me the rest of my life then I am doomed. We are all damned fools! (being dramatic…)
And you know what else. It is terrifying to go against something that is so much bigger than yourself. Not that you are actually fighting the church, but to go against something that acts so certain of itself forces [me] to doubt that I am ‘being lead astray’.
I understand how you feel. I’ve been through similar things.
You don’t need to go to college or learn all those languages. In fact that would make the process all that much longer.
Actually, it’s not that complicated. The rules that I have learned are these:
1) Don’t put any trust in men, only God.
2) Know that though there is lots of truth in the bible, what you read might not have originally been there.
3) Probably (my guess) 40% of what was originally there has been left out.
4) There are things that are there that have been tampered with, and corrupted
5) There are many bad translations. There is no consensus on which bible is the most accurate — even among scholars and theologists.
6) No one actually knows when the NT bible was actually written, who wrote it or where. The most recent codexes are from the 5th century. The gospels are all copies of copies of translations of piecemealed passages of original documents that are non-existent.
7) Never stop questioning. Always use the test of logic to prove whether something is True.
8 ) Above all always as God for the truth, He will give it to you. When you find the truth it will feel right in your heart — it comes from within you, not from without.
And don’t worry about your salvation. There is no requirement in the whole bible that says you have to believe that Jesus is God to be “saved”.
Seeking for the truth, the REAL Truth, is not fighting against God. In fact, this is one of the reasons we are here.
The reason you are terrified is because the church has put those damnable doctrines in your head which were created purposely to make you feel afraid in order to control and manipulate your life (and your pocket book).