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Forgery in Christianity - Joseph Wheless

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It is the ghostly Doctors themselves, however, who by their quackeries have created the fiction of the disease, and who purposely keep the patient opiated and on the crutches of Faith, in order to "make their calling and election sure," and to perpetuate their thralling dominion over the mind and money of man. The first recorded priestly ban--by threat and fear of death--was on Nature's own Golden Specific for superstition and priestcraft, -the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge: "Thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." (Gen. ii, 17.)

Forgery in Christianity is a popular title in the history of the Christian religion by Joseph Wheless. Forgery in Christianity is popular among scholars as well as atheists as it looks at the founding documents of the Christian religion with a skeptical bias and viewpoint. This is an interesting read for those interested in debates on the Christian religion and on the views and beliefs of atheists. B&N


THE DISEASE AND THE CURE
SEGMENTS: R R MAN IS A RELIGIOUS R R FAITH IN A FATAL DECLINE R R THE INDICTMENT R R OUTLINE OF CASE AND PROOFS
R R FORGERY DEFINED R R RELIGIOUS LAWS OF OUTLAWRY



PAGAN FRAUDS-CHRISTIAN PRECEDENTS
SEGMENTS: R R EVERY RELIGION R R THE DAWN-MAN AND THE SHAMAN R R PAGANISM AT THE CROSS-ROADS WITH CHRISTIANITY
R R APOLLONIUS OF TYANA R R SIMON MAGUS R R SUPERSTITIONS AND REVELATIONS R R CHRISTIAN "REVELATION" DEFINED AND DISPROVED
R R MITHRAISM-AND CHRISTIAN MYTH R R "MITHRAISM"-PRE-CHRISTIAN CHRISTIANITY R R BUDDHISM IN CHRISTIANITY
R R ALL DEVILISH IMITATIONS! R R THE SIBYLLINE ORACLES R R ABBREVIATIONS FOR MOST OFTEN USED SOURCES



HEBREW HOLY FORGERIES
SEGMENTS: R R HEBREW HOLY FORGERIES R R THE INSPIRED FABLE OF TOBIT R R THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING R R EZRA "RESTORES" THE LAW
R R THE "FINDING OF THE LAW" R R THE "SEPTUAGINT" TRANSLATION INTO GREEK R R THE SEPTUAGINT AND THE "VIRGIN-BIRTH" FRAUD
R R OTHER HEBREW SACRED FORGERIES R R THE "INSPIRED" HEBREW SCRIPTURES R R FORGERY BY CONTRADICTIONS
R R OUR "PHONY" CHRISTIAN ERA R R FORGERY BY FALSE TRANSLATIONS R R THE "GOD" FORGERY R R THE "ADAM" FORGERY
R R THE "SOUL" FORGERY R R THE "MOSAIC REVELATION" FORGERY R R THE ANCIENT IDEA OF "HISTORY"
R R CHRISTIAN "REVELATIONS" IN JEWISH FORGERIES



"SCRIPTURE" FORGERIES
 SEGMENTS: R R THE ORIGINS R R "THE AGE OF APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE" R R "THE IDEA OF INSPIRATION" R R "THE LYING PEN OF THE SCRIBES"
R R "CHRISTIAN EVIDENCES" - FORGED R R FORGED GOSPELS, ACTS, EPISTLES R R THE FORGED "APOSTLES' CREED"
R R THE FORGED ATHANASIAN CREED R R JESUS CHRIST'S FORGED LETTERS R R OTHER FORGERIES FOR CHRIST'S SAKE
R R JOSEPHUS FORGERY TESTIFIES OF JESUS R R THE OWL-ANGEL FORGERY



THE SAINTLY "FATHERS" OF THE FAITH
SEGMENTS: R R CONFESSINON OF PATRISTIC UNTRUSTWORTHINESS R R PATRISTIC "TRADITION" R R THE TWELVE "TRADITIONAL" APOSTLES
R R THE APOSTLES R R APOSTOLIC GREED AND STRIFE R R THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS R R 1 Clement of Rome R R 2 Ignatius R R 3 Polycarp
R R 4 Barnabas R R 5 Hermas R R THE SUB-APOSTOLIC FATHERS R R 6 Papias R R 7 Justin Martyr R R 8 Irenaeus R R JESUS DIED OF OLD AGE!
R R 9 Tertullian R R 10 Clement of Alexandria R R 11 Origen R R 12 Lactantius R R THE PAGAN "LOGOS" CHRISTIANIZED R R 13 Augustine
R R AUGUSTINE "PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY" R R CHRISTIAN PAGANISM



THE "GOSPEL" FORGERIES
SEGMENTS: R R The holy Evangels R R STILL TINKERING AT IT! R R SOME TESTS FOR FORGERY R R THE GOSPEL TITLES
R R THE "CANONICITY" OF THE FOUR GOSPELS R R THE "MARK" FABLE BELIES "CANONICITY"
R R THE GOSPELS "ACCORDING TO" GREEK PRIESTS R R THE FOUR GOSPELS-"CHOSEN" R R WHY FOUR GOSPELS?
R R INSPIRATION AND PLAGIARISM R R GOSPELS LATE FORGERIES R R 1 Bishop Papias R R 2 Justin Martyr R R 3 Irenaeus
R R "LUKE" DISCREDITS APOSTOLICITY R R FORGERIES IN THE FORGED GOSPELS R R CONTRADICTIONS AND TRUTH R R JESUS - MAN OR GOD?
R R "UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH" R R THE "CHURCH" FOUNDED ON THE "ROCK"
R R "PETER-ROCK-CHURCH" DENIED AB SILENCIO R R "GO, TEACH ALL NATIONS" FORGERY
R R ACTS BELIES THE "GO, TEACH ALL NATIONS" FORGERY R R THE FORGED GOSPEL ENDINGS R R THE BAPTISMAL FORGERY
R R A MEDLEY OF FORGERIES R R THE "WOMAN IN ADULTERY" FORGERY R R THE JOHN XXI FORGERY R R THE "LORD'S PRAYER" FORGERY
R R THE "UNKNOWN GOD" FORGERY R R THE FORGED EPISTLES, ETC. R R THE "EPISTLE OF PETER" FORGERIES
R R THE "GOD MANIFEST" FORGERY R R THE "THREE HEAVENLY WITNESSES" FORGERY

note: How accurate are the quotations in Wheless' Forgery in Christianity?

Jesus myth theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jesus myth theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jesus myth theory

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jesus myth theory
Noel Coypel The Resurrection of Christ.jpg
The Resurrection of Christ by Noel Coypel (1700).
Jesus myth theorists see this as one of a number of stories about dying and rising gods.
Description the New Testament account of the life of Jesus is so filled with myth and legend as well as internal contradictions and historical irregularities that at best no meaningful verification regarding Jesus of Nazareth (including his very existence) can be extracted from them.
Early proponents Charles François Dupuis (1742–1809)
Constantin-François Volney (1757–1820)
Bruno Bauer (1809–1882)
Arthur Drews (1865–1935)
Modern proponents G.A. Wells, Alvar Ellegård, Robert M. Price
Subject Ancient history

The Jesus myth theory (also known as the Christ myth theory and the nonexistence hypothesis) is a term that has been applied to several theories that at their heart have one common concept: the New Testament account of the life of Jesus is so filled with myth and legend as well as internal contradictions and historical irregularities that at best no meaningful verification regarding Jesus of Nazareth (including his very existence) can be extracted from them.[1] It should be noted that not all versions of the Jesus myth theory deny the possibility of a flesh and blood Jesus being involved in the Gospel account but rather as with J. M. Robertson's version "(w)hat the myth theory denies is that Christianity can be traced to a personal founder who taught as reported in the Gospels and was put to death in the circumstances there recorded."[2]

The term does not have an exact and agreed-upon meaning, but has been used to describe various related concepts such as Jesus originally being an allegoric myth to which historical details possibly including an actual obscure 1st century teacher of the same name were added later,[3][4][5] a c100 BCE Jesus being made to seem to be of the 1st century through legendary processes,[6][7] the Gospel Jesus being a composite character formed out of both mythic and historical elements that may or may not include an actual 1st century teacher named Jesus,[8][9] and has even been applied to people who held that there was indeed a 1st century teacher named Jesus but that the New Testament accounts tell us little to nothing about the man.[10][11]

Two of the earliest known published skeptics of the historicity of Jesus were the French Enlightenment thinkers Constantin-François Volney and Charles François Dupuis in the 1790s. Notable proponents include Bruno Bauer; Arthur Drews in the 20th century; and more recently G.A. Wells, Alvar Ellegård, and Robert M. Price. The idea has come to modern public attention through the work of writers such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens (two of the "Four Horsemen" of "New" Atheism), and the French philosopher Michel Onfray.[12]

Supporters of the Jesus myth theory point to the lack of any known written references to Jesus during his lifetime and the relative scarcity and disputed veracity of non-Christian reference to him in the 1st century. Some proponents contend that Christianity emerged organically from Hellenistic Judaism, and drew on perceived parallels between the biography of Jesus and those of Greek, Egyptian, and other gods, especially those figuring in myths about dying and rising deities.

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Freedom From Religion Foundation

Freedom From Religion Foundation

T
he nonprofit Freedom From Religion Foundation works to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism, and to promote the constitutional principle of separation between church and state. The Foundation is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics and skeptics) with over 16,400 members.

Since 1978, the Foundation has acted on countless violations of the separation of state and church, and has taken and won many significant complaints and important lawsuits to end state/church entanglements.

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The Foundation and its staff attorneys act on countless violations of separation of state and church on behalf of members and the public, including: Prayers in public schools, payment of funds for religious purposes, government funding of pervasively sectarian institutions,… More »

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DeBaptismal Certificate - Freedom from Religion Foundation

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Still smarting over having been dunked in a church baptismal tub at age 12? Indignant that a congregation still claims you as a believer based on baptismal records? Wishing you could formally renounce a religion that was imposed on you as a helpless babe in swaddling clothes?

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has the answer: a genuine “DeBaptismal Certificate.”

The certificate bears the tongue-in-cheek saying of 19th century freethinker Robert G. Ingersoll: “With soap, baptism is a good thing.”

The certificate reads:
“I, having been subjected to a Christian baptism before reaching an age of consent, or having submitted to baptism before embracing freethought and reason, hereby officially renounce that primitive rite and the Church that imposed it. I categorically reject the creeds, dogmas, and superstitions of my former religion, particularly the pernicious doctrines of ‘Original Sin’ and damnation."

“I further denounce as an affront and defamation to humanity the false and demeaning belief that any baby is born with ‘Original Sin’ and must be cleansed of it by baptism. From this day forward, I wish to be excluded from any claims of religious affiliation or membership based on baptismal records.”

Christianity Meme: Home Page

Christianity Meme: Home Page

Welcome to the Christianity Meme Web Site

These pages espouse a point of view about religions in general, but Christianity in particular. Our thesis is as follows:
  • Christianity is a meme--a mind virus that lives in the minds of people and is spread through proselytization and other means.
  • Christianity is a meme about God, but it has no other connection to God.
  • The Christianity Meme has been shaped purely by natural selection--the law of survival of the fittest--as it has played out in human minds. It is a sophisticated product of cultural evolution.
  • Being a "true Christian" infected by the Christianity Meme will subject you to aid its survival through its adaptations that allow it to exert control over human behavior.
  • As a consequence, the more Christian you are the more you are prone to certain kinds of immoral behavior. The Christianity Meme is not bound by the moral principles it carries.
  • We seek to expose Christianity for what it is and we advocate a conscious and rational approach to morality in its place.

    Christianity Meme is an organization of people who wish to expose Christianity for what it really is--a mind virus that controls human behavior to facilitate its own survival. As such, it is a living, but unconscious player in human affairs. Warning: This site is unabashedly against the Christianity Meme. We consider promoting this viewpoint as an act of philanthropy. This site is maintained by volunteers as part of our effort. If you would like to join us, please write us at webmaster@ChristianityMeme.org, Please note, however, that we are about 6 months backlogged in responding to e-mails.

    Losing Faith In Faith - Dan Barker

    Losing Faith In Faith: From Preacher To Atheist

    by Dan Barker


    After 19 years of evangelical preaching, missionizing, evangelism and Christian songwriting, Dan Barker "threw out the bathwater and discovered there is no baby there."

    Table of Contents
     
    Chapter 2: Ripples
    (reactions to my announcement of atheism)

    Chapter 3: I Just Lost Faith In Faith
     
    Chapter 17: Refuting God
    (brief atheistic responses to theistic arguments)

    Chapter 19: Dear Theologian
    (challenge to apologists)

    Chapter 23: Bible Contradictions
    (challenge to inerrantists)

    Chapter 24: Leave No Stone Unturned
    (a resurrection challenge)

    Chapter 35: Mere Assertions
    (critique of Mere Christianity)