The Truth about the Bible - succinctly!

 

Truth about the bible, as I believe the facts tell me, not fairy tales

Let me explain...

It is apparent that most Christians have no idea how the Bible was put together.  It is like they just think it dropped out of the sky one day, already leather bound with Jesus's words in red.

But the reality is that it is a messy collection of letters, stories, non-eyewitness accounts, poems and historical documents – legal documents – and they were debated, argued over and cherry picked by church councils centuries after Jesus lived.

All in one book.

The ruler Constantine demanded this to happen as he needed to find some manner to unite all the different religious beliefs in his Empire, and the simplest method was a compendium compiling all the various beliefs into one Tome.  Everything from Christians as the base, then tossing in Witchcraft, Pagans, Earth-lovers, Greek Gods/Goddesses ... everything. 

He then made Christianity the de-facto religion of his Empire, despite the fact that pagan symbols of Sol Invictus and Mars still appeared on his coins.

While he tolerated certain pagan religious practices, religious freedom had its limits, pagan sacrifices were forbidden, temple treasures seized, gladiatorial contests ended (Christians disliked them), crucifixions were abolished, and laws were enacted against sexual immorality and ritual prostitution. [Constantine: World History.Org]

The Bible.

And heck, Jesus was not even his name, but somehow it is now the name above all names!
I mean, they could not make up their minds what to call him.  First it was Yehoshua, then it was Yeshua, then Iēsous, mutated into IESVS, then down the Latin well into Iesu and finally the bottom of the well went Thump! - and Jesus suddenly appeared!

Yehoshua–Yeshua–Iēsous–IESVS–Iesu–Jesus
[Wikipedia: Etymology of Jesus' name]

So, the Bible.  Yeah, about that...  Constantine kept his clerics busy for many years going through many thousands of documents, books, and yes, even the Old Testament as the "source code", but there is a lot they don't tell you!

♦Entire books were left out.
♦Stories were altered on purpose.
♦Translations came from other translations, each one losing more and more of the meaning from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.

Then comes along King James VI and I - Scottish King guy #6, and English King Guy #1 – the guy most modern Christians will swear by.  He actually commissioned his “King James Bible” version not for purity, not for accuracy – He did it to consolidate his own power! 

He did it to control the masses and justify his monarchy and the actual truth is that he was a violent, manipulative ruler who knew exactly how to use religion as a weapon.  And he passed on his knowledge thru the ages.   Nothing has changed since then.

And it's just crazy to me that people are still using it as a weapon today.  But ask most Christians about this and they'll look at you like you're speaking another language, because they've been taught – they've been programmed - to never question the book.  

Even though the book itself has been questioned, edited and weaponized for 2,000 years.

And any time you DO question it, you get this circular logic – that "the Bible is true because the Bible says it's true". 
Oh, okay then. 
They usually quote a line from a letter that Paul wrote to Timothy when they say that.

Look here - when somebody says "the Bible is true because the Bible says it's true", is like plugging a power strip cord into the power strip itself and expecting electricity.

Circular logic is NOT proof.

It is just blind faith talking to itself.

BUT if people actually did the research – if they knew what was left out and why and if they understood how much of modern Christianity is built on mis-translations and political agendas, the awakening would be a rude one. Oh, and Misogyny! 
Mustn't forget Misogyny.

But at least, they would be awake.

Peace,

 Alter Funker