Biblical lying and christian websites

Written by Dalton McGee in Opinion at August 22, 2010

On this website they pretty much accurately describe what atheism is and what we hold true, which is frankly astounding for a Christian website. I expected it to say, “Atheists are evil Satan worshipers who want America to die.” So I keep on reading, intrigued, and come across this gem about the bible:

The Bible alone is the word of God. It is without error. It cannot and should not be added to or subtracted from (2 Timothy 3:16-4:4; Revelation 22:18-20). It backs up its claim as the word of God with accuracy, historical correctness, and fulfilled prophecy.

I have a couple qualms with that. Let’s tackle these one at a time, shall we?

1. “word of God” - We’ll just leave that one alone.

2. “without error” - The problem with this is that if it is without error then the stories within must exist within a multiverse and Jesus must have existed multiple times.
-Was it an angel at Jesus’ tomb, or was it two women? Or was it a group of women. Well, if the bible is without error then it was all three of these.
-Was Jesus born of a virgin or wasn’t he? It was both, if the bible is without error.
-Did Judas hang himself or spontaneously explode? Both!

3. “cannot… be added or subtracted to” Is that right? Really? There are books of the bible that have been canon, then not canon then canon, and it changes as religion changes. So this claim is bunk right out of the gate. I always find myself referring to this video and there’s a reason. It’s so good; Sam Harris is brilliant.

4. “accuracy” - of what? This is too vague.

5. “historical correctness” Just by mentioning a person who in fact did exist (i.e. Pontius Pilate, and Herod) does not make it historically accurate. Very few events in the bible are actually and archeologically verifiable or likely. Jews were not slaves in Egypt, there was no Jesus Christ (maybe a prophet named Jesus at one time, but there’s no proof) and a serpent didn’t get a rib-woman to eat a piece of fruit.

6. “fulfilled prophecy” because this is all fiction, the likelihood is that the original author of Mark or Q took the Old Testament and said, “Oh, I can write a story that will fulfill these prophecies.” And that’s what he did and it somehow exploded into a super-cult.

Can we stop spreading pure, unadulterated propaganda?