Essay on the Intrinsic Flaws Inherent in ChristianityChristianity is a religion in which events are claimed to have
occured but which can never be proved. Those who practice it
live by different morals than are preached by the most holy
texts. It is an institution in which the most holy scripture is
contradictory, and wherein the supreme being, by the very
definition, cannot exist. Christianity is, therefore, a
fundamentally flawed religion.
According to the Bible, events have occured which are even more
miraculous than the resurection of Jesus Christ. Events such as
the stopping of the sun by Joshua (Joshua 10:12-14), the reversal
of the sun’s course by Isaiah (Isaiah 38:7-8) , the resurrection
of the saints, and their subsequent appearance to many (Matthew
27:52-53) were witnessed by thousands of people. The stopping
and reversal of the sun would have been visible worldwide. The
idea that people could have witnessed these events without having
been amazed by them is, quite simply, ludicrous. Other cultures
having witnessed this would certainly have offered their own
explanations in keeping with their own cultural and religious
beliefs. Surely a society existing at the time would have
documented this miraculous event. Yet nowhere have such works
been found. In the instance of the resurrection of the saints,
Matthew is the only person to mention this occurence in the
Bible. Surely other first-century Christians would have used
this as further proof of Jesus’ divinty. It would fall to reason
that Paul and the gospels would have mentioned it. This is not,
however, the case. Nowhere else in the Bible is this mentioned
or even hinted at. These events are then, at best, highly
unlikely to have occured. The fact that Matthew is alone in
writing of the resurrection of the saints leads us to believe
that certain writers of the Bible had differing views on
christianity.
The christian Bible is highly contradictory, not just to modern
day christian beliefs, but in and of itself. Today’s society is
of the belief that all people are created equal, and Christians
submit that their god is of the same belief. Modern Christians
believe that their god loves everyone, and that they are all
equal. However, after Adam and Eve had eaten from the tree
forbidden by god, this deity said to Eve “I will intensify the
pangs of your childbearing; in pain shall you bring forth
children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall
be your master.” (Genesis 3:16). This tells us that, according to
the Christian religion, women shall naturally be dominated by
men. This kind of behavior is not conducive to a being who
believes in inherent equality. Women are repeadtedly treated as
objects and told to be submissive in the Bible. “According to
the rule observed in all the assemblies of believers, women
should keep silent in such gatherings. Rather, as the law
indicates, submissiveness is indicated for them. If they want to
learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home. It is a
disgrace when a woman speaks in the assembly.” (1 Corinthians
14:34-35). “Man was not made from woman but woman from man.
Neither was man created for woman but woman for man. For this
reason, a woman ought to have a sign of submission on her head.”
(1 Corinthians 11:8-10). The Bible also permits bondage.
“Slaves, male and female, you may indeed possess, provided you
buy them from among neighboring the nations. You may also buy
them from among the aliens who reside with you and from their
children who are born and raised in their land. Such slaves you
may own as chattels, and leave to your sons as their hereditary
property, making them perpetual slaves.” (Leviticus 25:44-46).
This same Bible gives laws on the punishment of slaves. “When a
man strikes his slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies
under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave
survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the
slave is his own property.” (Exodus 21:20-21) We find further
examples of prejudice in Deuteronomy. In the Bible, it is stated
that “No one whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has
been cut off may be admitted into the community of the Lord. No
child of an ncestuous or adulterous union may be admitted into
the community of the Lord, nor any descendant of his even to the
tenth generation.” (Deuteronomy 23:2-3). Consider the first
statement. If a faithful Christian were to get in an automobile
accident with a resulting injury to his genitals, he would not be
admitted into Heaven. The second statement is even more
ridiculous than the first. An innocent child, through no fault
of its own, is born a bastard. He may not be admitted into
heaven. But more than that, none of his descendants may ever be
admitted. These are not characteristics which are normally
associated with justice and goodness. These are petty, cruel
actions. This is not the only discrepancy in the christian
Bible. Judah’s daughter-in-law, Tamar, is said to have been a
harlot (Genesis 38:24). Because of her harlotry, she became
pregnant (Genesis 38:25). She had twins and named them Perez and
Zerah. “These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father
of Hezron, Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of
Amminibad, Amminibad was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the
father of Salmon, Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the
father of Obed, Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse became
the father of David.” (Ruth 4:18-22). Therefore David, King of
Israel, was a descendant of a bastard and subsequently should not
have been allowed into the community the Lord. This is a huge
contradiction, as David is such an important figure in the bible.
The contradiction involving David pales in comparison, however,
to the one of the very definition of a supreme being. In
Christianity, Christ is central in atoning for the sins of
mankind. Had there been no sins of mankind, there would be no
story of Christ. The nature of sin must then therefore be
analysed. It is accepted by Christians that god created
everything. If this is true, then this same god created evil.
It is written in the Bible that god is all-knowing (1 John 3:20).
God is, in effect, omniscient. If god is omniscient and creates,
he then knows all possible outcomes of all possible creations of
all possible universes. If he created our universe, he chose
what its destiny would be. In doing so, he chose the paths of
our lives. Thus, we can conclude that the universe is completely
deterministic to god and, by being a creator, he cannot allow
freewill to exist unless the universe is no longer predetermined
to him. If this is true, then humanity is merely a collection of
automotons. If this is not not true, then god cannot be
omniscient.If the Christian god were omniscient, then he could
foresee his own future. If this being knows its own future, he
does not have the power to change it. Considering, however, that
god is omnipotent, there is a major conflict with his omniscient
nature. If god were able to change his future, that would mean
that god would not be able to foresee when he would make sudden
changes in his future and what changes would result, eliminating
the possibility of his being omniscient. Therefore, these
qualities cannot be held simultaneously by one being.
It is important now to look at the possibility of omnipotence.
The Christian god is perfectly good and omnipotent. Yet evil
exists. If god is omnipotent and perfectly good, he could and
would dispell evil. Three possible conclusions arise from these
statements. God is perfectly good but evil exists, so he is not
able to dispell evil and thus is not omnipotent. The second
possible conclusion is this: that god is omnipotent but evil
exists, and god is therefore not perfectly good. The last
possible, and most feasible, conclusion is that god does not
exist. It can easily be seen that Christianity is a religion
based on falsehoods and has many intrinsic flaws.They are seen
by the fact that the followers of this religion do not conduct
themselves in the manner proscribed by their most holy texts.
These errors reside in the facts that these same texts are
contradictory, and that their very god cannot possibly exist.
These errors and omissions are then covered by a vague concept:
faith.
