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MESSIAH or MONSTER – part 2
DIRTY HANDS, SICK MIND
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, "Why do thy
disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat
bread. But he answered and said unto them, "Why do ye also transgress the commandment of
God by your tradition? For God commanded saying, "Honour thy father and mother: and, He
that curseth father or mother, let him die the death." But ye say, Whosoever shall... honour not
his father or his mother, he shall be set free. Thus ye have made the commandment of God of
none effect by your tradition." Matthew 15:1-6
Two things are going down here. First it appears that the Son of God who is God knew
nothing about basic hygiene, and when the Pharisees quite reasonably pointed out to Jesus that
there were laws about cleanliness and hygiene, the grubby messiah with the dirty hands
and sick mind told the Pharisees to go take a running jump. But worse, he reminded them
that they were disobeying God's law by failing to murder insolent children. What kind of a
low-life coward puts children at risk simply to divert blame from himself? Could this vile
reprobate sink any lower? He sure could, and he did.
ADULTS, NOT CHILDREN
But first let's clear up one point. Christians are taught the Jesus "loved the little children."
This comes about because of one passage in the New Testament. The verse that throws them
into raptures reads, "And whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believeth in me, it were better for him
that a millstone were hanged around his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the
sea." Matthew 18:5-6
What a nice fellow eh, defending children. There's only one problem with it, he wasn't
referring to children, he was referring to adults. In particular adults who were prepared to
surrender their reasoning faculty and become gullible like children. Let's read the whole thing
in context –
"Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter
the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore humbleth himself as this little child, the same is
greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name
receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believeth in me, etc etc." Matthew 18:2-6
Read it again if you have a problem with that. Clearly Jesus was talking about adults
converting, or more like reverting, to a child-like state of comprehension until they became like
putty in his hands. He was warning people against harming his disciples and other sycophants
who sucked up to him. You've already seen how Jesus encouraged the Pharisees to rekindle ancient laws aimed at murdering children who are insolent to their parents. Jesus cared nothing for children because a/ he was a cold and callous man, and b/ children aren't mentioned in the Ten Commandments. Donkeys get a mention, but not children.
CRUEL JEWISH SUPREMACIST
And behold a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying,
"Have mercy on me, O Lord, thy son of David, my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil."
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, "Send her
away; for she crieth after us." But he answered and said, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep
of Israel." Then came she and worshipped him, saying "Lord help me." But he answered her
and said..."
Get this dear reader...
"It is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs."
The desperate mother – the "dog" – refused to give up. She continued to plead...
And she said, "Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from the masters' table."
Matthew 15:22-27
Eventually, with the crowd getting restless and overhearing every word, Jesus is shamed into
casting a spell over the "dog's" daughter, but too late to convince me that this man was
anything but a heartless, racist pig. I am filled with loathing and contempt for any healer who
refuses to help a child simply because she happens to be of the wrong race. And so would you
be, were you just for one moment to engage you brain, to see beyond your conditioning, and
recognise this man for what he really was – scum.
HORSE THIEF
Then sent Jesus two disciples saying unto them, "Go into the village over against you, and
straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her, loose them, and bring them unto me.
And if any man say aught unto ye, ye shall say, "The Lord hath need of them, and straight way
he will send them." Matthew 21:1-3
Oh really, I must try that. So much for Thou shalt not steal.
DEATH TO FIG TREES!
Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig tree in the
way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said to it, "Let no fruit
grow on thee henceforth for ever." And presently the fig tree withered away. Matthew
21:18-19
So the Son of God who is God engages a fig tree in conversation. Then, because it was
out of season and it bore no fruit, this "God" who created all trees and who knows everything
about everything, curses what is in fact a vegetable. And we are supposed to believe that his
curse was so effective that the fig tree keeled over and turned up its toes.
Yeah right.
"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum."
Havelock Ellis 1859-1939
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JESUS THE REFORMER?
"Think not that I come to destroy the law, or the prophets, I am not come to destroy but to fulfill." Matthew 5:17
So much for Jesus the rebel. All this guff about him being the great reformer is just so much wishful thinking. It is based mainly on one forged passage from the gospel of John where it is alleged that Jesus forgave a woman caught in the act of adultery. While "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" was a masterstroke of diplomacy, let's not lose sight of the fact that the forger instructed the woman to "sin no more." He did not give her permission to screw her brains out. Be that as it may, of course it was forged. Did it never strike you as odd that this, the most frequently quoted passage from the New Testament, was omitted by Mark, Matthew and Luke?
"Two passages in John's gospel are not included in the most reliable ancient manuscripts, and stylistic analysis confirms that they were added by another writer. The first of these describes Jesus' encounter with the woman taken in adultery. And as mentioned earlier, the last chapter of the gospel which describes Jesus' meeting with his disciples after the resurrection, also seems to have been written by someone else."
Manfred Barthel – 'What the Bible Really Says' Souvenir Press Ltd. London 1982
The New American Standard Bible includes the forgeries but adds a footnote: "John 7:53, 8:11 is not found in most old manuscripts."
"The Authorised version of the English Bible contained this passage in the text of St John. But more modern versions make it clear that on grounds of scholarly integrity
the section cannot be regarded as part of the
original text of the gospel."
John Marsh – 'Saint John' , Penguin Books, England 1972
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Oh dear, another myth bites the dust.
VIOLENT PARABLES
"And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the torturers, until he should pay all that was due unto him." Matthew 18:34
"And the husbandman took his slaves, and beat one and killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves more than the first: and they did unto them likewise." Matthew 21:35-36
"And the remnant took his slaves and entreated them spitefully, and slew them." Matthew 22:6
I've substituted the word "servants" which appears in the KJA version of the Bible with the word "slaves" as it appears in the New American Standard Bible (1977). I've done that because it's important to show that Jesus was in no way opposed to slavery. The word "doulos" which appears in the earliest New Testament manuscripts is a Greek word which means slave, not servant. Also I changed the word "tormentors" to "torturers" as it appears in the New American Standard Bible because it is the more accurate translation.
"And cast the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place where there shall be a weeping and a gnashing of teeth." Matthew 25:30 (New American Standard Bible)
A parable, yes, but who does it remind you of?
"But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." Luke 19:27
Again Jesus enshrines his hatred of unbelievers and doubters in a violent quote.
SLAVERY CONDONED BY JESUS
"The lord of that slave will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, ("cut him in pieces" – New American Standard Bible) and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. But that slave which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes" Luke 12:46-47
Apologists for Jesus will argue that the Bible refers not to slaves, but to servants, and that modern scholars have got it all wrong. Explain then the difference between a servant and a slave having regard for the fact that the master was entitled to whip him and cut him into pieces. Also explain how Jesus was able to discuss these matters calmly and dispassionately without ever hinting at the injustice of slavery. He reminds me of Dr Joseph Mengele (Auswitz – The Angel of Death) describing medical experiments on children.
"There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery.
The Negro slave trade – a far more infamous practice than slavery in the ancient world – was initiated, carried on and defended by Christian men in Christian countries."
Margaret Knight, Aberdeen University
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Jesus continues – "But which of you having a slave ploughing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, "Go and sit down to meat."? And will not rather say unto him, "Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, til I have eaten, and drunken, and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink."? Luke 17:7-8
This is not a parable, this is Jesus divulging his policy regarding the pecking order of master and slave. Here Jesus had an opportunity to say, "Not that I approve of slavery, let it be known." But no, he took it for granted that some men are free while others are slaves. He was a man of his time, conditioned by Hebrew custom to accept slavery as the norm, in much the same way as Christian slave owners like, for example, Thomas Jefferson, chose to blind themselves to the injustice of it all.
"The dominant Catholic Church jumped through legalistic hoops to make slavery not only acceptable but justifiable as a way of spreading the faith. Indeed, slave owners were obliged by law to baptise their slaves."
Phil Grabsky, writer – 'An Inconvenient History' BBC
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That must be what Jesus meant when he said, "Resist not evil." Like, turn a blind eye to people's suffering, especially when it benefits you and your people.
And sadly, this laisez faire attitude towards slavery resulted in 300 years of atrocity, when millions of negroes were captured, transported, and worked to death in the New World. One word from Jesus could have made all the difference. But you will search the Bible from the first word in Genesis to the last word in Revelation and not one word of condemnation will you find.
"It is a terrible commentary on Christian civilisation that the longest period of slave-raiding known to history was initiated by the action of Spain, Portugal, France, Holland and Britain, after the Christian faith had for more than a thousand years been the established religion of Europe."
H.A.L. Fisher – 'History of Europe'
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JESUS CONDEMNS HIMSELF
"...who soever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire." Matthew 5:22
"Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?" Matthew 23:17,19
See ya in hell, Jesus
TWO THOUSAND PIGS COMMIT SUICIDE!
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.... For he (Jesus) said unto him, "Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit." And he asked him, "What is thy name?" And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion, we are many."... Now there was nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. And all the devils besought him, saying, "Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them." And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, they were about two thousand and were choked in the sea. Mark 5:2, 8-9,11-13
So two thousand pigs were drowned to save this one nutty man. This has got to be one of the most stupid stories in the New Testament. If Jesus was such a smart cookie, how come he needed to destroy a massive (and utterly unbelievable) herd of pigs? Couldn't he have told the unclean spirit, spirits, devils – whatever, to simply bugger off? Notice that the pig farmer's reaction is not recorded.
DAMNED UNBELIEVERS
"And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear the prophet, shall be destroyed."
The Acts 3:23
"He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." Mark 16:16
It's gunna be damned crowded down there!
"The Old Testament filled this world with tyranny and injustice, and the New gives us a future filled with pain for nearly all of the sons of men. The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of the future."
Robert G. Ingersoll
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FUN WITH SNAKES
"They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." Mark 16:18
There are cults in America that take this nonsense seriously. Members often get bitten and die, or at least end up with paralysed limbs. More than 800 believers at Jonestown drank poison, or forced their children to drink poison, and died.
STINKING CADAVER
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, "Take ye away the stone." Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, "Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days." John 11:38-39
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me."... And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." And he that was dead came forth... Jesus saith unto them, "Loose him, and let him go." John 11:41,43-44
I wonder what state a brain deprived of oxygen for four days was in? If nothing else I bet poor old Lazareth developed a stutter.
THE CROSS BEARER
You've heard the expression "a cross to bear" – it refers to Jesus' ordeal of dragging his cross to the place of execution. There's only one thing wrong with the image, someone else carried his cross for him – "And as they (the Roman soldiers) were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene whom they pressed into service to bear His cross." Matthew 27: 32.
That was pretty considerate of them, really, wasn't it. Clearly they had his interests at heart.
JESUS THE HERETIC
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "E-li, E-li, la-ma sa-bach-tha-ni? that is to say, "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, "This man calleth for E-li-as." Matthew 27:46-45
Now this is interesting, and it's strange that most Christians miss it, especially those who would like to distance themselves from the abominable Hebrew God, Jehovah. E-li-as was the prophet Elijah (New American Standard Bible) – he who was whirlwinded up to heaven in a fiery chariot (2 Kings 2:11). So Jesus worshipped not the state deity, Yahweh (Jehovah), as we've been led to believe, but the prophet Elijah. Think about it, why else would he be crying out to Elijah during his final moments? No wonder the rabbis were pissed off with Jesus.
CORPSES STROLL AROUND JERUSALEM!
I love this story, it's the best-fun story in the entire Bible.
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent. And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose. And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Matthew 27:50-53
Isn't that great! Corpses – probably dripping maggots – cruising the streets of Jerusalem and appearing unto many. I love it! Eat'cha heart out, Stephen King! Even Bram Stoker would've been hard pressed to come up with a better one. And, as saints are a 6th century Catholic invention, it's all the more remarkable.
SALVATION
Thirty to forty years after the miserable cretin Jesus was crucified, contradictory rumours started to circulate about his resurrection. No one had noticed it at the time, but decades later people hinted that other people had noticed it. Sadists like Saul of Tarsus (St Paul) claimed that if you believed his ministry your sins would be forgiven – like, Jesus had died for your sins.
This of course is like most claims in the "Holy Bible" – utter, unadulterated garbage. Like, Jesus died 2,000 years ago but no matter how much harm you do, no matter how much misery you cause, you are forgiven in advance? How absolutely, diabolically EVIL! No wonder Catholics and Protestants feel no guilt about blowing up each others children!
ATONEMENT
"The present custom of orthodox Christendom, in packing their sins upon the back of a God, is just the same substantially as that of various heathen nations who were anciently in the habit of packing them upon the backs of various dumb animals."
Kersey Graves – 'Sixteen Crucified Saviours'
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REVELATION
I could have a field day with the Book of Revelation – Jesus in white robes, dripping blood, a sword prodruding from his mouth, riding a stallion and going into battle against heinous sinners. Death to the fornicating harlot Jezebel who is already dead... death to her whoredoms! Whoredoms! Whoredoms! Whoredoms! Whoredoms!!! Whoops, watch out – here comes the "Beast 666" riding sidesaddle on a lion with seven horns and covered in eyes... into the lake of burning fire with him...
Cursed be all of humanity except for the 144,000 saints who haven't been "soiled" by women. Cursed be... Cursed be... daaaaa...
The Book of Revelation is a drug induced narrative, a psychotic, schizophrenic mish-mash of garbled nonsense and bizarre images conjured up by the likes of Lazarus after his brain had long since turned to mush. I'm going to quit while I'm ahead.
I hope I've managed to show that, at the very least, Jesus was nothing like the nice guy he's cracked up to be. Anyone reading this who still believes that Jesus is "God" – you're a hopeless case. Your childhood conditioning is so deeply etched into your brain that no one can help you.
I'll leave you with my favourite quote:
"The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless."
J. Krishnamurti
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