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Intrinsic Flaws Of Christianity Essay, Research Paper

Christianity 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 incestuous 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.

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