Sep 21 2009
The Fake Steve Jobs Points Out That Jesus Didn’t Always Tell The Truth Either
As you’re coming to find out, I love The Fake Steve Jobs blog. In his most recent post, he points out that even Jesus himself didn’t always tell the truth. He also points out that those who wrote the gospel contradict each other… and concludes that one of them must be lying:
You go through the whole New Testament and you’ll find case after case where Jesus kind of holds back a little bit, or stops short, and maybe it’s not outright lying but it ain’t the truth, either. Same with the guys who wrote the gospels. How else can you explain the fact that they all contradict each other? Somebody was lying, right?
It’s always nice to see a blogger I love point out the obvious.
4 responses so far
Either they’re lying, they forgot, or they’re not quite telling the truth.
None of those sound like a good way to write a sacred book.
For the past 2000 years people have been [eroneously] making this same claim. There is nothing new under the sun.
I would openly challenge the writer of that blog to expose a SINGLE contradiction in the Gospels (or even the entire body of Scripture) and I would especially challenge them to prove a single lie from the Savior’s lips.
It is really a shame when a person is so zealous to “drag Jesus’ Name through the dirt” that they don’t take the time to prove their point. As throughout the entire history of mankind since Jesus walked on the earth, empty accusations abound. But my challenge stands!
“Put up or shut up” I believe would be the correct response. Since I already know that blogger cannot, his entire post is mote and just another example of a soul rejecting their Creator. It’s sad but a fact of life and part of the society that we live with.
God Bless!!
R. Keith Richardson
http://meditationsintheword.com
Keith is absolutely right; there are no lies, nor are there any contradictions in the good book. As I have said before, it is apparent to me that people who make baseless claims about the Bible’s authenticity, synergy , accuracy simply have not had a good Bible teacher.
That is a very sad thing, but I understand and sympathize because after a lifetime of Catholicism I still didn’t understand the Bible until a Baptist minister taught me how to read it, at which point I bought a book called “What the Bible is All About” by Dr. Henrietta Mears. Once I truly understood the Bible as a WHOLE, the evidence for God was overwhelming and I could find no contradictions whatsoever.
Most importantly, you’re never going to understand the book if you keep cannibalizing it. It must be understood as a WHOLE, just like any story. Just because people quote it doesn’t mean it is a buffet whereby one can graze over bits and pieces and choose what appeals to them on a given day. It will undoubtedly confuse far more than it enlightens if consumed in that manner
Blessings,
Mark
I was going to write something but then I realised that Mark and R. Keith Richardson had written it all. Guys, when considering ‘case after case where Jesus kind of holds back a little bit, or stops short’, please look at the fact that He often said things like ‘he who has an ear, let him hear’, and talked about the hardness of the human heart to receive spiritual truths. The Fake Steve Jobs guy doesn’t quote a single example of Jesus’ teaching to back up his observation, which looks to me like simply an emotional response Christ’s words, rather than any thing else.