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Essay on the Intrinsic Flaws Inherent in Christianity

 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  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.

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