Friday, January 23, 2015

Much to the dismay of the Vatican, an approx. 1500-2000 year old bible was found in Turkey, in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara.

Discovered and kept secret in the year 2000, the book contains the Gospel of Barnabas – a disciple of Christ – which shows that Jesus was not crucified, nor was he the son of God, but a Prophet.  The book also calls Apostle Paul “The Impostor”.  The book also claims that Jesus ascended to heaven alive, and that Judas Iscariot was crucified in his place.

A report by The National Turk says that the Bible was seized from a gang of smugglers in a Mediterranean-area operation. The report states the gang was charged with smuggling antiquities, illegal excavations, and the possession of explosives.  The books itself is valued as high as 40 Million Turkish Liras (approx. 28 mil. Dollars).  Man, where is the Thieves Guild, when you need them?


Authenticity

according to reports, experts and religious authorities in Tehram insist that the book is original.  The book itself is written with gold lettering, onto loosely-tied leather in Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ.The text maintains a vision similar to Islam, contradicting the New Testament’s teachings of Christianity.  Jesus also foresees the coming of the Prophet Muhammad, who would found Islam 700 years later.


It is believed that, during the Council of Nicea, the Catholic Church hand-picked the gospels that form the Bible as we know it today; omitting the Gospel of Barnabas (among many others) in favor of the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.  Many biblical texts have begun to surface over time, including those of the Dead Sea and Gnostic Gospels; but this book especially, seems to worry the Vatican.

The Catholic Church wants in

What does this mean to Christian-derived religions and their followers?  Quite a tight spot.  The Vatican has asked Turkish authorities to let them examine the contents of the book within the Church.  Now that the book has been found, will they come to accept the it and its evidence?  Will they deny it altogether?  Call it a “Muslim lie”, as did the “Truth” Magazine, in 2000?

To many, this book is a beacon of hope, that believers soon realize that the object of their adoration is arbitrary; and that all text, especially religious text, is subject to interpretation.

What does this mean to atheists/agnostics/secular thinkers?  Is the text real?  Fake?  Does it matter?  Hopefully, this news inspires the religious to ask questions, instead of pointing fingers or believing anything blindly.

Please, don’t go poking fun or tossing around the “I told you so!”s.  The biggest danger of faith is when people believe what they want to believe, defending against any and all evidence; especially when that evidence revolutionizes their foundation from the ground up.  And the biggest culprit to that danger is the ego trap: rejecting/criticizing others, for being unlike you.

For centuries, the “defense” of blind faith has driven nations to war, violence, discrimination, slavery and to become the society of automatons that we are today; and for just as long, it has been justified with lies.  If you know better, act like it.


This article originally appeared on Sons on the Pyre

National Turk Report

10 comments:

  1. http://countercurrentnews.com/2014/05/hoax-gospel-goes-viral/

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  2. http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/Gospel-of-Barnabas.htm#.VMbz0f54qS4

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  3. http://www.timothymichaellaw.com/not-a-1500-year-old-bible-in-turkey/

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  4. The Council of Nicea cherry picked things. who knows what else they did. I'll give you jesus is divine if you give me god hates gays. We simply can't trust the bible at face value thanks to these people.

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  5. The only thing I know is that islam is evil and that is Islam lie in order to detron Jesus but will never be possible. They should go continue killing themselves. Christianity is peace and love. Our Bible preaches it.

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    1. Then you are not a very good Christian, clearly. If the bible preaches peace and love and you are wishing for the death of an entire group of people (very against Jesus' teachings) then you are the evil that is desecrating Christianity. I am not a perfect Christian but I believe that all good people will go to heaven, regardless of faith, sexual orientation, race, ect. You make it shameful to be a Christian and Jesus would condemn you for your thoughtless, cruel, and anti-christian doings. Shame on you. Love your neighbor and God will smile upon you.

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    2. If you believe "all good people will go to heaven", then you do not know your Bible:

      "And Jesus said unto him, Why call me good? there is none good but one, that is, God."

      "Believe in The Light" as Jesus says, then you will know true goodness.

      Only The Light can transform a world of darkness for the better, where peace, love and harmony abide.

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  6. Christianity is peace and love? Seriously. The bible is pure evil. You have obviously not read the bible. Murder, rape, slavery, incest, its all there in black and white. A god who loves to order genocide. It really is astonishing that there are still people who actually believe that there is any good in Christianity. For 2000 years Christianity has caused non stop pain and suffering on this planet.

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