In the earlier Gospel of their book of mythology, Jesus is on his cross with two men mocking him. But in another Gospel, written 20 years later, one of the men asks for Jesus's forgiveness.
Why did the later author change the myth? What advantadges does this have for their cult? Why was the truth not allowed to stand?
2006-07-02 15:34:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The Bible was written by a gaggle of monks and scribes who never met anyone who had actually been alive at the time Isa ben Josef was offending his hosts. It was compiled from scores of hand-written copies, translated from Aramaic to Greek to Latin to Middle French and thence to English. The version has been amended, edited, redacted and approved by committees, synods, colleges and cabals. It is an over-managed script from a passion play written 1700 years ago.
What is a miracle is that there are relatively few contradictions such as you note.
To answer your question, "the truth" is hardly to be found, and like a grain of sand on a beach, may be hard to distinguish amid all the other grains.
2006-07-02 23:57:37 · answer #1 · answered by Grendle 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
The gospels (Matthew Mark Luke and John) were not written by "eyewitnesses." In fact, the first one was written some 40 years after Jesus's death. The rest were written after that. No one can reliably witness what happened to Jesus while he was on the cross. Crucifixion was a long and drawn-out process. The sufferer often died from exposure or from suffocation as the lungs could not expand to pull in air. The Roman soldiers stabbed those on the cross in the side so their lungs would be punctured, making it even harder to breathe or talk. It's possible that both things happened--that Jesus was mocked by his fellow sufferers, and that he may also have been asked for forgiveness, and that one teller of the tale chose to emphasise one aspect, while the other chose to emphasise some other aspect.
The Bible is a compendium of many different accounts, stories, writings and letters--it was not all written at the same time and by the same people. Just because there are discrepancies and contradictions this does not indicate anything sinister or even untruthful. The Christian faith is based on belief that Jesus is the son of God, that believing in him will save your soul from eternal damnation and that he was of divine origin.
Jesus didn't actually say any of that, but that's what it's based on. In fact, no actual writing from Jesus really exists anywhere--it's all what someone else said Jesus said. There is no "one" truth about it.
2006-07-02 23:10:15 · answer #2 · answered by Christin K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4 different views
all good news
The 4 gospels are not meant to mirror each other. Different people wrote them at different times. John is vastly different than the other three. Some cover some of the same events. Besides they each had different intended recipients. Matthew was written for the Jews, Mark for the Romans, John to believers, Luke..I don't remember. If one gospel account has something another one does not-it doesn't mean it is wrong, it just was not important for that gospel.
2006-07-02 22:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is that anytime two different people write an account of the same historical event there are bound to be differences in the telling.
I don't think I want to dive into the mythological part of your question since I am a member of the "cult" of Christianity.
2006-07-02 22:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by Mister Bob the Tomato 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a book of mythology...just because you think it is doesn't make it so, darlin. But to go along with you, for fun, maybe the other author wasn't close enough to Jesus at the time to have heard the guy ask for forgiveness.
2006-07-03 02:14:01 · answer #5 · answered by novalee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Opinions and perspectives are derived from personal experience. Everyone sees the same event differently.
Two men looked through the same jail bars,
one saw mud and the other saw stars.
2006-07-02 22:40:40 · answer #6 · answered by ikwya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Gospels were written by men who were scribes, in other words they took dictation and wrote down what they were told by men who were repeating what they had been told. Ever play
'telephone'?
Jesus never told His followers to write anything down, by the way. He told them to remember Him and what He did, and to spread the 'good news' by word of mouth.
2006-07-02 22:39:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is written by God so read please.
2006-07-03 05:53:52 · answer #8 · answered by Da Great 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋