Is Christianity based on Contradictions and Lies?

Question

A Christian earlier said this about other religions, let's see if it works on Christianity?

Answer 1

I would say it is based on good intentions given they way people lived thousands of years ago. Back then they believed in miracles and things like that because they didn't know any better. The fact that there are slight falsities and many contradictions is just a result of the education that they had back then.

Look at the story of Noah. How do you tell a story that says that we should be nice to each other or else god will send his wrath. These grandiose stories were easy ways to say a lot in a little bit of space. Obviously a 600 year old man could never build a boat big enough for the task at hand. But the story is still there. Believing that the story is factual is immature. However taking the point of the story is a much more educated approach!

Answer 2

Your being a little broad. If that's the case, every organizations and government is based on contradictions lies too. Contradictions can be found even in the most subtle of places. As for lies, how about some organizations (including most Christians) are based from not complete truths rather then lies. the rest was filled in with what ever made sense. Which of course was man try to decide what God really wants. From there it's up to us as individuals to decide what's right or wrong.

Answer 3

Christianity, is a lie and was created for the common man that the Romans wanted to control so the Israelites at the time choose to crucified the common people to save their hides and keep their faith. So for 2000 years most common people with no religion except Christianity have been living the lie that the Romans had created to remove the pagans. So the history of the story is embedded in our minds and that is the reason the truth is so hard to accept and lies are so easy to accept.

Answer 4

Question; Is what you call 'contradiction and lies' really completeness on his part? (To use our (U.S. expression) there is more than one way to skin a cat).
After all, did Jesus tell us to have two or more witnesses' (Matt. 18:16). Point being; if this statement is applied, the old testament (combined with 2 Tim. 3:16-17), is the law of Moses, not Genesis-Malachi. That gets him and his followers above the 'average' person without Jesus.

Answer 5

another good question. but let me answer it more reasonably.

I'm a Hindu. I live in India. i've had the opportunity to read almost all scriptures of major religions - hindu, budhist, jain, sikh, christian, muslim, jew etc. i found there is one thing common to all religions - that is a set of contradictions & lies. all these religions want us to believe it to be true. when you start a comparitive study, n obody is better.

most of these lies and contradictions creeped in when the priestly class starts to interprets scriptures to cover up thier wrong doings. it happened with every religion. may be christianity the contradictions & lies went through the roof. also christianity is more aggressive to promote such lies & contradictions in spite of being proved wrong time and again for centuries by intelligent people like Galelio, Copernicus etc.

religion works on the pschology of man. it is aimed to enslave man. otherwise why do you require a church to tell you what is god, and you should read holy bible to know the way to god. there are billions of ways to reach god, chuch and bible are not the only ways. this applies to other religions too.

compared to creedal or prophetic religions (christianity, jews, muslims) eastern religions are built on a give & take policy. take for hinduism, people worship many gods & godesses. there is no insistence that you should believe in this god or that god to attain salvation. on that part hindus are very liberal. for them whole existence is godly. one can call themselves god or master or whatever one wants to or wishes to be called. thats a personal choice. but lies and contradictions are a part of it too, that is the work of priests. like the story of satyanarayan pooja. there is no mention of it any where in any hindu scriptures. its an invention of recent time, may be between 1000AD to 1500AD.

a friend gave me an ebook on 101 contradictions in bible. when i showed that to my christian friends, they were fuming. because i marked all those verses in bible and asked them to read it first, then showed them that is a contradiction as claimed in the ebook. some of them dont even talk to me. i've become their enemy. i enjoy that new elevation as enemy. the same happens to me with my people when i question thier beliefs which as no basis.

Answer 6

I wouldn't say it is based on contradictions, but the contents do frequently contradict one another. It's based on tradition, folklore, and mythology. Leaders were selected and they told their followers what they wanted to hear. Eventually, they wrote it down in a highly structured form and called it fact. It's up to you whether or not to believe it. I don't.

Answer 7

The truth is God the savior, the creator is nearly PURE trust. The
chemistry that was granted us HIS people makes High authorities in our
world of those that practice the Christian principles of loving, sharing, or
teaching, and caring for one another. The greatest test of the debate for
instance the recent uproars of Da Vinci codes, let's us know that the total
priest Himself might know the answers. Showing that knowledge is a
shared experience between people, I would ask do we place belief in the
proper context of meditations or activities to gain this privilege.

Answer 8

Absolutely it did..You Christians need to take a reality 101 course.. If you study HISTORY You'll find all the lies you can stand. But, I know it's hard to give up your fairy tales. So, take it slow.

Answer 9

Nominal, not true Christianity is based on lies. For instance:

Jesus told his followers not only to love one another, but also to love their enemies. Are they doing that? No because many of them are in the armed service slaughtering their fellow man because some old men in government told them to do that.

The Bible tells us to stay away from false religious practices. But some who call themselves Christian celebrate many pagan observances like Christmas, Easter, and Halloween although they are well aware that it's wrong.

The Bible speaks of the one true God, Jehovah, but nominal Christians insist that God is a trinity. Although the Bible clearly says that Jesus is the Son of God, they have taken it upon themselves to elevate him to God the Son or even God himself.

Jesus said that his followers would be no part of the world. Nominal Christians often meddle in politics.

The Bible condemns homosexuality, but in many "Christian" churches, homosexuality is either endured or out-right accepted. In fact, many churches urge governments to recognize same-sex marriages.

These are the ones that Jesus was speaking to when he said at Matt. 7:23: "I never knew you. Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness."

Answer 10

Yep, guess so:
Hundreds of Contradictions:
http://jeromekahn123.tripod.com/newtestament/id19.html
Hundreds of lies:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/science/long.html
Hundreds of False Prophecies:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/proph/long.html