Hey Christians, what's wrong with the Gospel of Barnabas???

Question

Just cuz it mentions Mohammad doesn't make it the WRONG one, eh?!

all the other 4 are wrong too
each of them are different from each other in a very visible way

Like 4 religions but sharing a name >> Christianty

would it matter to add this to the list?
The more the merrier

btw all the originals are burned and torn apart (i saw it in the museum)

so "how" we're they able to re-write it again?
or should I say change it!


there's not one Christian in this world that memorizes the Bible from the cover to the cover

so I guess if we burned all the bibles in this world we would have a new one
the 6th gospel =o) (and even if there are a couple of them they would change it to suit them righ?)

no offensive answers please

I'm just seeking for a suitable answer

Thank you

Here we go again, nobody can answer any of the questions about Christianity, 80% of the answers are trashing the asker and 2% are searching the answer from the web why cant you just "study" your religion?!

Another reason for not being a Christian.

Answer 1

they do not want to recognize anything that they Catholic Church did not want them to know

It is too hard to do their own research and find the truth

Answer 2

Why do Christians reject the supposed Gospel of Barnabas?
Because it was written at least 15 centuries AFTER the Four New Testament Gospels and could not have been authored by the Biblical Barnabas. Besides, the message of Barnabas' Gospel is entirely inconsistent with the message of the true Gospel -"that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15).

It is not wrong merely because it mentions Muhammad (Ahmad), but because it has other factual and historical errors in it like claiming that Jesus was born during the time Pilate was governor (Pilate did not become governor until 26 AD). There are also anachronisms that give away its date as a document originating in the Middle Ages.

Your claims about the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are specious. All these we written by actual eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus (Matthew and John were both part of the Twelve Apostles) or companions of them (like Mark was Peter's companion or Luke who spent time with Paul, Mary and others).

Despite the fact that the original manuscripts are no longer with us, we do have copies (about 24,000 full and partial ones) dating to within a few decades of the originals along with the writings of the early church Fathers that quote all but eleven verses of the New Testament. Every good translation done today is made from the Greek text that has been copied from these ancient codexes.

How do YOU know that not one Christian has memorized the entire Bible? Many Christians have memorized large portions of Scripture; I do not consider that an impossible task. Still, it would be extremely improbable that someone could introduce a 5th or 6th Gospel to dupe all Christians. (which is why Christians can recognize the so-called Gospels of Barnabas, of Mary, of Judas, etc. as fakes.)

I wonder if you have actually even read the Four Gospels all the way through in order to make the claim that they vary so much. Although each writer writes from a different perspective and with a slightly different audience in mind, all four communicate the story of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection.

Someone has told you quite a few falsehoods about the historicity and accuracy of the Bible. Hopefully, I was able to set you straight.

Answer 3

The Gospel of Barnabas does *not* have any evidence of it being an authentic Gospel. It's earliest manuscript is not old enough for it to be considered authentic. I urge you to research more into it. Don't just believe Islamic websites. By the way, why not endorse all the other numerous (Apocryphal and Gnostic) Gospels? Because they *don't* mention Muhammad?

The 4 Gospels have the same story with some differences. Again, some Christians believe that it is a written book and not the verbatim word of God like what Muslims think of their Quran. So, Christians can be more liberal and allow for mistakes.

I doubt you've seen any "originals" and simply stating that you have is idiotic. All we have are thousands of manuscripts from different people in different eras. Your lie is easily exposed here.

And they were able to write it because there were many followers and a lot of it was based on memory. Similar to how the Quran was not recorded until many years after Muhammad's death, and even that was dependent on the memory of "the Companions". There is no Quran in the world written down by Muhammad himself so I don't expect you to have the same expectation from Christians. Also, the Quran is much more easily memorized because of its poetry, not because of its content. Many parts of the Bible are poetic and could also be memorized.

Lastly, the Bible is multiple times longer than the Quran, so if you want to compare it fairly, compare certain chapters of the Bible. Even the Quran never mentions anything about a Gospel of Barnabas, but instead always refers to the Evangel of Jesus (Injeel) and the Torat (Torah).

Don't expect unoffensive answers after offending people with your (dare I say idiotic?) questions. Hope you got your suitable answer.

**EDIT** I disagree with the answer below me. There's no way to know that the first 4 Gospels were *eyewitness* accounts. That's a matter of faith! Many believe that the names of John, Luke, Mark and Matthew are just used to give the Gospels credibility above other Gospels. There are many theories, but what is known is that we don't know that the Gospels were written by the disciples of Jesus.

Bart Ehrman has written extensively on the additions made to the Gospels, which shows that they were changed, but nonetheless "authentic" in the sense that Christians and Church Fathers followed them religiously. Whereas the Gospel of Barnabas is believed to be creation of the Middle Ages and was never ever part of the canon.

On a side note, the Gospel of Judas has not been shown to be a fake [yet anyway] despite its deviant perspective on the Jesus story.

Anyway, I recommend reading "Misquoting Jesus".

Answer 4

All unbiased authorities admit that the Gospel of Barnabas that we have today is a forgery. This Gospel is not to be confused with the Epistle of Barnabas.
This Gospel of Barnabas is a 15th-16th cent forgery written in Italian. There is no reference to this fake Gospel by Islamic apologists until the creation of it in the late15th-16th cent.
Also, since the Gospel of Barnabas contradicts the Quran when it has Jesus say that He is not the Messiah and that the Messiah will come after Him,it would be offensive to Muslims.

Answer 5

Everyone knows Jesus didn't water ski nor did he have a pogo stick made of gold. And he didn't invent the curling iron because electricity wasn't around then.

Answer 6

Your pathetic attempt to masquerade as a Muslim would only be believed by the most unintelligent people.

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