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We will note that every Gospel begins with the
introduction “According to.....” such as “The Gospel according to Saint
Matthew,” “The Gospel according to Saint Luke,” “The Gospel according to Saint
Mark,” “The Gospel according to Saint John.” The obvious conclusion for the
average man on the street is that these people are known to be the authors of
the books attributed to them. This, however is not the case. Why? Because not
one of the vaunted four thousand copies existent carries it’s author’s
signature. It has just been assumed that they were the authors. Recent
discoveries, however, refute this belief. Even the internal evidence proves
that, for instance, Matthew did not write the Gospel attributed to him:
“...And as Jesus passed forth thence, HE (Jesus)
saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and HE (Jesus)
saith unto HIM (Matthew), follow ME (Jesus) and HE (Matthew) arose, and
followed HIM (Jesus).” (Matthew 9:9)
It does not take a rocket scientist to see that neither
Jesus nor Matthew wrote this verse of “Matthew.” Such evidence can be found in
many places throughout the New Testament. Although many people have
hypothesized that it is possible that an author sometimes may write in the
third person, still, in light of the rest of the evidence that we shall see
throughout this book, there is simply too much evidence against this
hypothesis.
This observation is by no means limited to the New
Testament. There is even proof that at least parts of Deuteronomy were neither
written by God nor by Moses. This can be seen in Deuteronomy 34:5-10 where we
read:
“So Moses....DIED... and he (God Almighty) BURIED
HIM (Moses)... He was 120 years old WHEN HE DIED... and there arose not a
prophet SINCE in Israel like unto Moses....”
Did Moses write his own obituary? Joshua also speaks in
detail about his own death in Joshua 24:29-33. The evidence overwhelmingly
supports the current recognition that most of the books of the Bible were not
written by their supposed authors.
The authors of the RSV by Collins say that the author of
“Kings” is “Unknown.” If they knew it to be the word of God they would have
undoubtedly attributed it to him. Rather, they have chosen to honestly say
“Author... Unknown.” But if the author is unknown then why attribute it to
God? How can it then be claimed to have been “inspired”? Continuing, we read
that the book of Isaiah is “Mainly credited to Isaiah. Parts may have been
written by others.” Ecclesiastics: “Author. Doubtful, but commonly assigned
to Solomon.” Ruth: “Author. Not definitely known, perhaps Samuel,” and on and
on.
Let us have a slightly more detailed look at only one
book of the New Testament:
“The author of the Book of Hebrews is unknown. Martin
Luther suggested that Apollos was the author... Tertullian said that Hebrews
was a letter of Barnabas... Adolf Harnack and J. Rendel Harris speculated that
it was written by Priscilla (or Prisca). William Ramsey suggested that it was
done by Philip. However, the traditional position is that the Apostle Paul
wrote Hebrews... Eusebius believed that Paul wrote it, but Origen was not
positive of Pauline authorship.”
Is this how we define “inspired by God”?
As seen in chapter one, St. Paul and his church after
him, were responsible of making wholesale changes to the religion of Jesus
(pbuh) after his departure and were further responsible for mounting a massive
campaign of death and torture of all Christians who refused to renounce the
teachings of the apostles in favor of the Pauline doctrines. All but the
Gospels acceptable to the Pauline faith were then systematically destroyed or
re-written. Rev. Charles Anderson Scott has the following to say:
“It is highly probable that not one of the Synoptic
Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) was in existence in the form which we have
it, prior to the death of Paul. And were the documents to be taken in strict
order of chronology, the Pauline Epistles would come before the synoptic
Gospels.”
This statement is further confirmed by Prof. Brandon: “The
earliest Christian writings that have been preserved for us are the letters of
the apostle Paul”
In the latter part of the second century, Dionysius,
Bishop of Corinth says:
“As the brethren desired me to write epistles (letters),
I did so, and these the apostles of the devil have filled with tares
(undesirable elements), exchanging some things and adding others, for whom
there is a woe reserved. It is not therefore, a matter of wonder if some have
also attempted to adulterate the sacred writings of the Lord, since they have
attempted the same in other works that are not to be compared with these.”
The Quran confirms this with the words:
“Then woe to those who write the book (of Allah/God) with
their own hands and then say: ‘This is from Allah’, to traffic with it for a
miserable price. Woe to them for what their hands do write and for the gain
they make thereby.” (Quran 2:79)
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