Jesus Contradicts Himself

March 18, 2009, 8:57 am by dc-agape.

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Codex 1, Tractate 2, 8:27-11:10

Jesus starts with the warning to be sober and to avoid deception.  He then reminds them of all that he has taught them.  Then comes the tried a true Christian meaning of why Jesus came:

9:2-4 For I came down to dwell with you so that you in turn might dwell in me.

But he continues with a twist: the Father does not need the Son, but the Son needs the Father.  He also explains that in the same way the Son does not need James and Peter.  Yet James and Peter need the Son and the Father!  Wow, I didn’t know that corporate America was founded on the Apocryphon of James.

Everyone is replaceable, except the head boss (and he gets a golden parachute on the way out). Here is a good explanation of that “Is everyone replaceable?” posted on Random Thoughts by Sajith M.

One minute Jesus is warning them to be prepared for persecution.  Now he completely changes that:

9:18-23 Hearken the word; understand knowledge; love life, and no one will persecute you, nor will anyone oppress you, other than you yourselves.

This is directly in opposition to:

5:10-20 Or do you not know that you have yet to be abused and accused unjustly; and have yet to be shut up in prison, and condemned unlawfully, and crucified without reason, and buried shamefully, as was I myself, by the evil one?

Good old contradictions.  These are the stuff that makes Atheist out of Christians.  As has been pointed out by many Atheist.  For example, The Naked Emperor describes how these types of contradictions made a Bible College Student into an Atheist.

Worse is the next section.  Jesus seems to be calling James and Peter (the Rock) wretches, pretenders, sinners, and sleepers.  Can Jesus actually be speaking about his apostles in such a way?  Are they still not saved?  And are these the people he is going to leave in charge of his Church?  He continues, and he certainly is talking about his apostles.  He describes them as “outside of the Father’s inheritance”.  He continues to say that he would never have been sent down to earth if it was for him to talk and teach to those who would listen.  This leads to another post that I want to do in the future, many verses from the NT talk about:

Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

How can you seek what is lost…if everyone is lost?  Obviously, the loving YHWH either considered some not worth saving, or some people do not belong to YHWH!  And if they do not belong to YHWH, what happens to them?  Or are others not lost?  But how can that be if we are all condemned by the act of Adam and Eve?

Right after telling them that they were not the inheritors of gifts of YHWH, he then tells them that they are “the beloved” and that they will “be the cause of life in many”.  He even calls them the “sons of God” and that they are saved. 

Jesus ends with another famous Christian line:

11:4-6 I intercede on your behalf with the Father, and he will forgive you much.

Of course this makes James and Peter glad.  But one thing “Christians” forget is that last little caveat: “he will forgive you much”.  Jesus never tells the disciples that YHWH will forgive everything, on the contrary Jesus, Paul, and the rest of the NT authors keep reminding the disciples that to continue to sin will not be tolerated.

These contradictions are too much for a poor mortal gay Atheist.  How does a Christian put up with such nonsense?  Isn’t it a constant battle between faith and logic?  What do they think “I’m going to go read the inerrant Word of God? Click, Logic off, switch dials, Clink, faith on”. Or is it completely a subconscious act.

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