The gospels were written 35 to 70 years after Jesus was murdered. They were written in Greek by Creeks who were not eyewitnesses to a single event, who never visited the holy land, and who, being a minority who could read and write, most likely were aristocrats living in luxurious mansions. Furthermore, we don't even know their real names. Names were selected by Church leaders to legitimize the gospels. We can also criticize some of Paul's letters based on pseudo names, or people pretending to be Paul.
Just as good Hollywood movies are based on fiction, Christianity, one of the world's greatest religions, is based on lies, deception, and extraordinary hype by Church leaders. There is a strong consensus among scholars for the gospels and Paul being inauthentic. The following is a summary of scholars assessment.
"The mainstream scholarly view is that the Gospels are anonymous works, written in a different language than that of Jesus, in distant lands, after a substantial gap of time, by unknown persons, compiling, redacting, and inventing various traditions in order to provide a narrative of Christianity’s central figure, Jesus Christ, to confirm the faith of their communities."
http://adversusapologetica.wordpress...f-the-gospels/
Bart Ehrman, a well known biblical scholar, has stated that gospels and Paul are full of lies.
"A forgery is when somebody writes a book claiming to be somebody else. I've written two books about this. What I write in my books is that that's exactly what happens with some of the books of the New Testament. Some of the letters of Paul, for example, are written by somebody who was claiming to be Paul, even though he wasn't Paul. In the ancient world they would have called that a forgery. Actually, in the ancient world they would have called it a lie. The ancient Greek word they used for that is "pseudēs," which means a lie. The other Greek word they use for it actually is the word "nothos," which means bastard. So ancient people talking about that phenomenon that we call forgery, called them lies and bastards. So I just think it's truer to the ancient sources to call them what they are. If we want to use the word "pseudepigrapha," which is okay with me, then we should tell people what it means, which is that it means a writing that is inscribed with a lie."
http://www.christianpost.com/news/ag...matters-97169/
No one knows who the real authors were, they were names chosen by early church leaders inasmuch as the original Creek manuscripts had no authors. Apparently, they were just manuscripts in circulation at the time.
http://www.facingthechallenge.org/gospels.php
There also serious questions raised by Erhman as to the whether or not the authors even visited places of in the holy land around the Sea of Galilee where Jesus spent his ministry.
I once asked well-educated preacher about scholar's analysis of the gospels. He said, "scholars don't know what they're talking about!" That pretty well summarizes it. There is frequent contributed to this forum who claims anyone who disagrees with New Testament scripture will be condemned. He is among the majority of Christians who believe Jesus was the son of God. They think anyone who disbelieves in the gospels or Paul is going to hell, that includes, of course, God's Old Testament chosen people. How unfortunate for them to put their trust in liars, or, if you will, Hollywood storytellers.
There are additional means by which one can dispute NT beliefs. There is no literal reference to the son of God in the Old Testament, they're all figurative interpretations concocted by Christians. Isn't that interesting?
So, what is the real story? You can't believe the gospels or Paul, they are too many lies and distortions in the New Testament. I have a theory that can't be proven, but it's logical.
I believe Jesus was God, and God is a duality. During the time of his ministry he gave an honesty testimony about his dual nature. Humans not wanting to accept God's dual nature made up son of God stories. I believe Revelation 11 about the two witnesses who gave testimony is the true story of Jesus (God). Revelation 12 is about God's heavenly angels fighting Satan while God was in the world as Jesus. It is interesting that the time period for both chapters is the same, 1,260 days.
What are the consequences for believing in lies?
If there is no son of God, the trinity is a false doctrine. Also, because the NT authors were liars, or, if you will, Hollywood story tellers, there is no holy spirit. The holy spirit, a third part of the trinity, was concocted by church leaders to give them authority over followers. How often have believers heard preachers or clerics tell them, "the holy spirit told me so"? How many heretics have been excommunicated or even burned at the stake for not believing in the holy spirit? In short, Christianity is based on lies and deception.