
Essay on the Intrinsic Flaws Inherent in Christianity
 
 Christianity is a religion in which events are claimed to have 
occured but which can never be proved.  Those who practice it 
live by different morals than are preached by  the most holy 
texts.  It is an institution in which the most holy scripture is 
contradictory, and wherein the supreme being, by the very 
definition, cannot exist.  Christianity is, therefore, a 
fundamentally flawed religion. 
 According to the Bible, events have occured which are even more 
miraculous than the resurection of Jesus Christ.  Events such as 
the stopping of the sun by Joshua (Joshua 10:12-14), the reversal 
of the sun's course by Isaiah (Isaiah 38:7-8) , the resurrection 
of the saints, and their subsequent appearance to many (Matthew 
27:52-53) were witnessed by thousands of people.  The stopping 
and reversal of the sun would have been visible worldwide.  The 
idea that people could have witnessed these events without having 
been amazed by them is, quite simply, ludicrous.  Other cultures 
having witnessed this would certainly have offered their own 
explanations in keeping with their own cultural and religious 
beliefs.  Surely a society existing at the time would have 
documented this miraculous event.  Yet nowhere have such works 
been found.  In the instance of the resurrection of the saints, 
Matthew is the only person to mention this occurence in the 
Bible.  Surely other first-century Christians would have used 
this as further proof of Jesus' divinty.  It would fall to reason 
that Paul and the gospels would have mentioned it. This is not, 
however, the case.  Nowhere else in the Bible is this mentioned 
or even hinted at. These events are then, at best, highly 
unlikely to have occured.  The fact that Matthew is alone in 
writing of the resurrection of the saints leads us to believe 
that certain writers of the Bible had differing views on 
christianity. 
 The christian Bible is highly contradictory, not just to modern 
day christian beliefs, but in and of itself.  Today's society is 
of the belief that all people are created equal, and Christians 
submit that their god is of the same belief.  Modern Christians 
believe that their god loves everyone, and that they are all 
equal.  However, after Adam and Eve had eaten from the tree 
forbidden by god, this deity said to Eve "I will intensify the 
pangs of your childbearing;  in pain shall you bring forth 
children.  Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall 
be your master." (Genesis 3:16). This tells us that, according to 
the Christian religion, women shall naturally be dominated by 
men.  This kind of behavior is not conducive to a being who 
believes in inherent equality.  Women are repeadtedly treated as 
objects and told to be submissive in the Bible.  "According to 
the rule observed in all the assemblies of believers, women 
should keep silent in such gatherings.  Rather, as the law 
indicates, submissiveness is indicated for them.  If they want to 
learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home. It is a 
disgrace when a woman speaks in the assembly." (1 Corinthians 
14:34-35). "Man was not made from woman but woman from man.  
Neither was man created for woman but woman for man.  For this 
reason, a woman ought to have a sign of submission on her head." 
(1 Corinthians 11:8-10).  The Bible also permits bondage.  
"Slaves, male and female, you may indeed possess, provided you 
buy them from among neighboring the nations.  You may also buy 
them from among the aliens who reside with you and from their 
children who are born and raised in their land.  Such slaves you 
may own as chattels, and leave to your sons as their hereditary 
property, making them perpetual slaves." (Leviticus 25:44-46).  
This same Bible gives laws on the punishment of slaves. "When a 
man strikes his slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies 
under his hand, he shall be punished.  If, however, the slave 
survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the 
slave is his own property." (Exodus 21:20-21) We find further 
examples of prejudice in Deuteronomy.  In the Bible, it is stated 
that "No one whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has 
been cut off may be admitted into the community of the Lord.  No 
child of an  ncestuous or adulterous union may be admitted into 
the community of the Lord, nor any descendant of his even to the 
tenth generation." (Deuteronomy 23:2-3). Consider the first 
statement.  If a faithful Christian were to get in an automobile 
accident with a resulting injury to his genitals, he would not be 
admitted into Heaven.  The second statement is even more 
ridiculous than the first.  An innocent child, through no fault 
of its own, is born a bastard.  He may not be admitted into 
heaven.  But more than that, none of his descendants may ever be 
admitted.  These are not characteristics which are normally 
associated with justice and goodness.  These are petty, cruel 
actions.  This is not the only discrepancy in the christian 
Bible.  Judah's daughter-in-law, Tamar, is said to have been a 
harlot (Genesis 38:24).  Because of her harlotry, she became 
pregnant (Genesis 38:25).  She had twins and named them Perez and 
Zerah. "These are the descendants of Perez:  Perez was the father 
of Hezron, Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of 
Amminibad, Amminibad was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the 
father of Salmon, Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the 
father of Obed, Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse became 
the father of David." (Ruth 4:18-22).  Therefore David, King of 
Israel, was a descendant of a bastard and subsequently should not 
have been allowed into the community the Lord.  This is a huge 
contradiction, as David is such an important figure in the bible. 
 The contradiction involving David pales in comparison, however, 
to the one of the very definition of a supreme being.  In 
Christianity, Christ is central in atoning for the sins of 
mankind.  Had there been no sins of mankind, there would be no 
story of Christ.  The nature of sin must then therefore be 
analysed.  It is accepted by Christians that god created 
everything.  If this is true, then this same god created evil.  
It is written in the Bible that god is all-knowing (1 John 3:20).  
God is, in effect, omniscient.  If god is omniscient and creates, 
he then knows all possible outcomes of all possible creations of 
all possible universes.  If he created our universe, he chose 
what its destiny would be.  In doing so, he chose the paths of 
our lives.  Thus, we can conclude that the universe is completely 
deterministic to god and, by being a creator, he cannot allow 
freewill to exist unless the universe is no longer predetermined 
to him.  If this is true, then humanity is merely a collection of 
automotons.  If this is not not true, then god cannot be 
omniscient.If the Christian god were omniscient, then he could 
foresee his own future.  If this being knows its own future, he 
does not have the power to change it.  Considering, however, that 
god is omnipotent, there is a major conflict with his omniscient 
nature.  If god were able to change his future, that would mean 
that god would not be able to foresee when he would make sudden 
changes in his future and what changes would result, eliminating 
the possibility of his being omniscient.  Therefore, these 
qualities cannot be held simultaneously by one being.  
 It is important now to look at the possibility of omnipotence.  
The Christian god is perfectly good and omnipotent.  Yet evil 
exists.  If god is  omnipotent and perfectly good, he could and 
would dispell evil.  Three possible conclusions arise from these 
statements.  God is perfectly good but evil exists, so he is not 
able to dispell evil and thus is not omnipotent. The second 
possible conclusion is this:  that god is omnipotent but evil 
exists, and god is therefore not perfectly good.  The last 
possible, and most feasible, conclusion is that god does not 
exist.  It can easily be seen that Christianity is a religion 
based on falsehoods and has many intrinsic flaws.   They are seen 
by the fact that the followers of this religion do not conduct 
themselves in the manner proscribed by their most holy texts.   
These errors reside in the facts that  these same texts are 
contradictory, and that their very god cannot possibly exist.  
These errors and omissions are then covered by a vague concept:  
faith. 
 
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