Eight Reasons Why Christianity Is False

By Bill Flavell | 13 April 2016
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There is very little that we can prove in this world. However, we can look for evidence to support claims people make and, when there is sufficient supporting evidence and no contrary evidence, we can conclude a claim is probably true.

However, it is easier to prove something is false – all you need is contradictory evidence. Here are my eight reasons why Christianity is false. There is abundant evidence to support each reason. I don’t have space here to give the evidence but if you are not aware of it, I can provide it.

1. There is clear evidence that prayer does not work despite the Bible promising prayers will be answered.

2. There is clear evidence that humans invent gods and there is no reason to believe the Jewish god is an exception.

3. There is clear evidence that religions and gods are propagated through culture by infecting children, and no evidence that they are propagated by gods.

4. There is clear evidence that religions evolve as human understanding of the world changes whilst a real, God-given religion, should never need to change.

5. There is clear evidence that humans on this planet have unequal access to Christianity so, if Christianity is true, billions would be condemned to hell for no fault of their own. This contradicts the Christian notion that God is omni-benevolent.

6. There is clear evidence that the Bible, supposedly inspired by God, is riddled with the type of errors that we would expect from Iron Age men but not from the creator of the universe.

7. Christian theology is incoherent to the point of absurdity. God killing his son so he can forgive our future sin is like me breaking my son’s legs so I can forgive my neighbour in case she ever parks her car on my drive. It is quite ridiculous.

8. There is clear evidence that the arguments presented for the existence of God are founded on logical fallacies – all of them. All that is left for Christians is faith and their feelings. We know that faith and feelings can be used to believe in any god at all – including non-existent gods. So faith and feelings are epistemologically worthless. And that is all Christians have.

I rest my case.

Reprinted with permission from the author.

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219 COMMENTS

  1. No, I'm afraid not…

    1) A very dubious claim, there is no way to definitively prove that prayer doesn't work, but you can search the web & find people, including myself, that their prayers were indeed answered. If you're talking scientifically, then you're fallaciously using the method of studying the natural to investigate the supernatural, of course you'll find nothing.

    2) That's right; people invent gods, but the Christian God is easily different, namely because the texts supporting Him are grounded in reality & deal with people who really lived & died in events that actually occurred, and because He has a recognisable effect on individuals & civilisations; Dozens of Christian testimonies are easy to find & the Bible laid the foundation which western civilisation lays upon – That's a hell of an effect for something so "false".

    3) Yes, that's how things continue through time; They're passed to the next generation. Nothing wrong with that. However, its interesting how as the world & the new generations become less godly, the Bible remains as ever present, surely it would've been long discarded…? If anything, this is evidence that it is not just another book.

    4) Not Christianity. The centre of it is the Bible, which has never changed; It's the same today as it was when first written.

    5) No it doesn't, it only proves that God won't force people to follow Him & that its an issue of the heart above anything else. Jesus Himself said that the gate to life (Heaven) was small & "only a few find it", long before the mass social revolution of contemporary society. Its not about how exposed it is, its a willfull rejection of what God has clearly revealed.

    6) What errors? Plenty claim errors in the Bible but few back them up with evidence, and when they do its usually a simple misunderstanding of the text (Saying Luke contradicts Jesus' fatherhood but its simply a misunderstanding of how Jews differentiate between fathers & fathers in law). This is a claim without evidence.

    7) More like your neighbour wages war & evil against your whole family tree & you offer yourself up so that it may continue no longer (Because Jesus being the "Son of God" just means He is God in human flesh). This is a fallacious attempt to water down the doctrine of salvation to make it sound silly, and if you have to create a false caricature of something to attack it, you probably can't argue against the actual thing.

    8) Like what? What's fallacious about observing existence & concluding a Creator's the explanation? What's fallacious about reading the Bible & concluding its the word of the Creator through its power on people & its fulfilled prophecy? What's fallacious about arguing that "something can come from nothing" is a bad argument? Another baseless claim without evidence. Like the atheistic arguments are any better.

    Conclusion: There's plenty of genuinely good arguments against God (Problem of evil), but these aren't them, purely misunderstanding of Christian doctrine, ambiguous claims about spirituality & fallaciously using the natural to conclude against the supernatural.

  2. Yes, I agree that Christianity is FALSE. It is false because it does NOT follow the teachings of the "inspired-words" of the Hebrew Bible, or of "Jesus" in the Greek Bible. It has instead relied upon the doctrines developed by men. Having said that, it does not mean that there is not an Almighty Sovereign Creator Being that originated the Universe and all that exists. That becomes another subject. To prove the existence one such being all that is needed is for anyone with intellect to only to look around at what exists, then try to explain it. aoycascade.com

  3. Summary Statement of Basic Bible Beliefs, Part 1
    Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade,

    The Bible Teaches there is only One Almighty Sovereign Creator Power (G-d), Malachi 2:10; 2 Kings 19:15; Psalm 86:6-10; Isaiah 46:9, who is named YHWH (YaHWeH), Exodus 3:14-15. Yahweh is the Ever-living Life-force Essence of the endless eternal Universe [1] as revealed to the ancient Hebrews by way of His celestial messengers (angels) and by way of the anointed prophets [2] as recorded in the Hebrew Bible. We are told Yahweh is incorporeal and exists throughout his created eternal Universe; that He is everywhere at all times. No mighty gods (or evil celestial beings) exist and could not exist before Him or after Him in all eternity, Isaiah 43:10; 44:6; 44:8. Yahweh has always existed, Psalm 90:2, He is set-apart; He is Eternal, Isaiah 57:15; He is Omnipotent, Jeremiah 32:17; 27; He is Omnipresent, Psalm 139:7; He is Omniscient. Yahweh alone is Truth, Psalm 117:2; He is the only Creator, the original originator of all that is or ever will be, Isaiah 40:12, 22, and 26.

    The Bible Teaches the name of our One Almighty Sovereign Creator Power (that He first gave to Moses) is אהיה (AHYH), Exodus 3:14, AHYH (using English letters). His name means I-am, but we are to sayיהוה (YHWH), Exodus 3:15. YHWH (when transliterated using English letters) is YaH-WeH and means: He-is, He-exists, or Ever-living. Yahweh is the only ONE Almighty to whom we owe our reverence, prayer, and our worship. We accept no other god(s) as our One Almighty Sovereign Creator Power, Deut. 5:7, [5], and we do not believe in the Constantine Roman Catholic manufactured three persons in one god known as the 'Trinity’.

    The Bible Teaches that Yahweh uses His created celestial messengers (the Alueim or mighty-ones, aka angels) and His terrestrial messengers (the Hebrew prophets) to administer his will and authority thoughout His endless ever-existing Universe (His entire creation). These messengers also administer Yahweh’s will for us on our own globe, Gen. 1:1. We believe Yahweh’s celestial messengers are not capable or were created to be able to counter His supreme will, nor would they ever desire to do so, nor could they ever fall from His grace to become evil or wicked. In the Hebrew Bible, the celestial messengers may at times be referred to as an existing-one, or a mighty-one when they represent the authority and power of their Almighty Sovereign Creator Yahweh when conversing with the ‘Adam-kind’ (man-kinds) on earth.

    The Bible Teaches that the Adam-kinds (man-kind) were created on the earth in the shadow (resemblance) of the celestial messengers (the Alueim), Gen. 1:26-27, but Adam-kinds but with a physical body of flesh and blood. Unlike the created celestial messengers, the Adam-kinds while living on the earth do not have the ability to manifest themselves in various forms as do the created celestial messengers. The Adam-kinds were not made in the resemblance of the One Almighty Sovereign Creator Power Yahweh who is incorporeal. Throughout many English translations the word ‘G-d’ as in Gen. 1:26-27 is often incorrectly translated from the Hebrew word ‘Alueim’ which means ‘mighty-ones’ in the plural form. The word Alueim however, does not always refer to the One Almighty Sovereign Creator Yahweh who is incorporeal. The word Alueim can mean ‘mighty-ones’ in the plural use, or any mighty-one when used in the singular form without having any reference to Yahweh the Almighty.

    Aoycascade.com

  4. Summary Statement of Basic Bible Beliefs, Part 2
    Assembly of Yahweh, Cascade,

    The Bible Teaches that Yahweh, because of His mercy freely forgives the sins of Adam-kinds who after sincere repentance accept Him as their only Redeemer and Savior, Isaiah 1:16-18, [6]. For their thankfulness the saved will observe Yahweh's Covenant (the 10 Commandments) and will also strive to do the will of their Almighty Heavenly Father Yahweh, Matt. 12:50, [7]. Yahshua (aka Jesus) calls all those that like him do the will of Yahweh his brothers, sisters, and mother, Matt. 12:50, [8]. Like Yahshua is a son of the Almighty Sovereign Creator Father Yahweh, these believers also become the sons and daughters of the same heavenly Father.

    The Bible Teaches that the promise of eternal life is given to all those believers that become members of Yahweh's heavenly household upon their physical death, because they have strived to do what Yahweh asks of them for what is good by doing justly, by loving mercy, and will continue to ‘walk humbly’ with their Almighty Sovereign Creator Heavenly Father Yahweh. Micah 6:6-8, [9].

    The Bible Teaches in the precepts and principles found in Torah [10] as was also taught by the Prophet Yahshua (aka Jesus) Matt. 7:21, [11]. These precepts and principles are all according to his statements as recorded in the Synoptic Gospels [12] of the Greek New Testament (NT). Torah instructions (not Law) are similar to what a father would provide to guide his children throughout life. We believe that the Covenant (the 10 Commandments), Deut. 5: 2-22, [13] remains applicable for all True believers. The man-made sacrificial laws were not instructions made by Yahweh, Jer. 7:22-23, [14].

    The Bible Teaches the Greek NT is simply a collection of opinions, conjecture, and a lot of hearsay, compiled by unknown authors many decades after the events may have occurred. Some historical events about the prophet Yahshua may be believable, and some of his sayings or teachings may be correct, but they are all from unknown second or third hand recollections. We should only accept them if they also follow the precepts or principles that were first established by the anointed Prophets in the Hebrew Bible. It is important to note, that nothing written in the NT is claimed to have been inspired by Yahweh. Note: The statement translated in 2 Tim. 3:16, is often falsely translated in English Bibles.

    The Bible Teaches Yahshua (aka Jesus) of the NT was a 'natural born' Israelite man, Romans 1:3; an anointed prophet sent by Yahweh to the Lost Tribes of First Century Israel, Matt. 15:24, [15]. His mission was to preach repentance before Yahweh; to baptize and to announce the Gospel news – that the Kingdom (council) of Yahweh/of heaven had come, Matt. 4:17, [16]. That the Kingdom of Yahweh was available for them as it is for us today to dwell within all true believers [17]. Yahshua was not and is not Yahweh the Almighty Sovereign Creator Power, and he was not a sacrifice to please Yahweh so He could forgive sins, Jer. 7:22; Isaiah 1:11. Human sacrifice was a pagan practice that is strictly forbidden by Yahweh, Psalm 106:37-41; Jer. 7:31.

    The Bible Teaches Yahshua's Mission was to free the First Century Israelites from the religious traditions and manmade oral laws that had enslaved the people, and to guide them back toward their One Original Almighty Sovereign Creator Yahweh, Mark 7:9, [18]. It was for the people to seek only their Almighty’s counsel for their lives, and to serve Him only. This angered the local religious authorities and became a constant threat to the rulers of his day. This eventually resulted in Yahshua’s execution by the Roman officials for the claimed crime of sedition, Matt. 12:14, [19].

    The Bible Teaches that Yahshua was resurrected from the dead by Yahweh (according to the Gospels) and subsequently ascended into heaven because he was faithful to his mission. From his claimed resurrection Yahshua became known as the son of G-d. We do not believe that the Bible teaches in a future second coming of Yahshua as a physical earthly King. Yahshua always taught the Kingdom of Yahweh, but did not teach them about his kingdom. An understood second coming claim by some of his followers has very likely already occurred, because the New Testament record states – that he told some of his followers (standing there) would still be alive to see him come into his ‘heavenly’ kingdom, Matt. 16:28, [20].

    Awmain

    See our extended Statement here: https://aoycascade.com/Documents/Statement-of-Bel

  5. Yahweh was a Canaanite war god of the Pantheon Elohim and completely FICTIONAL. The Bible is FICTIONAL as well. The arguments presented here for the God of the Bible are Fallacious. God is an Invisible Imaginary Fictional Nonexistent Character from the Fictional Bible. He’s a Slavery Condoning Genocidal Homicidal Baby killing, Everyone on Earth Drowning Monster. Jesus is a MYTH and was copied heavily from other Religions Dying and Rising gods. Anwe KNOW that the Bible is Fictional by Genesis alone. The Earth before the SUN and STARS. The FIRMAMENT a CRYSTAL DOME over the FLAT EARTH. People made from DIRT AND A RIB, an IMPOSSIBLE WORLDWIDE FLOOD copied from the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Exodus that NEVER HAPPENED. Since you all claimed the Bible is TRUE, you’re all LIARS . The Big Bang and Evolution Destroys all Credibility for the Bible.
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