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If I Was Jesus Part Two

from Truth Before Comfort by Buck Bowen

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If I was Jesus, and I came to start a new religion
I would have written it myself without the contradictions 1
Or procured a person to put it onto paper 2
To write it while I was alive and not decades later 3
I would have made sure, all was clear with nothing vague
There’d be no need for interpretation of what I had said
And consequently, no denominations
Nor a single copy error to another language
You wouldn’t see me heal a bunch of lepers
I would do better and remove the disease altogether
There’d be no sermons, only topics worth hearing
Such as the scientific method, physics, and the germ theory
I’d turn the golden rule into platinum
By simply quoting the brilliant Dr. Linus Pauling maxim: 4
Do unto others twenty percent better
Than you’d expect they’d do to you to correct for subjective error

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from Truth Before Comfort, released September 13, 2013
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01. Contradictions:
•The genealogies of Jesus: Matthew 1:2-17 vs. Luke 3:23-38.
•The prophet’s name: Matthew 1:23 vs. Matthew 1:25, Luke 1:31.

Footnote: Matthew is referring to the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14, however in context this is clearly meant for king Ahaz. And the prophecy was fulfilled in 2 Kings 16:9.

•Punishment for adultery: Leviticus 20:10 vs. John 8:11.

•How one can enter heaven: John 3:5: “Jesus answered, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.’” vs. Mark 16:16: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved…” vs. John 14:6: “Jesus said to him, ‘…No one comes to the Father except through me.’”

Footnote: Although not a contradiction, it is rather odd that such a significant event as the Virgin Birth was mentioned only in Matthew and Luke.

02. “Had it been the object or the intention of Jesus Christ to establish a new religion, he would undoubtedly have written the system himself, or procured it to be written in his lifetime.” The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine (1794)

03. “When were the four gospels written?” by Don Stewart •http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/stewart.cfm?id=410

04. “Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.” – Dr. Linus Pauling

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