Have you read the Bible ?

the old testament is a blend of canaanite henotheism and persian zoroastrianism

Canaanites are descendants of Canaan the Hamite.

Their religion was pagan in nature as they worshipped similar deities than that of the Syrians like Baal, Ashtoreth and Dagon.
Their culture centered around abominable acts against nature like child sacrifice, sodomy, bestiality and other such iniquities that made God require their that Israel never mingles with them or adopt their way of thinking.

Canaanites later made many colonies in the Mediterranean notably Carthage in Tunisia.

Israelites were Semites who worshipped only the true God Jehovah.

As God's people, they were chosen for their kinship to the nomad Abraham. After their deliverance from slavery in Egypr, they made a covenant with God and were to show the way to other nations as to how to live according to God's standards, and that was the purpose of the Torah.

The Israelites would bless mankind by means of the Messiah who'd come out of one of the tribes (Judah) as his life and teachings would bring light to all and his death demonstrate Jehovah's love for us by redeeming us from our sins.

They are two completely different civilizations.

Also Judaism existed before zoroastrianism.

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Basically, every aspect of Christianity can be called into doubt as it is riddled with errors, immorality and at times blatant lying. The bible was never meant to be taken literally, it is a medieval moral code and lawbook for people to follow, nothing more

How can you justify the bible canon as historical fact and the word of god when it was written by dozens of people over a span of 1500 years with hundreds of additions, omissions and retcons. For example, originally the bible said that guy called Elhanan killed Goliath but the Christians rewrote the history so that he killed Goliaths cousin (?) and David killed Goliath. With additional problems like the schisms between the various Christian sects, which one is the word of God?

How can the pope be seen as the most holy person in the world when for the majority of the history of the papacy the pope was corrupt, immoral and a warmonger? During the renaissance the pope was literally a mafia figure. Is God endorsing sin? If the pope dictates christianity, has it then historically been inherently sinful?

What differentiates Christianity from a cult when it was originally one and was persecuted as a cult? Just because the Roman emperor was indoctrinated and forcibly declared it the state religion and allowed it to spread doesn't mean it was legitimised.

Also, please justify the rampant homosexuality amongst priests and their molestation and rape of young children which has been covered up by the papacy

>They are two completely different civilizations.
not really, dna tests confirm that jews and canaanites are the same. none of your lineages or family trees going back to abraham are historical
>Also Judaism existed before zoroastrianism.
not in the same form

>Basically, every aspect of Christianity can be called into doubt as it is riddled with errors, immorality and at times blatant lying.

Example ?

> The bible was never meant to be taken literally, it is a medieval moral code and lawbook for people to follow, nothing more

That's not true. Where we can check biblical claims against verifiable truth, the Bible proves itself accurate. History, archaeology, science, and philosophy have shown Scripture to be factual and consistent.

>How can you justify the bible canon as historical fact and the word of god when it was written by dozens of people over a span of 1500 years with hundreds of additions, omissions and retcons.

The entire Bible is harmonous though.

>For example, originally the bible said that guy called Elhanan killed Goliath but the Christians rewrote the history so that he killed Goliaths cousin (?) and David killed Goliath

The account at 1 Chronicles 20:5 reads, in part, “Elhanan the son of Jair got to strike down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite,” during a war with the Philistines.

However, in a parallel text at 2 Samuel 21:19 the reading is: “Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite got to strike down Goliath the Gittite.”

In the latter text it appears that ʼeth-lach·miʹ (in English, “Lahmi,” the Hebrew term ʼeth merely denoting that Lahmi is the object of a verb) was misread by a copyist to be behth hal·lach·miʹ (“Bethlehemite”)

Therefore the original probably read, “got to strike down Lahmi,” just as the parallel text at 1 Chronicles 20:5 reads.

This would make the two texts harmonize on this point. Lahmi, then, was evidently the brother of the Goliath that David killed.

On the other hand, it is possible that there were two Goliaths.

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>With additional problems like the schisms between the various Christian sects, which one is the word of God?

In his illustration of the wheat and the weeds, Jesus foretold a great rebellion (apostasy) against true Christianity. (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43)

For a long period of time, true Christians and false Christians would be indistinguishable. Just as Jesus foretold, the apostasy flourished after the apostles died. (Acts 20:29, 30)

While apostate teachings may vary, the various forms of imitation Christianity have all “deviated from the truth.”—2 Timothy 2:18.

Jesus also predicted that the distinction between true and false Christianity would eventually become clear.

This has happened in our time, during the “conclusion of a system of things.”—Matthew 13:30, 39.

>How can the pope be seen as the most holy person in the world when for the majority of the history of the papacy the pope was corrupt, immoral and a warmonger? During the renaissance the pope was literally a mafia figure. Is God endorsing sin? If the pope dictates christianity, has it then historically been inherently sinful?

I don't believe cahtolicism is christianity so there is no issue here.

>What differentiates Christianity from a cult when it was originally one and was persecuted as a cult? Just because the Roman emperor was indoctrinated and forcibly declared it the state religion and allowed it to spread doesn't mean it was legitimised.

The religion endorsed by the Roman empire wasn't Christianity.

>Also, please justify the rampant homosexuality amongst priests and their molestation and rape of young children which has been covered up by the papacy

I am not catholic nor protestant.

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What are written in last page of bible?

>not really, dna tests confirm that jews and canaanites are the same

Because they intemarried and were from the same region, it's only logical.

> none of your lineages or family trees going back to abraham are historical

Yes they are.

>not in the same form

Judaism = 16th century BCE
Zoroastrianism = 7th century BCE

“The one who bears witness of these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming quickly.’” “Amen! Come, Lord Jesus.” May the undeserved kindness of the Lord Jesus be with the holy ones."

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>That's not true. Where we can check biblical claims against verifiable truth, the Bible proves itself accurate. History, archaeology, science, and philosophy have shown Scripture to be factual and consistent.
Blatant lie, we have archaeological and anthropological data that support that humans have been around for millions of years and evolved from earlier humanoid ancestors. Give one example.
>The entire Bible is harmonous though.
No it isn't, don't lie through your teeth. How many books are there again? How many different people again?
>This would make the two texts harmonize on this point. Lahmi, then, was evidently the brother of the Goliath that David killed.On the other hand, it is possible that there were two Goliaths.
AKA, yeah its bullshit and a blatant error in the cannon that Christians later revisioned, but I'll just say there were two goliaths instead. ??? come on
>true and false Christianity
That's inherently anti-Christian. You have no notion of knowing which branch is gods true vision. You're persecuting followers of god.
>The religion endorsed by the Roman empire wasn't Christianity.
Yes it is the Christian cult
>I am not catholic nor protestant.
Then what the fuck are you? Part of a fringe cult?

It must be “this work is fiction”.

No because I don’t know Koine Greek and don’t want to read translations

>humans have been around for millions of years and evolved from earlier humanoid ancestors

Not really. This is based on radiocarbon dating. This dating system measures the rate of decay of radioactive carbon from the point of death of the organism. “Once an organism dies, it no longer absorbs new carbon dioxide from its environment, and the proportion of the isotope falls off over time as it undergoes radioactive decay,” states Science and Technology Illustrated.

However, there are severe problems with the system. First, when the fossil is considered to be about 50,000 years old, its level of radioactivity has fallen so low that it can be detected only with great difficulty. Second, even in more recent specimens, this level has fallen so low that it is still extremely difficult to measure accurately. Third, scientists can measure the present-day rate of radioactive carbon formation but have no way of measuring carbon concentrations in the distant past.

So whether they use the radiocarbon method for dating fossils or other methods, such as employing radioactive potassium, uranium, or thorium, for dating rocks, scientists are unable to establish the original levels of those elements through ages of time. Thus, professor of metallurgy Melvin A. Cook observes: “One may only guess these concentrations [of radioactive materials], and the age results thus obtained can be no better than this guess.” That would especially be so when we consider that the Flood of Noah’s day over 4,300 years ago brought enormous changes in the atmosphere and on earth.

>How many books are there again? How many different people again?

The Bible was written by some 40 men over the course of 1,600 years. Some men were used to write more than one book of the Bible.

In fact, the Bible is a miniature library of 66 books. It consists of the 39 books of the OT and the 27 books of the NT.

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>AKA, yeah its bullshit and a blatant error in the cannon that Christians later revisioned, but I'll just say there were two goliaths instead. ??? come on

I think the explanation was thorough, it's your choice if you want to accept it or not.

>That's inherently anti-Christian. You have no notion of knowing which branch is gods true vision.

The Bible helps us recognize who are God's true followers

Read: jw.org/en/library/books/good-news-from-god/recognize-true-worshippers/

>Yes it is the Christian cult

No it was not. Instead of being founded by Jesus Christ, the Head of the true Christian congregation, Christendom is partly the result of the political expediency and the crafty maneuvers of a pagan emperor.

Very aptly, historian Paul Johnson asks: “Did the empire surrender to Christianity, or did Christianity prostitute itself to the empire?”

All those who really want to adhere to pure Christianity can be helped to recognize and associate with the true Christian congregation today.

Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide are more than willing to help honesthearted people to identify true Christianity and to worship God in the way acceptable to him.—John 4:23, 24.

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