Greek Philosopher Nailed Christianity in the Second Century

No wise man believes the gospel. If Jesus were God, he would have appeared to the illustrious and educated men of the empire. Jesus should have appeared to his Jewish and Roman enemies. The Christian notion of resurrection is anti-philosophical and anti-intellectual, not to mention irrational.

I must deal with the matter of Jesus, the so-called savior, who not long ago taught new doctrines and was thought to be a son of God. This savior, I shall attempt to show, deceived many and caused them to accept a form of belief harmful to the well-being of mankind.

Taking its root in the lower classes, the religion continues to spread among the vulgar: nay, one can even say it spreads because of its vulgarity and the illiteracy of its adherents. And while there are a few moderate, reasonable, and intelligent people who interpret its beliefs allegorically, yet it thrives in its purer form among the ignorant.

― Celsus, On the True Doctrine: A Discourse Against the Christians

 Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

¹⁵ He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. ¹⁶ Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; ¹⁸ they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

¹⁹ After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. 

(The pastor in the photo above is dead. He died from following Jesus’ command to pick up snakes with his hands; one of the snake’s bit and killed him. More evidence that Jesus was a loon, and nothing more…)

CS Lewis: Christian writer, literary scholar and probably the most quoted Christian intellectual of our day.

Celsus: There are a few moderate, reasonable, and intelligent people [like CS Lewis and Joel Edmund Anderson] who interpret [Christianity’s] beliefs allegorically, it thrives in its purer form among the ignorant.

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