The Bible is NOT the Word of God

Is the Bible God’s Word? Opening Syllogism 1. God is omniscient. 2. Jesus is not omniscient. 3. Therefore, Jesus cannot be God. Defense of Premises 1 Omniscient, according to carm.org’s Dictionary of Theology means the following: An attribute of God alone. It is the quality of having all knowledge (Isaiah 40:14). God knows all things possible as well as actual. He does not need to experience something to know about it completely. Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience represent the nature of God concerning His relation to the creation. (1) Therefore, because of Isaiah 40:14, God has to be omniscient. Defense of premises 2 This is where my burden of proof lies. I need to show that Jesus is not omniscient and lacks the attribute of God of having all-knowledge. But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. –Mark 13:32 (2) Here, we see that Jesus was ignorant of the fact that he did not know when he would return. If you read the entire chapter of Mark 13, we see that it is referring to the tribulation period and the rapture. Jesus does not know when the rapture will take place. Therefore, he cannot posses all knowledge. CONTRADICTION!!!! This verse is also contradicted by the following: Of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. –Colossians 2:2-3 Lord, thou knowest all things. –John 21:17 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things. –John 16:30 Not only is this evidence that Jesus does not know everything, it also shows that there is an un-reconcilable contradiction in the Bible. Does Jesus know everything? That all depends on what verse you look at! Contradiction of Jesus’ Birth 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying…-Matthew 2:1 NASB http://www.biblegateway.com... The verse makes it very clear that Jesus was born in Bethlehem when Herod was king. We must understand when Herod was king. King Herod was king from 30 BCE to 4 BCE. We know from Matthew it has to be at least two years prior to 4 BCE so we can put the date of birth around 6 BCE. (3) However, we see in Luke that it was when Quirinius was governor of Syria. This was the first census taken while [b]Quirinius was governor of Syria. Luke 2:2 http://www.biblegateway.com... We know from this verse that Quirinius was governor and it was his first census. Where is a problem? Quirinius became governor a decade after Herod’s reign.(4) Therefore, Jesus could NOT have been born both in the days of King Herod and in the 1st census. Furthermore, I would like to see one secular source that shows the nation-wide census where everyone went back to his hometown. Furthermore, if Jesus was born in Bethlehem, what was the purpose of the trip if not the taxes? Oh, and in case you are wondering, Cyrenius=Quirinius. (5) The Angel’s Message In Matthew, an angel appears to Joseph to tell him about the miraculous birth. In Luke, the angel goes to Mary. This is not where the uncertainty comes into play. Take a look at this passage. Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.” Mark 3:20-21 NKJV (6) Now, be honest with me, do you really think that if the angel did appear to Jesus’ parents that they would say that he was crazy? No. The Prophecies The gospels often cite imaginary prophecies and take them out of context. Source 1. http://carm.org...; 2. http://skepticsannotatedbible.com... 3. ^ Peter Richardson, Herod: King of the Jews and friend of the Romans, (Continuum International Publishing Group, 1999) pp. xv–xx. 4. Encyclopedia of theology: a concise Sacramentum mundi by Karl Rahner 2004 ISBN 0860120066 page 731 5. http://www.wikipedia.org... 6. http://www.biblegateway.com...