Christianity is an Attack on Jesus Christ

=====> D I D - J E S U S - C L A I M - T O - B E - Y A H W E H ? <===== For my opponent to win (as he agreed to earlier), he must demonstrate that either Jesus is or claimed to be Yahweh. However, Jesus claiming to be "God" or the "son of God" are not equivalent to "Yahweh" for reasons stated in my last argument. God is a vague and general term and could mean lots of things philosophically. {*Craig stated that Jesus "thought of himself as the exclusive and absolute Son of God and the only revelation of God to mankind." Further, according to Craig, the Jews wanted to kill Jesus, and it is "inexplicable how monotheistic Jews could have attributed divinity to a man they had known, if he never claimed any such thing himself."*} And this is according to the Bible? This is begging the question. I am contending the Bible's very validity, yet you are using it to prove itself. If this is coming from extra-Biblical sources, then you are confirming the validity of sources for historical Jesus. This argument does not adequately demonstrate that Jesus claimed to be Yahweh. Also, claiming to be divine =/= claiming to be Yahweh. {*It is clear that Jesus at least claimed he was God, and further, linked that claim to Yahweh.*} You have failed to make that connection. {*Thus, Yeshua actually taught the message he was Yahweh, and thus Christianity is not slanderous or defamatory against his character.*} Clever and deceptive attempt, but nowhere did you show that the real Jesus teach that he is in fact, Yahweh. {*Craig stated that "it is no longer seriously contested that miracles played a role in Jesus's ministry." The only reason left for denying that Jesus performed literal miracles is the presupposition of anti-supernaturalism, which is simply unjustified."*} First of all, my opponent states that there is no reason to deny that Jesus performed miracles. Well, I can think of many, one being that there's no proof nor scientific validation that that's even possible. Secondly, miracles don't prove that Jesus is Yahweh. =====> T H E - N E W - T E S T A M E N T <===== My opponent has provided arguments for the New Testament being an accurate account of Jesus, however, I have evidence to the contrary. According to Thomas Paine (33rd Degree Freemason like Manly P. Hall) in his famous work, "The Age of Reason" in the chapter dedicated to the New Testament, he states: "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 life time. But there is no publication extant authenticated with his name. All the books called the New Testament were written after his death. He was a Jew by birth and by profession; and he was the son of God in like manner that every other person is; for the Creator is the Father of All." [1] "The first four books, called Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, do not give a history of the life of Jesus Christ, but only detached anecdotes of him." [2] "How much, or what parts of the books called the New Testament, were written by the persons whose names they bear, is what we can know nothing of, neither are we certain in what language they were originally written. The matters they now contain may be classed under two heads: anecdote, and epistolary correspondence." [3] "All the other parts of the New Testament ...are a collection of letters under the name of epistles; and the forgery of letters has been such a common practice in the world, that the probability is at least equal, whether they are genuine or forged. One thing, however, is much less equivocal, which is, that out of the matters contained in those books, together with the assistance of some old stories, **the church has set up a system of religion very contradictory to the character of the person whose name it bears.** It has set up a religion of pomp and of revenue in pretended imitation of a person whose life was humility and poverty." [4] As you can see, Thomas Paine demonstrates why the New Testament is NOT an accurate account of Jesus. He further implies that Christianity is in fact, contradictory to the character of Jesus. =====> C R E D I B I L I T Y - O F - S O U R C E S <===== Con has asserted that his sources are more credible, and thus trump my information of the Gnostics and information on ealy Christianity. I simply have stand in awe that my opponent would put Lane Craig or Macarthur over Manly P. Hall. Manly P. Hall is the founder of the Philosophical Research Society, a 33rd Degree Freemason, the highest honor conferred by the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, and was even used as a source by famous psychologist Carl Jung. He has 70 years of research and published 150 books and essays. In his PRS Library he has "many rare and scarce items now impossible to obtain elsewhere." My other source, Thomas Paine, is obviously highly credible. I doubt my opponent would elevate Lane Craig or Macarther over Paine. I really don't need to go any further to establish his credibility. =====> Y E S H U A - D I D - N O T - C O M M I T - G E N O C I D E <===== My opponent has yet to demonstrate that Yeshua has in fact, committed countless murders attributed to Yahweh, and thus, consequently, Yeshua. Let me clarify this. Christianity Claims: P1. Yahweh killed millions. P2. Jesus = Yahweh. :. Jesus killed millions. This is the slanderous claim made by Christianity. However, there is no evidence that this is true. Jesus calling himself God or divine does not equate to calling himself Yahweh, a god who slaughtered millions. =====> C O N C L U S I O N <===== In conclusion, my opponent has primarily relied on attacking my sources, however, I have demonstrated the superiority of my sources by far. He has failed to demonstrate that Jesus is responsible for committing genocide. If the man Jesus remains innocent and not proven guilty of countless murders and atrocities as Christianity claims, then it is making false, malicious statements about the man named Yeshua. Thus, Christianity has slandered him. Thank you for reading. Sources: [1] http://www.sacred-texts.com... [2] Ibid [3] Ibid [4] Ibid