The New Testament is not a reliable historical document

It is once again a real honor to debate with someone like you. You have always proved yourself to be a tough opponent and I thank you for that. I. The GospelsI. The Nativity As Christmas draws nigh, I would like to expand on the nativity of Jesus Christ. It is very clear that the gospels cannot agree on almost anything concerning the nativity.A. The GenealogiesThe genealogies of Jesus that are presented in Matthew 1 and Luke 2-3 are hopelessly contradictory. Penina Taylor points out that there are indeed several kings that are missing and make several historical mistakes. Take a look at this chart that was made by Penina Taylor [1]: Genealogy from David to Jeconiah according to Matthew (items in red are missing from this genealogy) David — Solomon — Rehoboam — Abijah — Asa — Jehoshaphat — Jehoram — Ahaziah — Joash — Amaziah — Azariah (also called Uzziah) — Jotham — Ahaz — Hezekiah — Manasseh — Amon — Josiah —Jehoahaz (annointed by the people) — Jehoiakim (annointed by Pharaoh) — Jeconiah (also called Jehoiachin and Coniah) — Assir — Shealtiel — Zerubbabel Genealogy from David to Jeconiah according to Luke (items in red are missing from this genealogy) David — Nathan — Matththah — Menan — Melea — Eliakim — Jonan — Joseph — Judah — Simeon — Levi — Matthat — Jorim — Eliezer — Jose — Er — Elmodam — Cosam — Addi — Melchi — Neri —Jeconiah (also called Jehoiachin and Coniah) — Assir — Shealtiel — Zerubbabel Genealogy from David to Jeconiah according to the Tenakh David — Solomon — Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21) — Abijam (1 Kings 14:31) — Asa (1 Kings 15:8) — Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:41) — Jehoram (2 Kings 8:16) — Ahaziah (2 Kings 8:25) — Joash (2 Kings 11:2) — Amaziah (2 Kings 14:1) — Azariah (also Uzziah) ( 2 Kings 15:1) — Jotham (2 Kings 15:32) — Ahaz (2 Kings 16:1) — Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:1) — Manasseh (2 Kings 20:21) — Amon (2 Kings 21:18) — Josiah (2 Kings 21:26) — Jehoahaz (annointed by the people)(2 Kings 23:30) — Jehoiakim (annointed by Pharaoh) (2 Kings 23:34) — Jeconiah (also called Jehoiachin and Coniah) (2 Kings 23:6) — Assir (1 Chronicles 3:17) — Shealtiel —Zerubbabel (Jeremiah 2:2)It becomes quite clear when looking at the genealogies of Jesus parallel that there can be no possible way of reconciling their differences. Moreover, Matthew states that there are 14 generations from Abraham to David, 14 generations from David to the Babylonian exile, and 14 generations from the Babylonian exile to the birth of Christ. [2] As we see from the names that are highlighted in red, this is impossible.B. The date of Jesus' birthAccording to Matthew and Luke, Jesus was born during the reign of king Herod the Great; however, there is the problem of the Census of Qurinius that is presented in Luke 2. The census is highly improbable for at least 3 reasons: firstly, it would require that millions of people embark on a chaotic pilgrimage to their anscestral home towns, including all the Jews of Hellenistic dispora; secondly, tehre is absolutely no evidence of such a pilgramege taking place; and third, a Jewish revolt occured from a similar census. [4] [5] It indeed only takes one glimps of a map of Rome to see how improbable this event is: Jews for Judaism notes: "It is unusal that an event of this magnitude should go unnoticed. Yet no contemporary writer mentions this disruptive census or the turmoil it would have engendered. Indeed, if this census took place in Judea it is strange that Josephus never mentioned it in any of his writings." [6]Moreover, there is the simple problem that Herod and Qurinius never reigned simultaneously together. This fact alone creates a contradiction. [7] C. The slaughter of the infants Likewise in the book of Matthew, Matthew is the only person to record the event of Herod's slaughter of the inocent. Matthew 2:16-18 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah,wailing and loud lamentation,Rachel weeping for her children;she refused to be consoled, because they are no more." Yet again, there is not a single shred of evidence to support this notion. [8] Moreover, the prophecy that Matthew quotes is entirely out of context. [9] Finally, the flight into Egypt is also out of context. Reading Hosea 11:1 IN CONTEXT, it is clear that G-d's "son" is ISRAEL, not Jesus. II. New Testament Forgeries It is quite clear from the New Testament that most of the books attributed to their original writer is a forgery. The famous book of Revelations is clearly an example of a forgery. 3rd century Christian scholar of Alexandria, Egypt, named Dionysius, argued that the book could not have been written by John, the son of Zebedee, because the writing stye is so different from teh Gospel of John that they could not have been written by the same person. Likewise, Dionysius argues that Revelation was written by the heritic named Cerinthus, who forged the account to show that there would be a litera future paradise of a thousand years here on earth. [10] Let's recap 1. The nativity stories are hoplessly at odds with one another;2. There exists forgeries within the New Testament.Thank you! References[1] http://countermissionary.org...[2] Matthew 1:27 [3] Matthew 2:1, Luke 1:5 [4] http://www.debate.org...;[5] http://www.rejectionofpascalswager.net...;[6] http://jewsforjudaism.org...;[7] http://www.infidels.org...;[point c] [8] http://www.rejectionofpascalswager.net...;[9] Jeremiah 31:15, the quoted proof text, is clearly not talking about an event like Matthew discribes. [10] Ehrman, Bart. Forged: Writting in the Name of God. page 21