Is the Bible the Word of God ? Part I

 Raja Petra or Pete in his Sermon of the Day, 'Is the Bible the Word of God'
makes the assertion that the Bible cannot be the 'Word of God', unless the
maker can be established. Hence, quoting Bible verses or pointing to the
historical figure of the Messiah cannot be used as evidence of it's authenticity

 So, the issue here is, who wrote the Bible? And unless the ‘maker’ can 
be established then the Bible cannot be accepted as evidence. And if the 
Bible cannot be accepted as evidence then you cannot use it to argue 
your case. And if the Bible cannot be used to argue your case how do 
you debate what the Bible says? You need other non-Biblical evidence 
to argue your case since the Bible is not relevant to this debate.

 Again, it is important to determine what the actual benchmark, Pete is
seeking, if any. As i have mentioned many times before. I cannot prove the
Supernatural. Certainly, i've experienced it and have given examples of one's,
if you go through my blog articles.

Pete has made many assertions, that on, face value, presents itself as an
absolute fact. Christianity is a myth, and thus proven via unreliable
documentation, and is mostly based on cultural myths that had Jewish origins.
My intention, is not to convince Pete otherwise. I simply want to point out a
logical flow, really, intended for seekers or followers of Yeshua, to know,
that there are very valid reasons of who he is.

As such, he has chosen a court of law (lawfare ?), or so it seems i.e. an
evidence based presentation.  Often, when one wants to control a process.
Eg. making widgets of a certain quality. Engineers will use a statistical
analysis known as Six Sigma. In order to build specified widgets with the
lowest numbers of defects (< 3.5 dpmo). The statistical analysis is usually
made once the criteria has been determine. As follows, define a problem,
measure it, analyze it, improve it, after which, establish controls.  In order
to define the problem.  One must come up with a Hypothesis. The Null
Hypothesis from what i can gather is

There is no 'maker' of the universe, thus there is no Messiah God whom
the Christians claim, to have, presented himself


Thus my alternative hyphothesis would be:

There is a maker of the universe,  one referred to as 
YHWH (Yod, Heh Wav, Heh), who revealed himself to human kind 
in flesh as, Yeshua Ben Yusof of Bethlehem Eprathath, who began his 
ministry around  ~ 30 AD

The Jesus, you think, you would like to know

In the sermon of the mount Yeshua supposedly implied that one should not
be judgmental.

“Judge not, that you be not judged. ² For with what judgment you judge, 
you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured 
back to you.

~ Matthew 7:1

In Raja Petra's sermon, the bullshit known as the abrahamic faiths, the New
Testament is just a fabrication. I quote

'The New Testament is not from Jesus. These are fabrications by those 
who came long after Jesus had died'

The Gospels have long been debated. What is Raja Petra's objection? The
scribes and writings that were penned years after his alleged death and
alleged resurrection. You see, the first four gospels (matthew, mark, luke and john),
were written between 65~95AD timeline. The Bible (Codex Vaticanus)
canonization occurred between 325-350AD

I asked Pete (Raja Petra) once, what would be an except-able benchmark.
Pete has never given me an answer. Why ? His approach to his objection,
is really, a philosophical one. Not one, based on pure empiricism. If
time-lines distort manuscripts. One could have applied probability analysis
on these scribers. What is the probability that these documents were
fabricated i.e. followers of the disciples, were lying about a man named
Yeshua Ben Yosef. So given the thousands manuscripts, of copies, and
textual criticism applied. What is the probability based sampling, on
contradictory accounts that would invalidate these accounts. I am talking
about historicity in corroboration with greek, roman and jewish accounts.

 On the eve of the Passover Yeshu (Jesus) was hanged.  For forty days
before the execution took place, a herald went forth and cried, "He is 
going forth to be stoned because he practiced sorcery and enticed Israel
to apostasy. Anyone who can say anything in his favor, let him come 
forward and plead on his behalf. " But since nothing was brought 
forward in his favor he was hanged on the eve of the Passover! -- Ulla 
retorted, "Do you suppose that he one for whom a defense could be made? 
Was he not a mesith [enticer], concerning whom Scripture says, Neither
shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him? With Yeshu, however, it 
was different, for he was connected with royalty [or well-connected]." 

~  Sanhedrin 43a Talmud (200-500ce)
 
I can't prove the Supernatural, but certainly one could apply the test of
historicity. What Pete's benchmark is, i guess. A Messiah who had access to
private scribers, with hundreds of millions of denari, papyrus or leather
parchments, and payment to scribe his personal biography. Furthermore the
Guttenberg Press, to ensure that there were no transmission errors present in
copies proceeding with the original notarized copy, by the religious authorities,
lawyers, and whatnot. One who would conform with his ideal zeitgeist   

Was Yeshua really non-judgemental ?

⁶ “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

 ~ Matthew 7:6 

He seemed to imply that one should not put what is valuable in front of those
who will reject the notion that it has value (the Gospel) and furthermore that
they will seek to diminish or destroy what one offers

Are the events of the biblical Noah plausible ?

         Raja Petra's account of the biblical Noah in his article
Sunday bible studies Noah expounds on the biblical event of
the great flood. He estimates that around 20 million or so
species of vertebrates (excluding fish) and Noah's extended
family were saved from the catastrophic flood.

        The tanakh does not mention numbers or types. It simply
mentions beasts הַבְּהֵמָ֡ה (ha-be-hemah) and birds מֵע֧וֹףo (me-o-p)
genesis 7:3-4

Why did Elohim(YHWH) destroy human kind?

ה  וַיַּרְא יְהוָה, כִּי רַבָּה רָעַת הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ, וְכָל-יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבֹת לִבּוֹ, רַק רַע כָּל-הַיּוֹם.

Va-yar Elohim(YHWH) ki ra-bah ra-at ha-adam ba-a-ret ve-kal
ye-ser mah-se-bot lib-ow raq ra kal - hayovm.
Vayinahem Elohim(YHWH) ki-asah et ha-adam ba-aret vayiaseb
el lib-ow
 

 And saw, Elohim, that, great, the wickedness, of man, on the earth,
and every, imagine, of the thoughts, his heart, only, evil, all, the time.
And was sorry, Elohim, that, breath made, the man,on earth, and it
grieved, in- (his) heart. ~ Genesis 6:5

 

Noah however found grace in the eyes of the Lord

 

ח  וְנֹחַ, מָצָא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה

 

Elohim(YHWH)   b(e)-e-ne  hen  ma-sa  va-no-ah

 

And Noah, found, grace, in the eyes, (the) Lord  ~ Genesis 6:8

The Lord called him a righteous and a wholehearted man. Is it because
the Lord imputed this upon him, or was he righteous by his own strength ?