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*CONTRADICTIONS ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS IN THE GOSPELS*
In Luke chapter 1, it says that a Census went out into all the world under Caesar Augustus, and was taken by the Roman Governor of Syria named Quirinius. This Census took place in 6AD. That seems to be a precise date, but in Luke 2, it says that Jesus was born during the reign of King Herod The Great (King of Judea), who died in 4 BC. This means the gospel writer of Luke is not consistent with the actual historical evidence! Luke 2:1-7 is not realistic. Also, the Census would not cause anyone to move from one place to another, in order to be registered for tax purposes. It would be the tax officials who would travel, to link property to it's owners. So Joseph (and Mary) as residents of Nazareth, (Galilee) rather than Bethlehem (Judea), wouldn't have been affected by this census in the first place!
Another contradiction is between Matthew and Luke. Matthew said that Mary and Joseph lived in Bethlehem, fled to Egypt, then returned to Bethlehem and finally, fled to Galilee. According to Luke on the other hand, said that they lived in Galilee, went to Bethlehem only because of the Census, and returned immediately to Nazareth to be presented at the temple a month later (40 days later to be exact) for the Jewish ceremony of purification, which they all did for the redemption of the firstborn son (Leviticus 12 ; Exodus 13). Here they meet Simeon (a just man) and the prophetess Anna. Luke makes no mention of a flight to Egypt, nor was there even a need to flee in his account. The only thing Luke and Matthew agree on is that he was born in Bethlehem to fulfill the prophecy found in Micah 5:2.
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*RESURRECTION CONTRADICTIONS BELOW*
Matthew had 3 at the Tomb
Mark had 4 at the Tomb
Luke had 5 at the Tomb
John had 1 at the Tomb
1. *Matthew's account of Resurrection* = 3 at the tomb (Mary Magdalene, other Mary and angel sitting atop the rolled away stone)
2. *Mark's account of Resurrection* = 4 at the tomb (Mary Magdalene, Mary mother of Jesus, Salome and a young man wearing white sitting inside tomb)
3. *Luke's account of Resurrection* = 5 at the tomb (Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary mother of James and 2 men in shining white apparel. The only disciple to return to tomb was Peter).
4. *John's account of Resurrection* = 1 at the tomb (Mary Magdalene, who sees nothing but an empty tomb. She then brings Peter and John back, where they see two angels shining brightly, one at the head of where Jesus had lain and one at his feet where Jesus had lain).
Acts 1:3 Jesus supposedly stayed with disciples for 40 days after resurrection, yet, in Luke 24 (vs. 51) says he ascended to heaven the same day.
Matthew is the ONLY gospel that says an earthquake happened, which caused ZOMBIE Jews to get out of their graves and walk around Jerusalem. How did the other three disciples fail to mention something as significant AS THAT!?
All of these can’t be true at the same time! This was actually a colloquial writing style amongst the poets, tragedians and playwrights of the ANE (Ancient Near East). The poets would borrow each other’s poetic literature and slightly modify it in their own story. This is exactly what’s happening here with the 4 Gospels.
But in essence, Christians don’t understand what they’re reading most of the time anyways (which is why there are so many doctrinal disputes and contradictions amongst ‘believers’. They don’t worship a ‘god’, they worship a book (their own understanding of that book), even though it's been heavily redacted thousands of times, with errors, contradictions, anachronisms, discrepancies, insertions, omissions, etc.. This proves that there is no real inner working or relationship of (or to) a spiritual deity. It's all dependent upon what 'MEN' have put inside of their book.
The supposed 'spirit' (and their 'PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP' with that spirit), is not leading these people to discern FACT FROM FICTION. If it's a real relationship with a true spiritual entity, then that spiritual entity should be telling these people when they are seeing error, especially when it's in their own book. But that's just not the case many times, proving there is no real spiritual component to their relationship with a real entity, it's merely a relationship with a book.
