The Mightiest Hoax in the History of Mankind

By Johannes J.D Villion

The Mightiest Hoax in the History of Mankind

This book is recommended Reading for Students of Comparative Religion. and anyone interested in the truth, as it Deciphers Truth from Falsehood.

Up until the 16th Century there were no translations of the Bible in English .When Tyndale translated the Bible into English he was declared a heretic, was hunted down and eventually strangled and burnt to death on October 6th, 1536. We can only conclude that this act of the Church was done because when the people read and under stood what was written in the Bible they refused to believe it as the Word of God. In similar manner, when Galileo invented the telescope and concluded that the world was round and revolved around the sun, he was also declared a heretic and killed as this theory (which later proved to be a fact) went against the teachings of the Bible that propounded the belief that the earth was flat and stationery.

Eusebius and other Church fathers, it is reasonable to believe, would not hesitate to make what alterations were necessary in the writings and records of the cult to bring them into line with the creeds they produced. Honesty and accuracy, as we understand them, did not exist in those days. For three hundred years prior to Nicaea no historical records existed, so there was no great difficulty in deluding the people as to the past story of the cult. Anything could be added to or subtracted from its past beliefs without undue comment. J. Arthur Findlay.

There you have it, from the pens of learned CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS that the present Bible is the work of ordinary men and can never be divine. What additional proof could any intelligent person need to disqualify every Bible in existence as the word of God in any language! Can any sensible person argue with such irrefutable evidence?

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: May 30, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481793667

Johannes J.D Villion

I am a South African and was brought up in ‘n Christian family in the eastern Highveld, I grew up on a farm. After finishing school at Middelburg I did my military service, after a few months I joined the permanent force, then after three years I resigned the P.F. but was back in the civil force an became a member of the reconnaissance force, I rendered service in various countries . During 1982, I divorced my first wife after 10 years of marriage, after I lost a part of my right hand. We had 3 children, 2 sons and 1 daughter, my eldest son was killed by a taxi in 2006. After 13 years alone, I married my second wife; she was a widow at that time with 5 children, 4 sons and 1 daughter. We were married for 15 years and then divorced after she left for New Zeeland. As a child I grew up in a Christian home, Christianity was all belief I knew but I always wondered, because it was difficult for me to believe in three different entities, and some of the stories in the Bible were too far-fetched for me. As a farm child I knew that bee’s would never make honey in a dead body of a lion because I know how bee’s behaved. Because I was always anxious to know the truth I started to study the Bible and various other religions in-depth for about six years. I learned to know the real truth about the Bible and Christianity. I then had to make a serious head shift about my religion, it was very difficult to make the head shift because I was brought up as a Christian, but by Grace of God I could do it, for now I know the real truth. I know that there are many Christians and other people walking around with doubt in their minds, because they don’t know the real truth, they don’t have real peace of mind. People who are searching for the truth, and who would like to know the truth. I did an in-depth study and this is what I learned about the Bible and Christianity. ----- It was a rude awakening! ----- I just want to ask you to be unbaits and to have an open mind. An unbaits mind will help us to realise the truth, for guidance from God almighty can only be embraced through the wealth of knowledge, wisdom and common sense. These are among God’s gifts. Why not use them? As a Believer I just feel that it is my duty to tell the real truth about the Bible and Christianity.

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The Mightiest Hoax

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Johannes J.D Villion

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THE MIGHTIEST HOAX IN THE

HISRORY OF MANKIND

Index

1.   The Mightiest Hoax In The History Of Mankind

Subtitles

a.   A Short History Of The Bible

b.   The Bible: More Facts

c.   Who Moved The Stone

d.   The Crucifixon Of Jesus

e.   As A Man Think So Is He

2.   The World Beyond Death

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I am a South African and was brought up in ‘n Christian family in the eastern Highveld, I grew up on a farm. After finishing school at Middelburg I did my military service, after a few months I joined the permanent force, then after three years I resigned the P.F. but was back in the civil force an became a member of the reconnaissance force, I rendered service in various countries. During 1982, I divorced my first wife after 10 years of marriage, after I lost a part of my right hand. We had 3 children, 2 sons and 1 daughter, my eldest son was killed by a taxi in 2006. After 13 years alone, I married my second wife; she was a widow at that time with 5 children, 4 sons and 1 daughter. We were married for 15 years and then divorced after she left for New Zeeland.

As a child I grew up in a Christian home, Christianity was all belief I knew but I always wondered, because it was difficult for me to believe in three different entities, and some of the stories in the Bible were too far-fetched for me. As a farm child I knew that bee’s would never make honey in a dead body of a lion because I know how bee’s behaved. Because I was always anxious to know the truth I started to study the Bible and various other religions in-depth for about six years. I learned to know the real truth about the Bible and Christianity. I then had to make a serious head shift about my religion, it was very difficult to make the head shift because I was brought up as a Christian, but by Grace of God I could do it, for now I know the real truth.

I know that there are many Christians and other people walking around with doubt in their minds, because they don’t know the real truth, they don’t have real peace of mind. People who are searching for the truth, and who would like to know the truth. I did an in-depth study and this is what I learned about the Bible and Christianity.—It was a rude awakening!—I just want to ask you to be unbaits and to have an open mind. An unbaits mind will help us to realise the truth, for guidance from God almighty can only be embraced through the wealth of knowledge, wisdom and common sense. These are among God’s gifts. Why not use them? As a Believer I just feel that it is my duty to tell the real truth about the Bible and Christianity.

THE MIGHTIEST HOAX IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND

RELIGION

Religion—has certain ideas at heart of which we call sacred or holy or whatever. What it means is, ‘Here is an idea or notion that you’re not allowed to say anything bad about; you’re just not. Why not?—because you’re not!’ If somebody votes for a party you don’t agree with, you’re free to argue about it as much as you like; everybody will have an argument but nobody feels aggravated by it. If somebody thinks taxes should go up or down you are free to have an argument about it. But on the other hand if somebody says ‘I mustn’t move a light switch on a Saturday,’ you say, ‘I respect that’. Why should it be that it is perfectly legitimate to support any political party, this model of economics versus that, Macintosh instead of Windows—but to have an opinion about how the Universe began, about who created the Universe—no, that’s holy?—We are used to not challenging religious ideas but it’s interesting how much of a furor someone creates when he does it. Everybody gets absolutely frantic about it because you’re not allowed to say these things. Yet when you look at it rationally there is no reason why those ideas shouldn’t be as open to debate as any other, except that we have agreed somehow between us that they shouldn’t be.

If the advocates of apartheid had their wits about them they would claim—for all I know truthfully—that allowing mixed races is against their religion. A good part of the opposition would respectfully tiptoe away. It is no use claiming that this is an unfair parallel because apartheid has no rational justification. The whole point of religious faith, its strength and chief glory, is that it does not depend on rational justification. The rest of us are expected to defend our prejudices. But ask a religious person to justify their faith and you infringe ‘religious liberty’.

Robert M Pirsig, author of, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, once said, (‘when one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion’).

IMPORTANT DATES—THE HOLY BIBLE—New International Version

The year numbering system now in use was developed about AD 525, the intent being that the year of Christ’s birth would be ad 1, and the years would be numbered before and after. An error was made in assigning AD 1, but by the time the error was discovered, the numbering system was widely used and could not be changed. So the correct year of Christ’s birth according to the numbering system is approximately 6 BC. Some of the other dates are also approximations, particularly the very earliest dates, but they are based on the best available evidence.

BC—before Christ. Used to date events that happened Christ’s birth. Outside Christian contexts, some people now choose the term BCE (Before Common Era) rather than BC.

AD—Anno Domini. Latin for ‘In the year of the Lord’. Used to date events after Christ’s birth. Outside Christian contexts, some people choose the term CE (Common Era) rather than AD.

1900 BC—Abraham comes to Canaan where Isaac and then Jacob, are born.

1700 BC—The Hebrews, the descendants of Jacob (Israel), are enslaved in Egypt.

1250 BC—Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt.

1210 BC—Joshua leads the first stage of the Israelite invasion of Canaan.

1030 BC—Saul becomes the first king of Israel.

1010 BC—David becomes king of Israel.

970 BC—Solomon becomes king of Israel and builds the first temple.

931 BC—The nation of Israel splits into two parts, Israel, the North Kingdom and Judah, the

Southern Kingdom.

722 BC—Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom, is captured by the Assyrian army.

586 BC—Jerusalem, the capital of the southern kingdom, is captured by the Babylon army.

538 BC—Cyrus of Persia allows the Jews to return to Judah.

537 BC—Under Ezra, the returned exiles commence the construction of the second temple.

333 BC—Alexander the Great takes control of Palestine.

323 BC—Palestine is taken over by Ptolemy, one of Alexander’s generals who became the ruler of Egypt after Alexander’s death.

198 BC—Palestine is taken over by the Seleucids, the descendants of one of Alexander’s generals. They have been the rulers of Syria since Alexander’s death.

166 BC—The Jews revolt, led by Judas Maccabeus and his brother.

63 BC—Rome takes control of Palestine.

37 BC—Herod the Great appointed King of the Jews by the roman government.

19 BC—Herod the Great Commences the reconstruction of the second temple.

6\5 BC—Jesus is born (see first paragraph).

4 BC—The death of Herod the Great.

AD 26—The beginning of Jesus’ public ministry AD 30—Jesus rose to life

AD 41—65 Paul’s missionary journeys

AD 70—Romans destroy the temple in Jerusalem.

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