If You Criticise Someone Else's Faith, Someone Else Will Criticise Yours

By Sumit Paul, New Age Islam 25 January 2024 "Rizz says that Islam is "a religion that simply couldn’t be from God." Actually, that can be said about all religions, including Christianity..........................." Mr Ghulam Mohiyuddin "When you condemn a faith, don't restrict yourself to condemning just one. Condemn all, including yours, for, all faiths are equally dubious, flawed and worth-discarding. " Bertrand Russell Rizz, like all Christians, may be delusional about his personal relationship with a PUTATIVE Jesus, but is there any historical evidence to make us believe that the fantastical stories of Jesus in the gospels are fact rather than fiction? Jesus is said to have miraculously fed thousands of people and raised the dead. When he was crucified, a great unnatural darkness is said to have covered the land, the whole earth quaked and split open and the dead came out of their graves. If such dramatic occurrences had actually happened, they'd surely have been mentioned by one of the many historians of the time. Yet, none of them does. The Romans kept detailed legal records, but no record of the trial or crucifixion of Jesus has ever been found. That's why Jesus' PUTATIVE crucifixion is often derided as crucifiction! Later Christians forged such documents, but these have long been known to be fakes. In fact, from the hundreds of books written during this extremely literate period in history, only a few fragments of text are brought forward as possible evidence for the historical Jesus. But none of them stands up to scrutiny. From all the Roman authors, there're three small passages in Pliny, Suetonius and Tacitus, which Christian apologists claim as proof of the existence of Jesus. But these authors were writing in the 2nd century, long after the supposed life of Jesus, and all they actually tell us is that a few Christians existed in the Roman world at this time, which has never been in doubt. In short, Jesus never EXISTED. The point is: If you want to dig out earthworms, chances are that snakes will also come out. If you criticise someone else's faith, rest assured, your faith will also be questioned. So, either condemn all or better, keep mum. The whole world is religiously supercharged. We're least concerned about humanity and its concomitant issues. This faith is right. That faith is wrong. This god is fake. Mine is True. Sanatan is the only faith. Jesus is the only god. Ram is a universal god. Muhammad is the only perfect human ever to have graced the earth. Krishna is the supreme deity. Islam is the one and only religion. What nonsense! We seem to be more puerile than kids and suffer from a child's my toy is bigger than yours Syndrome. We call ourselves to be 'enlightened' but in fact, we're the most benighted creatures, living like troglodytes, Neanderthals and sub-humans. ---- A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several languages including Persian. URL: https://newageislam.com/spiritual-meditations/criticise-faith-religion-christ-jesus/d/131581 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism