Christianity and Me, VII

I am reading a book by Bart Ehrman. Its title is ‘Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why.’ Click. It is necessary reading for the believer because the reader will learn that life should not be guided only by a scripture. Life must also be guided by science and some hunches. The atheists like Ehrman’s book because the book shows that Christianity has scriptural problems with respect to claimed truths that Christians have extracted from the Bible.

However, when I disconnect the New Testament from the Old Testament in my book and connect the New Testament to the future, specifically to modern science, the scriptural problems of Christianity in Ehrman’s book become less important because many sayings in the Bible have become less important to life today. In his ‘Letter to a Christian Nation,’ Sam Harris speaks about these Christian problems. I believe that these Christian problems become less important because many of the teachings of Jesus Christ in the New Testament are being fulfilled slowly by our modern scientists. Such fulfillments have also caused cultural changes such as bringing forth the free state such as the United States of America.

By the end of the current century, I expect that the teachings of Jesus Christ in the New Testament will be fully implemented. So, by the end of this century, it is possible that the Son might appear again on planet earth. This appearance is not the appearance that Matthew speaks of in Ch. 24. I don’t expect the sun to darken for billions of years. We will know more about the darkening of the sun as our astronomers find more signs that can predict the nature of our solar system.

On p. 65, Ehrman discusses the last twelve verses of Mark. This deals with the death of Jesus and His resurrection. These twelve verses are not on the original gospel of Mark but were added by later Christians. With spiritual atoms, I have a scientific answer to what happens to Jesus after He died on the cross.