I was a pastor for several years as well as a Bible School teacher and a denominational leader. I have authored three books on eschatology and have participated in intellectual discussions about faith, doctrines and everything in between. I have had graduate level studies in England in 1986 along with other Asian pastors and have visited churches there. Sadly, many churches there then were in decline including the ones founded by giants like John Wesley and Charles Spurgeon. My leap into deism was rooted in my desire for a better understanding of the Christian faith, which I progressively found to be full of fables, myths, errors and contradictions. As I broadened my studies to include resources outside of Christianity, I found out that similar accounts of creation, mythical personalities, miracles, etc., are also found in other religions, many pre-dating Christianity. The names of characters and places may have changed but the storylines are almost the same.

The deciding factor came when I delved into the authorship of the books of the Bible, beginning from the New Testament. Beyond any shadow of doubt, I concluded with others that the authors we know were not the real writers of the Bible.

We are taught that the New Testament was written in Greek which, at that time, was a language of privilege even for the Roman rulers. Ordinary Jews like the apostles were conversant in Aramaic, but not in Greek. More so, they were illiterate even in their own language, meaning, they could neither read nor write even in Aramaic or Hebrew. Forget Mark and Luke, but how could Matthew and John write such long gospels in Greek?

Mark and Luke were not eyewitnesses as they seem to appear in the gospels; they were just babies when Jesus lived and preached. They have not been with, or seen, Jesus in any way. At most, they may have heard of the story of Jesus from their mentor Paul, who himself, have not spent a single day with Jesus. Considering these information, the gospel stories now appear to me as fabrications, an insidious fakery resorted to in order to invent a new religion.

Popular Christian history, invented or not, tells us that the apostles were persecuted, banished, or voluntarily left Israel  to go to places like North Africa and India. Different claims of their sojourns include places like Britain, India, Burma and Iran. Such stories will further put in question their ability, and opportunity, to write in Greek.

The task of writing an original is not an easy job, even for writers today. To my knowledge, even artificial intelligence can not really create a new treacherous fakery as it will just re-write from already available information on the internet. With all the amenities known to man, writers will tell of their struggles and challenges, their difficulties and all sorts of reasons why writing is not a job for everyone. How much more for illiterates writing in a language which is not their own? As I also question the reality of Jesus’ existence “as presented in the gospels,” the task of writing a fabrication proves to be doubly difficult. The gospel narratives are pegged to some real historical events and personalities to make them appear real but, just like any felonious act, no crime is without any proof left behind. Once a simple proof of the shady deed is discovered, it will not be difficult to expose the rest. Such is the weaknesses of the gospel narratives; the inserted fabrications will be the very proofs to expose the fraud.