The Anti-Gospel of Jesus Christ

by Miko Bartek

Now I will present to you the proof that God showed to me demonstrating that Jesus did not die for our sins. That God showed this to me is how it felt at the time. Try to see it from my perspective. On a Saturday night, a week before my ordination, someone turns on the television in the common room, and I find myself becoming hypnotized by a comedian. I go back to my own room for sleep, still under hypnosis. The next morning, at the church I grew up in, I am assisting at mass, still under hypnosis. I listened to Father Gregory’s homily in this altered state, analyzing everything he said for logical consistency. He said that we should trust science and the church equally. And I wind up staring at a hard contradiction resulting from this claim. Did God bring this about? If you doubt, then why did I trip over the altar bell, flinging it to the pews? The hand of God is evident in all of this.

Then, upon hearing Father Gregory’s claim, this all came to me in an instant. Jesus is real. Salvation is real. Christ actually died for our sins. By implication, original sin is also real. God forbade Adam to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam did so anyways.

But wait! According to the church and the Bible, Adam was formed from clay by God, who then breathed life into him. However, according to science, the first human being had nearly human parents. This is a contradiction. Science is telling us that Adam had two biological parents. But the church is claiming that Adam had no biological parents. This is impossible. 2≠0.

This contradiction was telling me that science and the church should not be trusted equally. When I assumed that they were on equal footing, the contradiction just popped out. However, I cannot see a mistake in the line of reasoning. Therefore, from a logical perspective, I have to conclude that the assumption was wrong. Jesus did not die for our sins.

So, in which institution should I place my trust? I loved the church and I loved science too. But according to logic, they cannot be trusted equally. My faith was in Jesus. My love was for Jesus. The contradiction was telling me I am wrong.