The Bible is a Hoax

“I’m out! I don’t wanna hear anything about this!” “Petra, come on, hear me out. I know it’s controversial, but how narrow-minded could people actually be? Wait, are you narrow-minded too?” smirked Connor. Petra let out a sigh, sat back down on her chair, and set her coffee on the table. Connor looked around the café to see if anyone noticed Petra’s abrupt attempt at departure, but they were oblivious. “You wrote a book about Jesus Christ! Titled ‘The Bible is a Hoax’! You think people would be happy about that?!” she hissed. “It’s fiction! Historical fiction! With sci-fi elements. But I digress. People need to learn the difference between creative imagination and blatant disrespect!” “Okay fine, hit me with it. As your publisher, I don’t think I’ll be happy about this story but as your friend, I’m very curious about your–”, Petra did air quotes, “–historical fiction sci-fi”. The way Connor’s face lit up, you’d think Christmas came early. He pulled his chair closer to hers, “Look, I know this is a very sensitive and controversial topic, but I had this idea and just had to write it. You still remember how that feels, don’t you?” “Yes, I do, so hurry up and pitch your story before I change my mind!”

“Okay, so the story starts off in the year 3104, where time travel is as normal as driving a car. My main character, Pyroar, goes back in time to meet Jesus”. “But why? I mean, what’s his motive?” “Because he feels the Bible had been tampered with for the convenience of mankind as time went by. For example, the Old Testament states that a goat should be sacrificed in order to be forgiven for our sins, whereas the New Testament states that once we repent, we would be automatically forgiven”. Petra nodded as acknowledgement and Connor proceeded, “In the future, more amendments happen and result in the Modern Testament, which states that all sins would be forgiven regardless we repent or not because God loves all. This and many such things have been grinding Pyroar’s gears–” “Wait, so he goes back in time to meet Jesus to find out what He actually said?” Petra interrupted. “Yes! That’s exactly it!” “But that’s so boring. It’s more like a religious book rather than a historical fiction, let alone a sci-fi”. Connor closed his eyes for a moment, prayed for patience to deal with Petra’s shallowness, and opened them up again, “Petra, I’m not done yet. That’s just the beginning. The plot thickens as he travels back more than 3000 years. He faces a lot of hurdles, and I mean A LOT! The toughest one was finding Jesus because guess what? His name wasn’t actually Jesus. It was Yehoshua!” “That’s common knowledge. Translations of Yehoshua through many languages resulted in the spelling that we use now as Jesus”, Petra pointed out. “Well, you know that. I know that. But Pyroar doesn’t! Geez woman, will you just let me tell my story?!” grumbled Connor. Petra brought her fingers to her lips, zipped it, and threw away the imaginary key. Connor continued, “So Pyroar learns the hard way that Jesus’ real name is Yehoshua and eventually meets Jesus. He shows Jesus the Bible and extremely shocked would be an understatement to how Jesus reacts. Jesus even goes to say that He never said most of the things in it!” “Jesus then compiles a new Bible and passes it to Pyroar, who then returns to year 3104 and goes all out with the new Bible. Guess what happens? People. Are. Against. Him. So, Pyroar returns to the past again to convince Jesus to follow him to the future. To help mankind, Jesus agrees”. “But all hell breaks loose when Jesus declares that He is Jesus, in 3104. People aren’t willing to believe that because He isn’t long-haired and white-skinned as He is always portrayed in photos”. “Wow, I never thought that historical fiction and sci-fi would actually go well together. So what happens next?” asked Petra eagerly. “Well, Jesus has to somehow prove to everyone that He indeed is Jesus”. “And how does He do that?!” “You have to wait because that’s for my second book, the sequel to this one!” ~~~~~ Author’s Note: This story is a work of fiction and is by no means any form of disrespect, offense, or insult. I’m not a Christian, but I tried my best to do some research on Jesus and Christianity. Therefore, please forgive me if there are any factual mistakes in my story.  Sources and References:

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