Who killed Christ?  According to the gospels, Jewish leaders convinced the Roman governor Pilate to kill him.  But which Jewish leaders did this?  As we have seen, there were three major denominations – Sadducees, Pharisees, and Essenes.  Were they all responsible, or just one of them?

     Neither Jesus nor the New Testament ever criticize the Essenes, so they can be cleared of the charge. 

     The Pharisees, for their part, were continually attempting to neutralize Jesus by interrogating him with difficult questions aimed at discrediting him.  However, the Pharisees were sometimes friendly toward Jesus.  Nicodemus praised him, and Simon the Leper had him over for dinner. [1]  When given the opportunity to kill Jesus and the Christians, they sometimes declined.  For example, they warned Jesus when Herod was trying to kill him.[2]  Also, they argued to refrain from persecuting Christians after the first Pentecost,[3] and wanted to release Paul when he stood on trial before the Sanhedrin.[4]  Therefore, although some of the Pharisees may have wanted to kill Jesus,[5] it is doubtful that the sect as a whole was fully united toward this aim.

     The Sadducees are much more to blame for Jesus' death.  It is generally agreed among scholars, particularly those who are the most skeptical, that Mark's account of the passion is the earliest and most trustworthy of the gospels.  Therefore, let us look to the events Mark records.  Mark says that it was the "chief priests, Bible copiers, and elders" who hired Judas the traitor and who arrested him.[6]  Likewise, it was the "high priest, the chief priests, the Bible copiers, and the elders" who tried him in the temple court.[7]  Again, it was the "chief priests, Bible copiers, and elders" who led him away to Pontius Pilate.[8]  And when Pilate hesitated, it was the "chief priests" who incited a riot, thus forcing Pilate to execute him.[9]  Pilate had experience with riots.  In one particular riot, he had been forced to kill a large number of Samaritans.[10]  Since killing one man was preferable to killing a whole mob, Pilate's decision was a matter of the lesser evil.  So Pilate consented to forgo the legal formalities and carry through with the crucifixion.  Hence, it was not the Romans who eagerly killed Christ, nor was it the Jewish masses, nor was it even the Pharisees.  It was the chief priests of Jerusalem and their peripherals, the Bible copiers and elders – these hold the lion's share of the blame for Jesus' death. 

     Jesus is nowhere said to have had any friends among the Sadducees whatsoever, which indicates that he didn't even care to breathe the same air with them.  This contrasts sharply with his numerous associations among the Pharisees.  The Sadducees' dislike for the Christian faith extended beyond the death of Jesus.  It was the Sadducees who put the Christians on trial after the first Pentecost, and it was the Sadducees who tried to convict Paul before the Sanhedrin.[11]  

     It was therefore the Sadducees that killed Christ. 

          It was also the Sadducees who committed forgery by inserting Genesis 1 into the Bible, thus beginning the creationist heresy.  Click here to read the full explanation for how the Bible itself says that Genesis 1 is a forgery (prophets_against_genesis).

Click to read more about how we know Genesis 1 is a forgery.

The creationist narrative in Genesis 1 is contradicted by many ancient Christian texts.  Instead of an Almighty Creator God, ancient Christian texts espouse that the universe is born from blind arrogance and stupidity.  The angels caused evolution to occur from species to species.  There are many gods, (or aliens?), and the Christian God is just one among them.  Satan the Devil writes scripture, and thus the Bible was polluted with Genesis 1.  Archaeology and modern scholarship demonstrate that Genesis is indeed corrupted.  Cavemen walk with Adam and Eve.  Esoteric prophecies reveal the coming of Christ, and also reveal the dark forces that govern the cosmos.  Such are the ancient Christian writings.

Science vindicates the truth of these ideas.  Evolution often happens too fast for Darwin’s theory.  Gaps in the fossil record indicate that some kind of unnatural force acts together with natural selection.  Astrobiology reveals that intelligent life probably evolved long before us.  The fossil record reveals strange clues that aliens abducted species and transported them across oceans, and that DNA from diverse lineages was combined to spawn hybrid species.  Evidently, aliens influence evolution, and they are the gods of the world’s religions. 

This is not fiction.  All these facts are thoroughly documented in the links above.

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