- a summary of the history recounted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ 
Many Christians, as they have been taught the catechism, are convinced that the current translations of the New Testament are "error free" and bring back the infallible Word of God Christian scholars and apologists of around the world and of all time are aware of the fact that no one owns the original manuscripts of the NT and that the earliest Greek manuscripts we possess differ tremendously. In this regard, the influential Catholic Encyclopedia says:
E 'has been estimated that these MSS [manuscripts] and quotations differ among themselves between 150,000 and 250,000 times. The full picture is, perhaps, much higher. A study of 150 Greek MSS of the Gospel of Luke has revealed more than 30,000 different readings ... It can be said with certainty that there is a phrase in the NT on which the MS tradition is wholly uniform . (* 1)
These differences range from differences in terminology in steps missing in some manuscripts and other added or significantly different from manuscript to manuscript. These differences are due all'imperizia, dishonesty and naivety of the early Christian copyists and scribes that we assume the right to "correct" the Word of God [ blasphemy! ], adding ideas and changing the steps and told to comply with their own idea of \u200b\u200bJesus and their worldview. As the Christian scholar Ehrman says, " copies full of errors were in turn copied, and copies of copies full of errors were copied, and so on, until today ." (* 2) This
practice by the Christian scribes to alter or falsify the texts that came into his hands is well known and even documented by a comment that is in the Codex Vaticanus, one of the oldest and most complete Greek manuscripts of the NT This comment by a scribe, probably addressed to a previous medieval scribe who edited the copy in question reads as follows:
" fool and villain! Let the old reading, do not change it! "
" ἀμαθέστατε καὶ κακέ, ἄφες τὸν παλαιόν, μὴ μεταποίει (* 3)
The comment seems quite eloquent and a witness situation is quite embarrassing. As observed by the Murdock in Who Was Jesus - Fingerprints of the Christ (p. 57):
If these Gospels are very reliable reporting of the events of Jesus 'life, why Jesus' words vary from one source to another? The exact words of the Lord, should not be cited literally? Why the Lord's Prayer, for example, differs from gospel to another, and from manuscript to manuscript? It would not be sensible for the Lord, as the Holy Spirit, refresh the memory of his disciples to contain his exact words? If these are the precious words of Almighty God, as it may have been changed? And why? For if God had made mistakes in his original statements and therefore had to correct them later? What sense would the Holy Spirit to guide the important efforts of those who recorded the life of the Lord, if his speeches were not to be verbatim? In other words, what is the purpose of the Holy Spirit than to correct the errors? And if these records are not verbatim transcript, how can that be called "infallible"?
It 'true that the apologists, over the centuries, many have sought to overcome these contradictions by developing a process called "harmonization . The problem is that their arguments often seem far-fetched, if not dishonest or extravagant.
In light of these facts, how can you honestly say that the NT is the infallible Word of God?
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(1) Quoted by DM Murdock inWho Was Jesus - Fingerprints of the Christ, p. .
48 (2) Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus, p..
69 (3) Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus
also highlighted by ZEITGEIST, no historian / writer contemporary with Jesus makes only one reference to his figure (1) This fact is very strange and unreasonable, especially since the Gospel is continual reference to "neutral" and "multitudes" who would follow Jesus and witnessed his many miracles. It is also said repeatedly that his fame was widespread and that he was known everywhere. Yet, despite all historical NO of his time felt the need to mention even remotely in his works the most important figure in the history of man, the son of God, miracle worker and brings the Word God the Father.
Testimonials not contemporaneous
The first historical mentions of Jesus relate to very small steps found in Josephus (c.37 - 100 AD), Pliny the Younger (c. 111-113 AD ), Suetonius (110 AD) and Tacitus (107 -116 AD). First, we must make two important points regarding these steps:
the authors are not contemporary with Jesus and then, at most, show traditions and tales of second-hand rather than events seen with his own eyes;
even if these steps were genuine, would prove as the existence of a historical Jesus, but do not prove the historicity of the Gospel story, in particular they do not speak of miracles' report details the teachings of the most important men of history
Testimonium Flavianum
For example, as regards the so-called "Testimonium Flavianum" , that the passage in which Josephus speaks of Christ, the scholar Solomon Zeitlin believes that this is a forgery of the fourth century by Eusebio (2). The main motivation for considering this is a false step that appears for the first time in the fourth century mentioned by Eusebius himself, while it seems that the earlier church fathers were not completely aware of. For example, Origiene (c. 185-254 AD) was familiar with the works of Josephus and yet did not quote this passage and never even complained that the town did not consider Jesus as the Christ! (3) addition, the language used in some parts of the passage seems to come from the pen of the historian Josephus. For further details, see the article by Zeitlin, "The Christ Passage in Josephus " ( http://www.christianorigins.com/zeitlin.html ).
Tacitus: a fake of the fourteenth century?
Something similar can be done about the pace of Tacitus. It appears for the first time in the fourteenth century, and no church father mentioned it before. This is very strange, because the church fathers knew very well and Tacitus certainly would have brought up if he had written something relevant about Christ. But no one says anything until, magically, this step makes its appearance in the fourteenth century. In any event, a bit 'late to be sure of its authenticity. What's more, the pitch does not seem to be written in the style refined typical of the works of Tacitus. For a more detailed discussion, refer to "Who Was Jesus - Fingerprints of the Christ."
Suetonius
The passages referred to by Suetonius hear the apologists Cristina to confirm the historicity of Jesus is contained in the Life of Claudius (c. 113 AD) and is as follows:
" Since the Jews, instigated by ridges, constantly causing the riots. "
The problem with this step is probably not in any way relates to Jesus Christ. " Cresto " was a very common name at the time, which is not equivalent, as erroneously say the apologists, the term "Christos" or Christ. So, this Chrestos could be anyone, but it is unlikely that Suetonius could ever settle the most important man in history in such a tiny phrase from the small historical value.
Pliny the Younger
As for Pliny the Younger, governor of Bithynia, apologists take as evidence of the fact that Christ in his letter requesting help to counter- Christiani " . At most, what you can see from this letter is that there was a movement known as "Christian" at a time when Pliny was governor in Bithynia, ie 111-113 AD However, we do not know and never will know if he was referring to Christians as followers of Jesus Christ, even if it was, this late testimony does not prove the existence of a certain man named Jesus, the son of God and miracle worker overtime.
Conclusion
This I have proposed is only a summary of the matter, which can be found widely traded in the works of Christian apologists and historians. In particular, the archaeologist and historian DM Murdock in a chapter of his book "Who Was Jesus - Fingerprints of the Christ "deals extensively with the issue, showing all the steps also" implicated "and discussions of the scholars on them.
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1. For a list of 23 historical / literary contemporaries to Jesus refer to "Who-Was Jesus Fingerprints of the Christ", pg. 85
2. The Christ Passage in Josephus' - http://www.christianorigins.com/zeitlin.html
3. Origen, Contra Celsus I, 47
" And when we say also that the Word, the first thing created by God, was produced without sexual union, and that Him, Jesus Christ, our Teacher, was crucified, died, resources, and ascended into heaven, we are not proposing anything different from what you think about those who rated the children of Jupiter . "
" Religion which he proclaimed to all nations it was not 'new one' Strana . "
" in what is now called the Christian religion existed in atic and was never absent from the start of the race until Christ came in human flesh. Then the true religion which already existed, began to be called Christian. "
"In this picture we see the Annunciation, the Conception, Birth and Adoration as described in the first and second chapter of Luke's Gospel, and since we are certain that the historical chapters of the Gospel of Matthew concerning the miraculous birth of Jesus is a later addition not present in the earliest manuscripts, it seems likely that these two poetical chapters in Luke may also be non-historical, and borrowed from the tales of the miraculous birth of their Egyptian king . "
Dr. C. Samuel Sharpe, Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity (19)
(Isis with her son Horus, Mary with the child Jesus) Jesus = Sun 
(Cathedral of Koln) 
