A recent video shows Rev. Brent Hawkes, a progressive Canadian priest, denying Christ is the only way to achieve salvation. This doctrine is a fundamental part of Christian doctrine and has been for millennia. He argues that this idea was invented by the Apostle John, who wanted Jesus to be a ‘superhero.’ He espoused a complicated and unconvincing conspiracy about the bible to support his claim.
“It’s important for us to remember the Bible was not put together as one book…When the Emperor decided he wanted one faith and one structure for religion, so they’d stop fighting with each other,” Hawkes began. “They met the [with] religious leaders, [and] the political leaders. …and decided which 66 books would get in the Bible,” he added.
Hawkes continued: “One of the big fights was between the people who supported the Gospel of John that got in and the other people who supported the Gospel of Thomas, which did not get in….both of [the books] have some great things, and both of them, frankly, have some pretty awful things.” He argued that” The Gospel of John says the children of Israel [are] children of the devil; that’s horrendous. Gospel of Thomas has some pretty negative things to say about women.”terrible.
“These books were written by people, hopefully inspired by God, but not dictated to by God,” Hawkes controversially contended. “John presents Jesus as a superhero. When the Gospel of Thomas, he said Jesus never wanted to be a superhero. He wanted to be pointing to God. He didn’t want it to be about himself. John’s Gospel won, and Jesus became the superhero.”
“In that reading… Jesus said, ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes unto the Father, but by me,'” he quoted. ” Now there’s a group of people that got together a few decades ago called the Jesus Seminar, and they were scholars who wanted to take a look at the Gospels and the different quotes from Jesus and to see whether it was likely or not that Jesus actually said those because they were the gospels were written …probably 80-90, years after Jesus died.”
“So they weren’t exactly writing down. There were bits and pieces of … documents and other pieces that were around that had some sayings from Jesus. And this group would debate, discuss, research, and then vote. And I would vote that Jesus never said, ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life no one comes unto the Father, but by Me,’ ” Rev. Hawkes preached.
“It is so inconsistent with the other teachings of Jesus for him to say no one comes to God but by me. And so I think it’s very, very unlikely that he ever said that I think it’s very likely John wanting to make him the superhero put it in,” he concluded. Christian commenters were quick to pounce on this sermon. “Everyone these days seems to know what Jesus could have or should have said,” one account replied.
Watch The Conspiratorial Sermon here:
“Hasn’t this take been beaten down enough? These dorks pretend to be scholarly but haven’t even heard the news that this is outdated heresy, they’re pushing a new heresy these days cause this one was so flimsy it whipped in the wind,” another noted. “Jesus saying ‘I am the way and the truth and the life’ is not consistent with the fake Jesus idol I’ve fashioned!,” another humorous comment responded.
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