Ok, I’m a bit confused. Walk with me a little bit here... Matthew 12:40 “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” This is the basis of the christian faith, the 3 day resurrection. Mark 15:25 “And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.” Mark 15:42-43 “42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.” If it was the day before the sabbath, Friday, and it was the third hour that they crucified him, Jesus was crucified on a Friday at 3:00. I won’t even go into the other versions or stories of who came for the body, just more story telling in the biggest of all stories. Mark 16:1-6 “1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.” The first day of the week is Sunday on the Hebrew calander. If Jesus was crucified at 3:00pm on Friday, and “gave up the ghost in the ninth hour” 9:00pm, and Mary Magdalene and Mary came on the first day of the week, Sunday, at sunrise, and Jesus had already risen... sounds like a day and a half, or maybe less to me. Why can’t people understand these are simply stories designed to control people? ... make them think they way they want you to think? ... look at some of the replies from the “faithful” saying that freethinkers are on their way to hell... I for one can’t go somewhere that doesn’t exist... I don’t remember who said it, but “the best cure for religion is reading the bible.” If the “faithful” actually read the book, really read it, how much would they believe?

Ok, I’m a bit confused. Walk with me a little bit here...
Matthew 12:40 “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” This is the basis of the christian faith, the 3 day resurrection.

Mark 15:25 “And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.” Mark 15:42-43 “42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.”
If it was the day before the sabbath, Friday, and it was the third hour that they crucified him, Jesus was crucified on a Friday at 3:00. I won’t even go into the other versions or stories of who came for the body, just more story telling in the biggest of all stories.

Mark 16:1-6 “1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.”
The first day of the week is Sunday on the Hebrew calander. If Jesus was crucified at 3:00pm on Friday, and “gave up the ghost in the ninth hour” 9:00pm, and Mary Magdalene and Mary came on the first day of the week, Sunday, at sunrise, and Jesus had already risen... sounds like a day and a half, or maybe less to me. Why can’t people understand these are simply stories designed to control people? ... make them think they way they want you to think? ... look at some of the replies from the “faithful” saying that freethinkers are on their way to hell...
I for one can’t go somewhere that doesn’t exist...
I don’t remember who said it, but “the best cure for religion is reading the bible.” If the “faithful” actually read the book, really read it, how much would they believe?

Steve Fradkin

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