The Gospel according to St. Mathew   

Chapters 1 and 2 related to the Old Testament. Now we shall write a little bit about the News Testament that comprises Gospels according to St Mathew and is known the world over as the Bible.

60. Birth of Jesus - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost….  behold the angle of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto the Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. (I. 18. 20). 

C. - No educated man can ever believe in such things as are opposed to all kinds of evidence (such as direct Cognition, Inference, etc.) and to the laws of nature. Only people in a state of barbarism can believe them. It does not become educated and civilized men to do so. Breathes there a man who could violate the laws of God? Should anyone succeed in subverting His law, no one will ever obey His commandments, nor would God Himself break his own laws as He is Omniscient and infallible. If this story of the birth of the Christ were held to be true, any unmarried girl that happens to conceive could say that she was with child of the Holy Ghost. She could also falsely say that the angel of this Lord told her in a dream ‘that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost’! This story is as possible as that recorded in the Puranas about Kunti being conceived of the Sun. Only those who have ‘more money than brains’ can believe in such things and fall an easy prey to superstition. It must have happened like this that Mary co-habited with someone and thereby became enceinte. She or someone else gave out (such an impossible thing) that she had conceived of the Holy Ghost.

62. Missionaries - And he said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 

C. - It seems that it was in consequence of this sin alone, viz., breaking the fifth Commandment which says: “Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land….”, that he did not live long, since he neither served his father and mother, nor others do it. It also shows that Jesus founded his religion in order to entrap others. He wanted to accomplish his object by ensnaring others into his net like fisherman. Is there any wonder then if Christian missionaries follow their Master in ensnaring other men into their religion? Just as a man who catches a large number of big fish, makes a name for himself as a god fisherman and also makes a good living by it, in like manner, a missionary who ensnares a large number of converts into the net of Christianity gets a good salary and makes a name for himself. These people (missionaries) ensnare such simple men into their nets as are ignorant of the teachings of the Vedas and Shastras and separate them from their parents and other members of the family. It therefore, behoves all enlightened Aryas to escape their net of superstition and error and exert themselves to save their ignorant brethren from the same.

63. Miracles - And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with diverse diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those, which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. (IV. 23, 24.)

C. - We would have believed all this about Jesus that is written in the Bible, had the claims of the (popes and magicians), who in our day pretend to drive out devils and cure disease through charms and incantations, blessings or a pinch of ash, been true. All these things are meant for ensnaring poor, ignorant, guileless people into superstition. If the Christians believe that Jesus really worked miracles, why do not they believe all that is claimed by the popes of the goddess (in India) to be true, because their claims are very much like those of Jesus.

65. Poverty - Give us this day our daily bread. Lay not up for your-selves in treasures upon earth. (VI. 11. 19)

C. - This shows that in the age when Jesus Christ lived, people were mere savages in a state of poverty, and Christ was also poor like the rest of them therefore, it is that he prays to God for his daily bread and teaches others to do the same. Why do the Christians lay up treasures when their Bible teaches to the contrary? They should act on their Master’s advice and give away all that they possess in charity and become poor.

66. Not every one that faith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. (VII. 21.)

C. - Now if all the great Bishops, Missionaries and other Christians, hold what Christ has said (in this verse) to be true, they should never call Christ Lord (or God). Should they refuse to do so, they will be sinners.

68. Leprosy Miracle - And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying Lord, if thou wilt, thou can’t make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (VIII. 2, 3.)

C. - All these things are meant to ensnare ignorant men. If the Christians hold all these things, that are opposed to the dictum of knowledge and the laws of nature, to be true, why do they say that the stories about Shukracharya, Dhanvantri, Kashyap and others in the Puranas are false? For instance, it is recorded in the Mahabharat and the Puranas that the whole dead army of daityas friends was made alive. Kach the son of Vrihaspat was cut into pieces that were eaten by fish and yet Shukracharya brought him back to life. Again, the same sage killed Kach and gave it to be eaten and then made him alive in the stomach and brought him out as such. Shukracharya himself died and Kach brought him to life. The sage Kashyapa brought a tree and a man back to life that had been burnt to ashes. Dhanvantri made hundreds of thousand of dead persons alive. Cured millions of lepers granted sight to hundreds and thousands of blind men and gave hearing to millions of deaf men. If these stories be false, why is not the story of Christ’s having performed miracles also false? Why should a man not be called obstinate and unjust who calls whatever another person says, to be wrong and declares himself to be right, however wrong he may be? In like manner, all that the Christians say about the miracles of Christ is based on wrong headedness and injustice. It is a mere childish prattle.

69. Ability to forgive sins - There met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs. And behold, they cried out, saying. What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God art thou come hither to torment us before the time? And there was a good way off from them as herd of many swine feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go and when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. (VIII. 28, 33.)

C. - A little consideration will show that all these things are false. Dead persons can never come out of their graves, nor can they go to any one and speak to him. Only the most ignorant savages can believe in such things. Christ was the cause of the death of that herd of swine, and he therefore stands guilty of the sin of having inflicted (pecuniary) loss on the owner of the swine. The Christians hold that Christ could forgive sins and purify the impure, why could not he cleanse the devils of their impurities? Why did he not recompense the owner for the loss he had sustained? Do the cultured Christians, such as the Europeans, also believe in these yarns? If they do, they are indeed immersed in superstition.

70. Righteous - And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy: Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (IX. 2, 13.)

C. - Now this thing is as impossible as others that have been mentioned before. As regards the forgiveness of sins it is only bait thrown to the simpletons to ensnare them. Just as alcohol, Indian hemp, or opium taken by one person cannot intoxicate another, likewise, a sin committed by one cannot affect another. On the other hand, it is he alone who suffers sins. Verily this is Divine Justice! God would indeed be unjust if good or bad deeds done by one man should affect another, or if the judge should take on himself the consequences of the crimes of the criminal. Remember righteousness alone is the cause of felicity (happiness), not Christ or any other saint or prophet. The righteous do not at all stand in need of Christ, etc., nor do the sinners, as their sins can never be forgiven.

71. Sowing Discord - And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. (X. 1, 20, 34-36.)

C. - These are they very disciples one of whom betrayed Christ for 30 rupees, all others also forsook him and fled. All such things as one’s being possessed of devils or casting them out, curing of disease without proper medicine and diet are impossible as they are opposed to the dictum of knowledge and contrary to the laws of nature. Only the ignorant people can believe in them. If it be the spirit of God that speaks in man not the human soul what does the latter do? It must be God them Who enjoys or suffers the consequences of virtuous or sinful acts done by man. This is altogether wrong. Christ came to set men against each other and cause them to fight and he succeeded. The same strife is raging among men to this day. How wicked it is so sow discord among men as it inflicts great suffering on them, but it seems that the Christians regard it as the highest doctrine, since when Christ thought it good to turn men against each other, why should not they-his followers? Yes it becomes Christ alone to turn the members of one’s own household into his foes; no good man will ever do such a thing.

72. Miracle powers - And Jesus saith unto them. How many loaves have ye? And they said seven, and few little fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. (XV. 34-39.)

C. - Are these things any better than the tricks of a wonder worker or of a juggler of to day? Where did all these loaves come from (to feed the multitude)? Had Christ possessed such miraculous powers, why would he have hankered after the fruit of a fig tree when he was hungry? Why did not turn stones, earth and water into loaves and delicious sweets? These things look more like children’s play. Many a Vairagee and other mendicants defraud guileless, ignorant men of their money by such tricks (as these).

73. Forgiveness - And then he shall reward every man according to his works. (XVI. 27.)

C. - When all men shall be rewarded according to their works, it is useless for the Christians to preach the doctrine of the forgiveness of sins. If the latter be true, the former must be false. If the Christians say that those that deserve to be forgiven shall be forgiven, while those that do not deserve it shall not be forgiven, it cannot be right, since justice and mercy consist only in awarding punishment and reward for all works.

74. Come embrace my Religion - O ye faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me. For verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place: and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (XVII. 17, 20.)

C. - The Christians go about preaching: “Come, embrace our religion, get your sins forgiven and be saved.” All this is untrue, since had Christ possessed the power of having sins remitted, instilling faith in others and purifying them, why would he have not freed his disciples from sin, made them faithful and pure. When he could not make those who went about with him pure, faithful and sinless, how could he now, that no one knows where he is, purify anyone? Now disciples of Christ were destitute of as much faith as a grain of mustard seed and it is they that wrote the Bible, how could then such a book be held as an authority. Those who seek happiness should not believe in the works of the faithless, the impure (at heart) and the unrighteous. It also proves that if the word of Christ be held to be true, no Christian possesses as much faith as a grain of mustard. If a Christian should say that he possessed it more or less let him then be asked to remove a mountain from one place to another. Even if he succeeded in doing it, he could not be said to possess perfect faith but only about as much as a grain of mustard. On the country, if he did not succeed, he was then destitute even of an atom of faith or righteousness. If anyone were to say that all this is allegorical and the word mountain stands for pride and other evil qualities of the mind, it cannot be right, as raising the dead, curing the blind, the lepers and those possessed of devils could also be allegorical. Christ raising the dead, etc., may mean curing the lazy of their laziness, curing the blind, dispelling the ignorance of the mentally blind, the licentious of licentiousness and the superstition of those who were superstitious.

Even this interpretation would not hold water, since had this been the case, why would he have not been able to cure his disciples of their faithlessness, ignorance etc.? Hence Christ betrays his ignorance by saying such impossible things. Had Christ possessed even a little knowledge, why would he have talked such nonsense like a savage? However as it has been said, “In a country where no trees are seen to grow, even the castor oil plant is considered to be the biggest and the best tree” in like manner in a country where none but the most ignorant savages lived, Christ was rightly considered a great man but Christ can be of no count among the learned and wise men of the present day.

75. Conversion - Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. (XVIII. 3.)

C. - If the conversion of a man by the offering of his will be the cause of his entering into heaven and his not doing so the cause of his going to hell, it is clear then that no one can take upon himself the sins or virtues of another. And the use of the expression “except ye…. become as little children,” etc., shows that most of the teachings of Christ were opposed to the dictum of knowledge and country to the laws of nature, and he also wished that the people should accept them like children without questioning their validity, in other words, accept them with their eyes closed. Plenty of Christians have blind faith like children, otherwise why should they believe in such things as are opposed to reason and science? It is also clear that had not Christ himself been destitute of knowledge and understanding like children, he would not have taught others to become as children, since a man always wants to make others like himself.

76. Entry to Heaven - Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (XIX. 23, 24.)

C. - It appears from this that Christ was a poor man. The rich very likely did not respect him, hence he taught the above; but this teaching is not true, because there are good and bad people among the rich as well as among the poor. A man may be rich or poor, but he always reaps the fruits of his deeds-good or bad-as the case may be. It is also clear that Christ believed that the kingdom of God was in some particular locality and not every where. Such being the case, He cannot be God, since God’s kingdom must be everywhere and it is foolish to speak of it as one shall or shall not enter into it. Again will all the Christians that are rich go to hell and those that are poor enter into heaven? A little reflection would have made it clear to Jesus Christ that the poor do not possess so many (to do good) as the rich, If the rich after due deliberation, spend their wealth in furthering the cause of righteousness, they could attain the highest state, whilst the poor without any means for their improvement would remain in a wretched plight.

77. Partial to fellow Christians - And Jesus said unto them: Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone that hath forsaken houses, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. (XIX. 28, 29.)

C. - Now, behold! The cat is out of the bag. The real motive of Jesus in saying this to his followers was that they should not get out of his net even after he was dead. Even that rascal who betrayed his Master and helped him to be crucified for a paltry sum of Rs. 30 would sit on a throne by him. It is said that they (his 12 disciples) will sit on judgment on the twelve tribes of Israel, but it seems they will judge people of tribes other than those of Israel, since all the sins of the children of Israel will be forgiven. It seems that this is the reason that the Christians are so very partial to their co-religionists. It is very often seen that if a white-man kills a dark man the judge and the jurors being white men sometimes give the verdict of not guilty against the accused and let him go unpunished. Very likely the same kind of justice is done in the heaven of Christ. Besides, there is one great objection against all being judged on one special day, called the day of judgment, one man for instance died in the beginning of the world while another on the eve of the judgment day. one is kept waiting all this time from the beginning to the end of Creation for the hour when he is judged, while the other is judged at once, he has not had to wait at all. how very unjust it is!

Again, he who goes to hell! or heaven will have to stay there for ever. Now this is very unjust, since the powers and actions (of the soul) are finite, their result-pleasure or pain-also should be finite. Besides, the good and bad deeds of two souls can never be equal, consequently the result, i.e., the pleasure or pain being unequal there ought to be millions of heavens or hells, so that each soul may enjoy or suffer the just amount of pleasure or pain. But there is no mention of such an arrangement in the (holy) book of the Christians, hence it can never be the Word of God, nor can Jesus be the Son of God. It is most absurd to say that anyone can have a hundred fathers and mothers. One can have only one father and one mother. Yet the Bible says, “Everyone that hath forsaken…. an hundred fold.” It seems what the Koran says about every one of faithful getting houri in heaven must have been borrowed from this verse in the Bible.

78. Temper - Now in the morning as he returned into the city he hungered. And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever. And presently the fig tree withered away. (XXI. 18, 19.)

C. - Now the missionaries always tell us that Christ was very calm, kind-hearted and free from anger and other such passions but these verses show that he was hot-tempered and ignorant of the laws that govern the phenomena of seasons and that he altogether behaved like a savage. Now a tree is not an intelligent being (that it could he held responsible for bearing fruit). He cursed the (fig) tree for no cause; and if it be really true that the tree did wither away, it could not be due to his curse. We should not wonder it had withered away by the use of some poison.

79. Son of carpenter! - Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall, the heaven shall be shaken. (XXIV. 29.)

C. - Well done Jesus! with the aid of which science did you know about the falling of the stars from heaven? Had Christ read a little (of science), he would have certainly known that all these stars are spheres like our earth, and, therefore, could not fall? All this shows that he was the son of a carpenter, must have for years worked as a carpenter sawing, peeling or cutting wood or joining together different pieces of wood. When it entered his head that he could also pass for a prophet in that savage country, he began to preach. He uttered a few good thoughts but many bad ones. The natives of that country (i.e., his countrymen) were mostly savages and consequently believed in him. Had Europe been as enlightened and civilized then as it is at the present day, he could not have at all passed for a prophet. It is one of the shortcomings of the Europeans that though they are now enlightened to some extent, yet through expediency or contumacy they do not renounce this hollow religion and instead incline towards and embrace the absolutely true religion of the Vedas.

80. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angles of heaven but my Father only. (XXIV. 35.)

C. - This also betrays the ignorance and foolishness of Christ. Where will Akasha (heaven) go after it has moved? Akasha being very subtle is not visible to the eye, who can then see it move? Besides, it does not do for a good to praise himself with his own lips.

81. Son of God - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angles? For I was a hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and gave me no drink. (XXV. 41.)

C. - How very unjust to send his own followers to heaven while others to everlasting fire! Where it is said that there will be no Akasha (space) wherein will the heaven and the everlasting fire or hell exist? Had not God made the devil and his angles He would not have been obliged to make all these preparations for hell. We wonder what kind of God he is Who could not even inspire the Devil with fear since he was one of His angle and yet revolted against him, but why could not he get hold of Him in the beginning and put him in a prison or kill him. What should he think of the power of God when the devil was kept without food for 40 days? It was Christ, even the son of God, who could not do anything. It follows, therefore, that neither Christ was the son of God, nor could the Biblical God be true God.

82. Miraculous powers - Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests. And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. (XXVI. 14, 15.)

C. - Behold! all the Godhead and miraculous powers of Christ stand exposed! When he could not purify even the heart of his chief disciple who was in his constant company how could he purify others now that he is dead?

Oh! How many people, who put their faith and trust in him, are taken in since how could he, who could not do any good to those who constantly associated with him while he was alive benefit anyone after his death?

83. Cultured! - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it. For this is my blood of the New Testament. (XXVI. 26 –28.)

C. - Can a cultured man ever do such a thing? Only an ignorant savage would do it. No enlightened man would ever call the food of his disciples his flesh nor their drink his blood. This is called Lord’s Supper by the Christians of the present day. They eat and drink imagining all the time that their bread was the flesh of Christ and their drink his blood. Is not it an awful thing? How could those, who could not even, keep aloof from the idea that their food and drink were the flesh and blood of their savior, abstain from the flesh and blood of others?

84. Learned Man! -And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceedingly by sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. (XXVI. 37 – 39.)

C. - Now had he been the Son of God and not an ordinary man and cognizant of the three periods of time or even a learned man, he would not have acted in the way he did. This clearly shows that all this fraud that Christ was the Son of God, had knowledge of the future and could procure remission of sins was set up by Christ or his disciples. It is certain therefore that he was only an ordinary man, simple and honest but ignorant. He was neither a learned man nor a Yogi nor one possessed of miraculous powers.

86. Greatness - Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angles? (XXVI. 53.)

C. - He boasts and brags of the greatness of his father and himself and yet cannot do anything. When the high priest said to him, “Answerest thou nothing which is it, which these witness against thee?” But Jesus held his peace. It was not right on his part to do so; he ought to have spoken out the truth. It was not good of him, to have boasted of his greatness nor was it right on the part of those who put him to death on a false charge. What they accused him of was not his offence but they too were savages, what could they know of justice? It would have been good for both parties had not Christ pretended to be the Son of God and they (the Jews) so ill-treated him, but where from could they get the requisite sense, righteousness and justice to know these things and fell and act the truth?