Secret History
The text which is believed to be an authentic version of the Gospel by Barnabas, a disciple of Jesus, is presently with Turkish authorities as they have confiscated it from a group of smugglers who were taking away antiquities.
According to Iranian media, the book has the power to collapse the foundation of Christianity and shake the politics of the world with its claims that Jesus was never crucified.
Moreover, the book claims that Jesus foretold the coming of the Prophet Muhammad, claims Iranian media like The Basij Press.
The book which is actually written in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, has even made the Vatican curious enough to make an official request with Turkey to allow them to view the book.
Though the status of the request is not known, Turkish authorities still believe that the book is genuine and had housed it in the Justice Palace in capital Ankara. There are reports that it was being transferred to city's Ethnography Museum, under strong protection of armed forces.
Though many have dismissed the claims as laughable and anti-Christian propaganda from Iran, Iran press claims that the book will cause the downfall of Christianity.
According to Iranian press, the book foresees the coming of the last Islamic messiah and proves that Islam is the final and righteous religion.
It was in 2000 that the Turkish authorities detained a group of smugglers and found the text with them.
Though many independent experts have expressed doubts on the authenticity of the book as original Barnabas Bible, Iranian press reports that the book will revolutionize the religion in the world.
Comment: Even if it were authentic as to date, that doesn't make the ideas presented in the text the truth. What's more, it is highly unlikely to "spell the death of Christianity" since any Christian worth his salt is so much an authoritarian follower that he will automatically fall back on Augustine's argument that this is produced by the Devil to test his faith. I'd say this piece is a bit of sensationalist journalism mixed with propaganda.
Reader Comments
In the Koran it says that Jesus was not crucifies but another man was crucified instead. And God saved Jesus thus.. The idea of Mahdi - a saviour, has started with the Jews, then copied by Christians and now the Muslims.
The moment that one boxes themselves into a given mindset they surrender their freedom to think.
As many as a dozen books in Coptic have been found from 30's to 1950's. These have not been deciphered and may add new info. the monk Shenull ? was a forceful founder of monastaries when the power in Egypt fell and many were left to wander.
Christianity is currently being phased out in favor of more effective methods of mass control, and as far as religions go, Islam and its derived traditions is/are far more effective at controlling and dumbing down masses than Christianity.
Isn't that the most interesting thing. The Cs talked all about that back in the mid- to late-90s . . .
And if you thought the hell-hawks in D.C. were a couple of slices short of a full loaf, can't you just hear, for instance, the good ole Southern Baptists ==> screaming <== for their cherished, cold-blooded murder and concomitantly, for Iranian blood NOW
Those bad old smugglers anyway . . .they're going to start WW I I I.